TIME for Kids G1 Student Reader

Wow! Wind Works! David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit

Philippe Gisselbrecht/Wide World Photos/AP ImagesYou know when the wind blows.
Mark Shenley/Peter Arnold, Inc.A flag waves. A kite sails across
the sky. Wind has lots of power.

Wind can spin pinwheels.
Wind toys and weather
vanes stay still. The wind
blows. Then they can go fast!

Wind can help
balloons move up.
Hot air lifts a balloon up.
Wind can make it soar!
What power it has!

Wind can change the shape
of trees. Some places are very
windy. Trees, ice, and even
rocks change shape over time.

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Wind can be used to
make electricity.
The wind machine is like
a very big pinwheel. Its
blades, or wings, catch the
wind. The machine can
then turn the wind into
electricity.

Yuki Ishii -UNEP/Peter Arnold, Inc.

Tornadoes in the United States

Wind blows and Tornado Alley Jean Wisenbaugh
turns into strong
storms. A tornado
is a strong storm.

The red and orange
parts of the map
show where a lot of
U.S. tornadoes start.

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BBllooww,, WWiinndd,, BBllooww!!

Wind is moving air. It can be strong Erin Paul Donovan/
or weak. People measure windy Alamy
weather. Hold on to your hat!
We will go to some windy places.

On a Mountain Top
Many people say this
New Hampshire mountain
is the windiest place in
the U.S. The wind blows
very fast on this peak.

Mount Washington,
New Hampshire

The Windy City
This is Chicago’s nickname.
It got this name because
of its strong winds. These
winds come partly from
its location along Lake
Michigan.

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Fritz Polking/ That Blows Me Away!
Peter Arnold, Inc. The continent of Antarctica is
very cold. Strong winds blow
over the icy land. It may be the
windiest place on Earth. Winds
can blow more than 200 miles
per hour!

The Real Windy City
Dodge City, Kansas, is the windiest city in
the United States. The wind there blows
14 miles per hour on most days.

Windy Wonders Mount Washington,
New Hampshire
This map shows windy places.

The United States

Dodge City, Chicago,
Kansas Illinois

Sophie Kitteredge Issue 8 • 51

By Kristin M. Camiolo

See those silly clouds scoot by!
A puff parade across the sky:
One ice-cream cone, two telephones,
Three baseball hats, four furry cats,
Five purple plums, six bongo drums,
What funny fluffy clouds float by!

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(c) Gerard Lacz/FLPA/Bruce Coleman; (tr) Image Source/Getty Images Water
Mystery

See Me in the Sea!

I am a dolphin.
I see many animals in the ocean.
Meet some of them!

It is warm in the summer. People go
to the ocean to get cool. They share
the water with many living things!

The sun shines on the ocean top. Tiny
plants need the sun to survive. Other
ocean life then eat these plants.

Carol Buchanan/Alamy

Some animals hide.
This little crab crawls
under rocks. It creeps
behind other animals
to hide. Its hard shell
keeps it safe.

Some animals drift. Michael Durham
Jellyfish glide in the water.
Watch out! These soft
animals can sting.

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Some animals swim
to the top to breathe.
A whale mom shows its baby
calf how to swim. Many fish
swim down when it is light
out so they cannot be seen.
This helps to protect them.
At night, they then swim to
the top to eat.

Amos Nachoum

200 feet How Big?

Ocean creatures are all different sizes.
The chart shows how big some are.

(165 feet)

150 feet

Size (in feet) 100 feet (80 feet)

50 feet (50 feet)

0 feet (10 feet)

bottlenose whale shark blue whale man-of-war
dolphin jellyfish

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Where Does

the Water Go?

Someone left wet footprints here.
Soon the footprints will be gone.
What will make them go away?

Rain, Rain, Go Away Image Source/Getty Images
Rain makes puddles on the
sidewalk. Then the rain stops.
The sun comes out. Before
long, the puddles are gone.
Where did the water go?

Element Element From Liquid to Gas
The puddle water went
into the air. The sun’s
heat changed the water
from a liquid to a gas
called water vapor. You
cannot see the gas, but
you can feel damp air.

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Drying Out Element
After you go swimming,
where do you hang your
swimsuit to dry? You hang
it in a sunny place. The sun
will help it dry fast.

What happens when you leave
your swimsuit in the shade?

Element

A Water Vapor Experiment
Look at what happens to water in two
jars. One jar has a lid. The other does
not. On Monday, both jars have the
same amount of water. On Tuesday,
one jar has less water. Some of the
water went into the air. The other jar
has the same amount of water. The lid
stopped water from going into the air.

Monday Element Tuesday Element

Height in 15
centimeters
10 12 cm 12 cm 8 cm 12 cm
5

0

Jar without lid Jar with lid Jar without lid Jar with lid
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Sunflakes

By Frank Asch

If sunlight fell like snowflakes,
gleaming yellow and so bright,
we could build a sunman,
we could have a sunball fight,
we could watch the sunflakes
drifting in the sky.
We could go sleighing
in the middle of July
through sundrifts and sunbanks,
we could ride a sunmobile,
and we could touch sunflakes—
I wonder how they’d feel.

Melanie Hall

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(c) David Grubbs, Billings Gazette/Wide World Photos/AP Images; (tr) Murray, Patti/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes What Is
for Dinner?

Wise

as an

Owl

This is an owl. It is a bird. “Whoo,”
it says. Find out more inside!

Whoo’s

a Wonderful Bird?

Owls are such fascinating birds. Their
bodies are made to survive in the night.

Owls stay awake at
night. The moon is up,
too. Most owls sleep
when the sun comes up.
Could you do that?

(l) Mediacolor’s/Alamy; (r) Jim Heustess/Ecostock

Dwight Kuhn Owls hear very well.
They hear better than
any other bird. When an
owl hears a sound, it can
turn its head far around.

Owls have big eyes.
They see quite well at night.
In the day, they do not
move. This makes it hard
for enemies to spot them.

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Dietmar Nill/Nature Picture Library

Owls fly quietly. Their wings are very
long. There is lots of space between their
soft and fluffy feathers. These things help
owls stay quiet. They can hunt much
better this way.

Owls hunt. Their very
sharp eyes and hearing
help owls hunt. They eat
lots of mice and other
little animals.

Stephen Dalton/Minden Pictures Chase A. Fountain, TPW Staff Photographer

Bird Sign

This sign can be seen on the
trails in some Texas state parks.
These parks are near the Gulf
of Mexico. Many birds live here.
The sign tells people that they
can see different birds.

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Food for Whoo?
Living things need energy to live
and grow. Energy comes from food.

Most owls hunt for food at J & C Sohns/Jupiterimages
night. But the burrowing
owl hunts in the day. You
can find this little owl in
parts of Texas.

A burrowing owl eats ↑ The burrowing owl lives
insects mostly. Sometimes in a hole called a burrow.
it eats mice. It may also
eat other small animals.

The sun gives energy
to plants.

Plants make food from sunlight.

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Animals as Symbols BigStockPhoto.com
© Taranik Ulia
Symbols stand for things. Many
animals are symbols. The lion is
a symbol of courage. The dove
is a symbol of peace. The owl is
a symbol of wisdom. What did
the artist add to this picture to
show that the owl is wise?

How do the living things shown get
energy? It all starts with the sun. Without
the sun, plants would not get energy.
Without plants, grasshoppers would not
get energy. Without grasshoppers, owls
would not get energy.

Grasshoppers eat plants. Owls eat grasshoppers.

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Growing and Changing

This chart shows how an owl
changes as it grows.

Life Stage What happens at this stage?
egg
All owls start life inside an
Kennan Ward/Corbis egg. They must hatch, or
break out of, the eggs.

nestling

Winfried Wisniewski/Foto Natura/ Nestlings are young helpless
Minden Pictures birds. They stay in the nest.
Parents bring food to them.

fledgling

All Canada Photos/Alamy Fledglings are birds just
able to fly. They are not
fully grown.

adult

Winfried Wisniewski/Foto Natura/ An adult owl stops growing.
Minden Pictures It can make more owls
like itself.

What are the life stages of an owl?

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Symbols

Best

of the U. S.

For many people, the family
dog is always “the best.”

Prize Pets

Many people own dogs. Purebred dogs
can compete in dog shows.

Dennis Van Tine/Landov

Dogs get a prize like
the Olympic medal.
In the United States, the
Westminster Kennel Club
runs a famous dog show.
Only the best purebreds
are allowed to compete.

Judges are experts on the breed
they judge. At this show, they
examine, or look over, the dog.
They look at how the dog
moves. Judges see if the
teeth, bones, and coat
are perfect.

Reuters/Seth Wenig/Landov

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A handler presents the dog
to the judge. The handler
moves around the ring with
the dog. One dog in each
breed wins best in its breed.
Then only one dog out of all
the breeds wins Best in Show!

Reuters/Ray Stubblebine/Landov

Presidents’ Pets

Many of our country’s leaders had pets. These
animals lived in or around the White House.

President Pet (cw) Peter Steiner/Alamy; Tetra Images/Alamy; Joe McDonald/Corbis; Craig Lovell/Eagle Visions
Photography/Alamy; Stephen J. Krasemann/Photo Researchers
George Washington Polly the Parrot, 36 hound dogs

Thomas Jefferson two bear cubs

John Q. Adams alligator, silkworms

Theodore Roosevelt rat, snakes, and a flying squirrel

Herbert Hoover opossum

John F. Kennedy two hamsters

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All for America!

The bald eagle is a symbol of America.
It stands for freedom. It is just
one symbol of our country.

Symbols stand for us. Adam Jones/Stone/Getty Images
Bald eagles fly fast and high.
They live near lakes, seacoasts,
and rivers. They swoop down to
catch fish. Bald eagles are brave.

A bell tells a story. The
Liberty Bell is also a symbol
of freedom in America. It rang
when this country was started.
Then it cracked. Now it can
not ring. Many people visit it
in Philadelphia.

Lee Foster/Alamy

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A flag waves for freedom. Corbis
A woman named Betsy Ross
made the first United States
flag in 1776. It had 13 red
and white stripes and 13
white stars. The stripes stand
for the first 13 colonies.

John Foxx/ Saving our symbols!
Getty Images Bald eagles were in
danger. People worked
↑ Our flag has 50 stars together to protect this
for our 50 states. symbol. It helps us see
why America is great!
The Eagle
Gets Around Items (t to b) Ken Cavanagh for Macmillan/McGraw-Hill;
tompiodesign.com/Alamy; United States Mint
The Great Seal is the one-dollar
symbol of the United bill Symbols
States. The bald eagle
is on the Great Seal. the Issue 11 • 69
Find the Great Seal President’s
and eagle on the
items in this chart. flag

fifty-cent
coin

Lady Liberty

The Statue of Liberty, or torch
Lady Liberty, is a symbol crown
of liberty and freedom.
It is over 100 years old! book
pedestal
It stands on a big stone
base, or pedestal, in the
harbor in New York City.
It is more than 150 feet
tall. One finger is 8 feet
long! The nose is more
than 4 feet long!

Steve Vidler/SuperStock

harbor
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(c) Tom Stewart/Corbis; (tr) Dennis Brack/Black Star/Newscom Dollars
and Cents

This boy made money selling
lemonade. What should he do
with the money?

Money Goes Around (tl to tr) Mike Agliolo/Corbis; Brand X Pictures/PunchStock;
Warren Jacobi/Corbis; Scott Gibson/Corbis
You can choose what to do with your
money. You can save it, spend it, or give itLaura Dwight/PhotoEdit
away. Then you can earn some more!

Save Money First you save

money. You put it in the bank.
The money earns interest. This
is money that the bank adds in.

David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit

This girl buys food. Spend Money Now you

can choose to spend the
money you saved or save it
for something special.

Courtesy Common Cents NY Penny Harvest

Give Money You can

give money to help feed
hungry people or take
care of animals.

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David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit (tl) Mike Agliolo/Corbis; (tc) Warren Jacobi/Corbis;
(tr) Scott Gibson/Corbis

This girl earns money at a yard sale.

Earn Money Then, you can sell goods or

services to make more money. Goods are
things. You can sell old toys. Services are tasks
done for other people. You can walk a dog.

Where Money Is Made

Money is made in places called mints.
Look at the map to see where U.S. mints are.

The United States

West Point, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C.

San Francisco, California Map Key
Fort Worth, Texas = coins

= dollars

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D. Hurst/Alamy

How Money Is Made

Money does not grow on trees. Do you
know how coins and bills are made?

It’s made at the Mint. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The United States Mint makes
every U.S. coin. First, strips ↑ 750 new coins are
of metal pass through a made every minute!
machine. The machine cuts
out round disks. Another
machine then stamps a
picture on them. Finally,
the disks are metal coins.

United States Mint Image Check this out!
Copper, a metal, is in the
middle of a coin. The outside
is also copper and a metal
called nickel.But most of a
nickel is made of copper!

↑ A five-cent coin is
called a nickel.

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Dennis Brack/Black
Star/Newscom

Is it paper money?

Dollar bills look like paper.

But they are not! U.S. bills

are made out of a kind of

cloth. The cloth is called

rag. Rag is stronger than

paper. It keeps the bills ↑ Twenty-dollar bills

from tearing. It’s hot off the press!

Bills have special marks

on them. You can only

see the marks in a

bright light. Then you

Dian Lofton watermark know it is real money.

A New Quarter map star
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The U.S. Mint made 50 new

quarters. Each U.S. state has its

own quarter. This is the Texas

quarter. It shows a state map and

a star. It shows Texas’ history.

Texas is called the Lone Star State.

United States Mint Image

U.S. Coins

The U.S. government makes money. It makes
bills and coins. This chart shows what is on a
coin. Are some of these coins in your pocket?

Coin Person Shown on Front Picture on Back
Cent Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Memorial

Thomas Jefferson Monticello,
Jefferson’s home

Nickel

Franklin D. Roosevelt Torch, olive branch,
and oak branch
Dime

George Washington Texas map and star

Quarter

George Washington Statue of Liberty

Dollar

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(c) NASA; (tr) FPG/Getty Images Now
and Then

Read about the
shuttle’s trip.

Things Change

People discover things. They invent
new machines. We learn new ways
to do things. Over time, our lives
change in many ways.

FPG/Getty Images Making Clothes
Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images
Long ago, families made their
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clothes by hand. The sewing
machine was invented about 150
years ago. It helped people sew
their clothes faster.

Now, most clothes are made
in big factories. The factories
have many machines and many
workers. The factories send the
clothes to stores. Families go to
stores to buy their clothes.

In the Classroom, Then and Now

Schools have changed too. Look at these
two pictures. One is from long ago.
One is a classroom today.

Chalkboard Whiteboard

Desk Picture Desk Computer

Christina Kennedy/PhotoEdit

Corbis

Then Now

How are the clothes different? How
are the desks different? What are the
children and teacher doing?

Name other ways that these
classrooms are the same and different.

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Robert Kopecky

The space shuttle was in space
for 12 days. Then it came back
to Earth. Its crew carried a big
new part to the space station.

Robert Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images

How can I become an astronaut? Argosy

If you want to be an astronaut, study science
and math. Astronauts have to know these
subjects well. They earn top grades in school.

Astronauts go to college, a school after high
school. They learn how machines work in
college. Later, they run and fix machines.

What do astronauts do?

When astronauts go into space,
each one has a different job.
The commander is in charge.
The pilot flies the space
shuttle. Other astronauts
fix shuttle parts or work
on science projects.

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The astronauts visited the NASA
space station. That is where
NASAastronauts live. It is also where
they work in space. They can
live there for a long time.

Each astronaut had a job
to do. Astronaut Joe Tanner
worked on the outside of the
space station. He helped add
a new part to the station.

space station

space shuttle Robert Kopecky

Up and Up! 220 miles

The space shuttle went Earth
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This picture shows
the path it took. How
many miles did the
space shuttle go up?

The Space Shuttle

Look at the picture. It shows the three
main parts of the space shuttle. How
can you tell it is from the United States?
Look for a clue!

The rocket The tank
boosters lift holds the fuel.
the shuttle off
the ground.

The orbiter
carries the crew.

Trevor Johnston

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Amazing
Museums

History
Weaver

Teri Rofkar makes
baskets. So do many
Native Americans.

(c) James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel; (tr) Richard Cummins/Corbis

Do you like to learn new things?
Then a museum is a place for you.
Let’s visit two museums in Texas.

Stars, Bones, and Bugs
Richard Cummins/Corbis

What can you learn in a natural science
museum? You can learn about stars and
planets. You can learn about rocks and
dinosaurs. You can learn about living
things, too. Learn about these and more at
the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Stock Connection/Fotosearch

This museum has a special
place for butterflies.

They live inside the museum.
A butterfly might land on
your finger!

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NPS

This is a baby
sea turtle.

Ready, Set, Run NPS

Padre Island National Seashore is a
different kind of museum. It is an outdoor
museum and a park. You can see birds that
live at the seashore. You can see the sea
and many sand dunes.

You might also see baby sea turtles! Each
year, sea turtles are hatched at the park.
The tiny turtles are put on the beach.
They run quickly to the sea. One day,
some turtles may return to the beach
to lay eggs.

A Good Sign Ilene MacDonald/Alamy; Leigh Smith Images/Alamy

Signs tell us important things.
They help us find places. They
tell us rules. What do the
signs in this park tell us?

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A Basket Maker

Basket making is a kind of art.
Native Americans learn it from
their families. Teri Rofkar learned
it from her grandmother.

Back to Her Roots
Teri makes baskets from spruce roots. James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel
Spruce is a kind of tree. Many things are
made from spruce wood. Why? Spruce
bends easily.

Old Baskets
Baskets were made thousands of years ago.
In the past, they were used as drinking cups
and for cooking. Later, pots were used for
this. Weavers made baskets to sell or trade.

Navajo Mono Lake Paiute Onondaga Aleut
and Micmac

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American Indian/Smithsonian Institution; (cr) Pearl Yee Wong/Courtesy Michigan State University Museum;
(r) David Heald/National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution

Past, Present, and Future
In the past, all baskets were made by hand.
Today some baskets are made by machines.
A machine can make a basket in minutes.

In the future, baskets may be
made from new materials. They
may have different shapes than
baskets made today. But some
people will still make beautiful
baskets by hand.

Teri teaches people to
make baskets at a festival. →

Walter Larrimore/National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution

Native American Sign Language

Native Americans spoke many different
languages. Some used sign language.
Here are the signs for some animals.

(l to r) Bernard Adnet

Bird Deer Owl

Make up your own signs for other animals. See
if your friends can match the animal to the sign.

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By Susan Katz (bkgd) Royalty-Free/Corbis

If I stepped
into this painting,
I’d hurry past the grown-ups
dozing in their chairs
and rush up to the table
where that boy is reaching
for something I can’t see from here.
A toy house? A train? A set of paints?
Maybe I’d stop
to play with him awhile.
And then I’d climb
that curved brown stair
to find out what
the painter hid way up there.

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(c) Tim Shaffer/Reuters/Corbis; (tr) Brian Bahr/Getty Images It’s
Sports Time!

Being a

Baseball

Star

Layson Aliviado played in the
Little League World Series.

Get Ready, Get Set, Go!

Basketball players take shots in seconds.
Find out about time in other sports.

A sprint, or a short race, Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
takes only seconds. Blink!
The race is over. The
fastest men run a race in
less than 10 seconds.

A horse race lasts minutes.
The Kentucky Derby is a big
race. The horses run a mile.
The race is exciting!

Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Mark Cowan/Icon SMI

A soccer game is
longer than an hour.
Players run, kick, and
try to score. The action
does not stop.

Brad Hamann ← The clock shows hours,
minutes, and seconds.

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Reuters/Beverly Schaefer/Newscom A golf tournament lasts
for days. Each day, golfers
play a round. That is 18 holes.
The winner is the player with
the lowest score!

Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo

A tennis tournament can Brian Bahr/Getty Images
last weeks. Smash! Each
game’s winner plays again.
The best players meet in
the last match.

A football season takes
months. Top teams still
play after the season
ends. The Super Bowl is
the last, biggest game.

Brad Hamann

← This calendar shows
days and weeks of a month.

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(t) Courtesy Time for Kids

Kids all around the world play baseball Todd Plitt
and softball.

Top teams compete.
But only a few get to play in
the Little League World Series
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
That’s where the top teams
face off.

Kids have fun. The World Series is not
only about baseball. Kids make friends.
They meet kids on other teams.

Todd Plitt

Kids get ready.

Coaches help teams get

ready before a game.

A coach helps train

athletes to compete.

A coach encourages

w players to work together

This team stretches before as a team.
a game.

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Elsa/Getty Images Players have different
responsibilities or jobs.
This player swings the bat. But they work as a team to
win. The pitcher throws the
ball. The catcher catches
the ball.

Kids who play well
become stars. Little League
players sign their names on
baseballs. They feel famous.
Other kids admire them.

Todd Plitt

Kauai KEY
Oahu = capital city
= city

The Hawaiian Islands Ewa
Beach

In 2005, a team from Ewa Honolulu Maui
Beach, Hawaii, won. The

players were from the island

of Oahu. It was the first time Pacific Ocean
a Hawaiian team won the
Little League World Series. Hawaii

Jean Wisenbaugh

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By Lillian Morrison

If at first you don’t succeed,
Slide for second.
In curve, out curve,
Slow ball, drop.
Don’t forget Jim
The star shortstop.
Life and baseball
Are just the same;
You must strike hard
To win the game.

(bkgd) Siede Preis/Getty Images

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