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Segregating Trash



September 2018 • Volume 6 • Issue No. 66
September 2018 • Volume 6 • Issue No. 66
Getting rid of our rubbish in an Editor, Publisher & Printer: Paresh Nath
environmentally friendly way is a serious Managing Editor: Richa Shah
Design Team: Kadambari Khedekar
job, as shown in this month’s story “Trash- Editorial O ces: Delhi Press Building, E-8, Jhandewala Estate,
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Let’s Read Together
4 Thus Began the Fall
5 The Adventures of Spot ™ page 20
6 Tex and Indi : Ready for School
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12 Which Shoes to Choose?
20 What Is That?
26 Trash-Truck Parade
Let’s Puzzle It Out
10 My First Hidden Pictures Puzzle
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16 Sky-High Adventure page 24
18 That’s Silly! ™
24 Look and Look Again: Swing and Slide
Let’s Do It
31 Pasta Salad
32 Dinosaur Moves page 32
34 Stomp with Dino Feet
35 Up to the Sky
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By Marguerite Chase McCue





























On a windy day in autumn

A flock of geese flew by
Playing follow-the-leader

Moving south in the sky.












They flew in V formation

And made a honking call,

Following their leader,
And thus began the fall.











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Photo by iStock/tntemerson

By ari eta Robi so • Art by Ro a me





















Spot hears thunder. Go away, he barks.
























Now he hears it Get out! Spot is a
in the kitchen. he barks. brave dog.




















He chased away the thunder!
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By Lissa Rovetch • Art by Amy Wummer

























































Charlie was helping Tex and Indi get ready for their

first day of school.
“No, Charlie!” said Indi, scooting him off her special

first-day-of-school outfit.



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Tex and Indi







“No, Charlie!”
said Tex, taking

Charlie out

of his new
backpack.

“Hmm,” said

Mom, smiling.

“It looks as

if somebody
wants to go to

kindergarten

with you.”













“Aww. Sorry,

Charlie,” said
Tex. “Kitties

aren’t allowed

in school. But

we promise

to tell you all
about it when

we get home.”



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After school, Tex and Indi rushed home to tell

Charlie all about their first day.

“Our teacher, Ms. French, is so nice,” Indi told

Charlie. “I got to water our tree.”
“I played with my new friend Alton at recess,”

Tex added.



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“And we all drew pictures of our families,” said Indi.
“Look, Charlie. There you are.”

Charlie hopped right on top of Indi’s drawing and purred.

“I think he likes it,” said Tex.






Indi gave

Charlie a kiss

on the nose
and giggled.

“Me, too.”







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Pencil Bagel Ruler Peanut










Envelope Book











Paper Clip Magnifying Glass Heart









By Jacqueline Schiff
I have a puppet on my hand.
He stretches like a rubber band.

He claps his hands and nods his head,

Then hops back in his laundry bed.


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Art by Peter Grosshauser
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One morning, Meghna was putting on her shoes.

Then she stopped. “Look, Mom,” she said. “There’s a

hole in the toe!”
“You’ve grown—and so have your feet!” said Mom.

“Let’s go shopping for shoes this afternoon.”



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When they entered the store, Meghna saw shelves full

of shoes. A friendly lady in the children’s section measured

Meghna’s foot to figure out her size.
First, Meghna tried on some black shoes. Next, she tried

on some red ones. Soon, there were shoeboxes everywhere.



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“Which shoes would you like?” Mom asked.

Meghna looked at all the shoes. “I can’t decide,” she said.

Then she thought for a moment. She picked up her
old shoes, the ones with the hole. “I want shoes like

these,” she said.



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Meghna beamed as they left the store. In her hands
was a box with her new shoes. They were just like her

old shoes, but her new pair didn’t have a single hole.



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By usa erso • Art by i ia i t

I’m soaring high,

My toes touch sky.
Smiling at the clouds and trees,

I sing with birds.
I feel the breeze.



Not so high now.

S l o w e r,
Lower,

Toes touch grass.
Adventure’s over!


































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Spunky and Pepe were walking in the rain forest when they
saw something on the ground. It was smooth and white.

“What is that?” asked Spunky.

“It is an egg,” said Pepe.



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As they tiptoed closer, they heard a crack. A thin line

appeared down the shell. The egg was hatching! A long

snout with tiny teeth poked out of the shell.

“What is that?” asked Spunky.
“It is a mouth,” said Pepe.







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Then the crack grew bigger. Soon they could see the
baby’s head.

“What is that?” asked Spunky.

“It is a head,” said Pepe.






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The baby finally
crawled out of the shell.

It had four legs, a long

tail, and a long body.

“What is that?”
asked Spunky.

“It is a crocodile!”

said Pepe.












































The baby looked up at them and then ran to the water.
“Welcome to the world, baby crocodile!” said Spunky.

“Good-bye, baby crocodile!” said Pepe.



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Art by Jannie Ho



































































How are these pictures the same?



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How are they different?



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By ara re • Art by eborah e mo



























































Come on, everybody, today’s the day.

Let’s head outside for the Trash-Truck Parade!
Rumble, rumble down the street,

Here come the trucks for us to meet.



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First comes recycling in the truck that’s blue.

It takes used stuff to make something new.
Bottles and cans and paper and tins,

The truck lifts it all up, then dumps it all in.



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Next comes the driver in the truck that’s green.

He puts our old plants in the mulch machine.
Our grass and leaves and flower clippings

Become compost and mulch and new wood chippings.



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Last comes the garbage truck, the truck that’s gray.

It moves our junk to the landfill today.
All our scraps and rubbish and trash

Go up in the truck with a great big CRASH!



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Toot, toot! The garbage workers honk and wave.

We jump up and down and shout, “Hooray!
See you next week,” we smile and say.

“We’ll be back outside on Trash-Truck Day.”



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By at a umihar a


• rams short asta
such as e e
• tab es oo o ive oi
• cu esto
• cu mayo aise
• tab es oo emo uice
• cu rate
armesa cheese
• a t a e er to taste
• cu ra e or
cherry tomatoes ha ve
• cu coo e ree eas
• cu coo e cor . Whis esto
mayo aise a emo . ri e ith
uice i a ar e bo armesa cheese sa t

Adult: Cook pasta according a e er o i the
to package directions and . A the coo e tomatoes eas a cor
drain well. Toss with olive oil asta a toss erve co
and set aside to cool.



































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By ivia e bee • Art by evi immer
Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.































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Brontosaurus, reach up high.
Snatch the leaves that touch the sky.
Iguanodon.
Stretch your legs, Iguanodon.
Look around, then amble on.
Look around, then amble on.



























Theropods, sit on your knees.
Theropods, sit on your knees.
Fossilize yourself and freeze.

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By Bri et A erso







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Adult: Use a pencil to draw two dinosaur feet
on the craft foam.



















. ut out the eet
Adult: Fold the foot . ai t the eet
lengthwise and cut a a et them ry
2-inch slit near the bottom. com ete y
Fold the foam on the slit,
and cut another 2-inch slit
in the center of the fi rst slit.
When fi nished, the cuts
should look like a +.






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Natasha is using blocks to build a skyscraper. Like

the skyscrapers in the photos, her building is narrow
at the top. How will you build a skyscraper?



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Large photo by Guy Cali Associates, Inc. Top photo, center photo
and the bottom photo by wikipedia commons

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