Highlights Genies (July 2019)

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July 2019 • Volume 6 • Issue No. 76
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July 2019


July 2019 |
Let’s
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America’s leading early-childhood magazine is now in India!


Let’s Read Together


4 Rain
5 The Adventures of Spot ™

6 Tex and Indi : Working Together
™
12 Past My Bedtime
20 Meera and Kiran: Playing with Clay
26 Splish, Splash, Splosh!
page 20




Let’s Puzzle It Out


10 My First Hidden Pictures Puzzle
™
16 Amla Is an Astronaut
18 That’s Silly! ™

24 Look and Look Again: Summer Nights


page 24


Let’s Do It


30 Create Your Own Constellation
32 Red, White, and Blue Berry Shortcakes
34 Animal Antics

35 Track the Moon


page 34





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Rain






Poem and Art by Nancy Cote

I always smile
on rainy days.

It’s such a lovely sound

to hear a million tiny drops

bounce gently to the ground.


















































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By Marileta Robinson • Art by Ron Zalme


















Spot finds a stick. It’s a perfect stick!




















How will Spot get it home? Not this way. Not that way.




























That’s the way, Spot!
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Working Together




By Lissa Rovetch
Art by Amy Wummer

















































“Dad’s birthday is tomorrow,” said Tex and

Indi’s big sister, Arizona. “Do you want to help

me make him a super-special birthday card?”

“Or what if we make him a super-special
birthday breakfast?” said Tex.

“No, let’s make up a super-special birthday

song,” said Indi.



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Tex and Indi




























































“We always do your ideas,” said Tex to Indi.

“We never do my ideas.”

“No, we always do your ideas,” said Indi.

“We never do my ideas.”
“You two are being silly gooses,” said Arizona.

“If we work together, we can do all of our ideas.”



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The twins and
Arizona gathered

paper, markers, and

stickers from the
craft box and made

a super-special

birthday card.


















































Then they worked together to make up a

super-special birthday song.



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And the next morning, they worked together to

make a super-special birthday breakfast.

“Wowee-zowee!” said Dad, grinning. “A yummy

breakfast, a fantastic birthday card, and the best
birthday song I’ve ever heard. How did you three do

all of this?”

“Easy,” said Indi. “We just worked together!”



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My First










Puzzle





Find these objects hidden in the big picture.








Pencil Envelope Button Worm












Hat Paper Clip









Magic Wand Boot Umbrella





Starry Skies


Poem and Art by Patrick Girouard
I see three fish up in the sky,

a polar bear, and a striped bow tie.

Camping out on our vacation,

we create our constellations!



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Past My Bedtime






By Eileen Spinelli • Art by Tracy Bishop


























































What’s it like past bedtime?

I got my chance to see
when Mom said I could stay up late

with all the family.



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My dad sat down to read the news.

My mom read in her chair.



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My grandma knitted quietly.






































My sister brushed her hair.



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My grandpa snored—and I was bored.

The dog crawled in his crate.
There’s nothing much exciting, friends,

that happens after eight.



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Amla Is an Astronaut





By Barbara L. Scanlan • Art by Paula J. Becker
Amla is an astronaut.

She’s going to take a trip.

She found a big brown cardboard box

And made a rocket ship.
“I’m off to see the planets, the Sun, Moon, and stars.

My first stop is Venus.

My second stop is Mars.

I’ll visit the rings of Saturn
And before my trip is done,

I’ll take a walk on the rocky Moon

And circle around the Sun.”











































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How many A’s can
you find?

How many rocket ships

do you see?

What else do you see?




.

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.

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hat’s Silly!





Art by Carol Herring





































































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What


silly things

do you see?








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Playing with Clay







By Ana Galán • Art by Sonal

Meera and Kiran



















































It was too hot to play outside, so Kiran pulled out

his modeling clay. “Do you want to play?” he asked
Meera.

“Yes, I’d love to play,” said Meera, sitting next

to him.



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Kiran rolled some yellow clay into a ball. Then he

added orange clay to make a beak.

“That’s so colorful,” said Meera.“What is it?”

“It is a yellow chick,” said Kiran proudly.
“I love your little chick!” said Meera. “I’ll use this

white clay and try to make one too.”



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Next, Kiran used the red clay and made an animal with

many legs.

“Hmm, is that a crab?” asked Meera.
“Yes, it is a red crab,” said Kiran.







He set the crab next

to the chick and started

making something with

the green clay.
“Is that an iguana?”

said Meera.

“No, it is a green frog,”

said Kiran.
He helped the frog

jump on the table.


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Then Kiran grabbed little pieces of red, green,
yellow, and orange clay. He mixed them together.

“What are you making?” said Meera.

“It is a monster!” said Kiran. “GRRRR!”



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Summer Nights





Art by Mattia Cerato




































































How are these pictures the same?


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Look and
Look Again










































































How are they different?


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Splish, Splash, Splosh!






By Christine Sutton • Art by Luke LaMarca























































Bagheera the goldfish blew out his cheeks. The sun

coming through the open window was making his
water very hot.

Outside sat a water pitcher under a sun

umbrella. It looked lovely and cool.



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With a mighty

push, Bagheera

swam up and
out of the bowl.

Wheee!

He landed,

splish, in the
pitcher.







































But, oh dear. No plants to swim around,

no rocks to hide behind. It was very boring.

On the garden path was a bowlful of rainwater.

It looked lovely and cool.



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With a mighty push, Bagheera swam up and out of the

pitcher. Wheee! He landed, splash, in the bowl.

But, oh dear. There were still no plants to swim around,

still no rocks to hide behind. That’s when Bagheera noticed
the pond. It looked lovely and cool.



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With a mighty push, he swam up and out of

the bowl. Wheee! He landed, splosh, in the pond.

At last! Plants to swim around, rocks to hide

behind. He even had a frog statue for company.

Bagheera the goldfish had found the perfect home.


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Create Your Own Constellation






By Edna Harrington

You Need

• Rocks • Paintbrush
• White and black paint • Glow-in-the-dark paint


























































1. Wash and dry 2. Paint white stars on the top of your rocks. Let dry.
your rocks. Paint the stars with glow-in-the-dark paint. Let dry.

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Create Your Own Constellation






Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.





























































4. Place your rocks in a sunny spot, inside or outside,
3. Optional: Paint the such as a windowsill or backyard. Arrange the rocks to
area around the stars make your constellation. The stars will soak up the light

black. Let dry. during the day and glow at night.

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Red, Blue





By Pat Tanumihardja

You Need

• 453 grams can of refrigerated
buttermilk biscuit dough
• Flour
• 2 tablespoons of butter,
melted
• Sugar for sprinkling
• 2 cups raspberries
• 2 cups blueberries
• 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey
• ²⁄ cup heavy whipping cream
³
• 1 tablespoon sugar 1. Separate the dough
• ⁄ cup plain yogurt and place each piece on a 2. Arrange the stars
1
³
clean surface dusted with on an ungreased baking
g
Before You Be in flour. Flatten each biscuit sheet. Brush lightly with
Adult: Preheat the oven to with your palm and cut out the butter and sprinkle
with sugar.
176˚C. Place a mixing bowl star shapes using a 3-inch
in the refrigerator. cookie cutter. Adult: Bake according to
package directions.
Transfer to a rack
and let cool.


















3. Mix the berries in a 4. Add the whipping
bowl with 1 tablespoon cream and 1 tablespoon
of honey. Taste and add of sugar to the chilled
more honey if desired. mixing bowl. 5. Gently fold in the
Set aside. Adult: Mix with a
hand mixer until thick. yogurt. Refrigerate
until ready to serve.
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Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.


Berry Shortcakes





















6. Place one star on each plate.
Add heaping spoonfuls of the
berries onto the star shortcake.

Then add a spoonful of yogurt-
cream to each plate.















































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Animal Antics



An Action Rhyme

By Heidi Bee Roemer



























I can creep on hands and knees I can jump on both my feet
like hungry lions do. like a bouncy kangaroo.


































I can stand on one leg I can walk like myself—
like a stork beside its nest. that’s what I do best!

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34 July 2019 Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc., except lion by iStock/Getty Images Plus/yairleibo,
kangaroo by Getty Images/E+/Freder, stork by iStock/Getty Images Plus/123ducu

Track the Moon







Look in the sky and

see how the Moon


appears to change.


































1. When you go outside, look up
to the sky. During the day, you may

see clouds, the Sun, and the Moon.
At night, you may see stars and
the Moon.

Each time you see the Moon, it 2. Tonight, go outside to look at
may be in a different part of the sky. the Moon. Draw a picture of what it
When the Moon looks like a round looks like. You can also ask an adult
circle, it is called a full moon. to write what you notice about the
What does the Moon look like in Moon. Repeat this for a few days,

the night sky? Does it look the then look back at your drawings.
same in the day? What do you notice about the Moon?

Photos: background by iStock/Getty Images Plus/Dimitris66; July 2019 TM 35
left by iStock/Getty Images Plus/ti-ja; right by iStock/Getty Images
Plus/pjmorley

B





Vacation

time! Which

suitcase does

not have a A

match?



C












D




Look for these pictures


inside the magazine.




A. page 14 B. page 8 C. page 26 D. page 11






Look for the hidden “Smiling ”

on the front cover.
Art by iStock/discan



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