Highlights® July 2011 Parents' Guide

Looking for opportunities to help your kids learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find the stories and activities that suit your child's reading level and interests.

CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTIONS

Each issue of Highlights features writings and drawings from children. While we cannot publish every submission, the staff of Highlights writes personal responses to every letter.

  • Jokes (page 15)
  • Your Own Pages (page 28)
  • Riddles (page 38)
  • Dear Highlights (page 42)

NONFICTION

  • My Sci (page 10) Science, moderate, advanced
  • Waiting for Miss Liberty (page 20) History, advanced
  • The Giant Anteater Café (page 22) History, advanced
  • Climbing into the Past (page 30) History, advanced
  • Nature Watch (page 33) Science, moderate, advanced
  • The Secret of the Strange Flower (page 40) Science, advanced

FICTION

  • Knoxville, Tennessee (page 5) Poetry, moderate
  • Night Owl Nabs the Sheep Snatcher (page 6) Story, advanced
  • Bear Rides! (page 9) Rebus, early
  • Princesses Don't Go Camping (page 12) Story, moderate
  • Moving Day (page 15) Poetry, moderate
  • Ask Arizona®: Fine, Feathered (Furless) Friends (page 16) Story, advanced
  • The Timbertoes® (page 19) Story, moderate
  • Garden Stakeout (page 27) Story, advanced
  • Seeking a Hidden Hive (page 34) Story, moderate

MORE FUN WITH A PURPOSE®

  • Goofus and Gallant® (page 8)
  • Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
  • Crafts (page 24)
  • Thinking (page 37)
  • BrainPlay (page 39)
  • Picture Puzzler (page 43)
  • What's Wrong?™ (Back cover)