Highlights for Children

The experts at Highlights know how to keep kids motivated while they learn. Filled with fiction, nonfiction, Hidden Pictures®, skill-building puzzles, science experiments and more, this read-only digital version of Highlights magazine strengthens reading abilities, promotes creativity, sharpens thinking skills, and helps build confidence. Visit Highlights.com to learn more. Ages 6-12.

Fun This Month

Hooray! Here’s Your First Issue!

BrainPlay • Take your brain on a hike. How far can you go?

Paper Airplanes

BERT AND MERT and the Dancing Shadows

Goofus and Gallant® • There’s some of Goofus and Gallant in us all. When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.

Your Own Stories

Shifting Shadows

Little Twirling Trees

Yi qi ee chee “strange wing”

What is a spaceship made of? • Joseph and Wilmer, Age 9, New York

Tumbling , Twirling Monkeys

Playing to Win • A spot in the indoor soccer playoffs is on the line.

The Timbertoes®

Lori Learns to Swim

Shelf Shuffle

Word Smash

A Crab ’ s Clever Costume • The right disguise means survival for some crabs.

Robo Bites • A Game for 2 or More Players

Make a Super Glider

3-D Picture Frame

Maori Koru Pendant • Make a necklace inspired by the art of the Maori people of New Zealand.

Paws and Think • Reports from a Helicopter

Lettuce Eat ! • What will you wrap up?

A Sculptor for America • Augustus Saint-Gaudens always dreamed of becoming an artist.

Your Own Pages

Rescue Robots • 24 robots—1 winner!

JOKES

My Pants Keep Getting Shorter

Zebra and Wasp

The Damper Ball Rocks ! • This swinging ball calms a tower’s shakes, even in quakes.

How the Damper Ball Works • The damper ball stops Taipei 101 from swaying when winds or earthquakes occur. The ball is a tuned mass damper, hung on cables and surrounded by dampers that cushion its movements.

Answers

RIDDLES

Check . . . and Double Check • Compare these two pictures. Can you find at least 18 differences?

Mosaic Magic

Stuck in a TV Time Warp

Dear Highlights

Picture Puzzler • Can you find all the matching pairs? Each of these imaginary germs has an exact match except for one.

What ’ s Wrong ?® • Which things in this picture are silly? It’s up to you!