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Show Tuesday, December 18, 2007 DAILY HERALD D3 RYOBMIN A PAGE FOR KIDS, CLASSROOMS AND CREATIVITY Kids, share your artwork: The Daily Herald is looking for children and teens to contribute drawings for BYOBrain, our weekly kids' page in the Tuesday Life & Style section. If you have a piece of artwork you'd like to have published, please mail it to Casey Rogers at the Daily Herald, 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah, 84603. You also can drop it by the Herald's office at the same address. Please include your name, age, school, year in school and what city you live in on the back of the drawing or on a separate piece of paper. Please also include a phone number where we can contact you (this number will not be printed). Drawings cannot be returned. HIL MASTURZO Akron Beacon Journal Make your own Nativity scene out of terra holiday. cotta pots this St. Francis was ahead of his time of the Nativity and preached to the congregation. You can read about the life of St. Francis of Assisi at the Women for Faith and Fam- Kathy Antoniqtti AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 1 lP .... St. Francis of Assisi, who was born in the late 12th century in a small region in Italy near Tuscany called Umbria, was a man ahead of his time. If he were alive today, Francis Bernadone, the son of a wealthy merchant, might very well be at the forefront of the fight against global warming. Many people know St. Francis as the patron saint of animals. Some churches conduct special services each year near his feast day on Oct. 4, so people can have their pets blessed. But did you know that he also is considered the patron saint of ecology? In 1979, Pope John Paul II said the holy man was "an example of genuine and deep respect for the integrity of creation." In 1992, bishops in the United States published a paper, "Renewing the Earth," " n r... y , Jacob Lindsey Simpson, e, first grade, Cascade Elementary, Orem Simpson, 13, seventh grade, View Jr. High, Orem Canyon in which they established St. Francis' concern for the environment. Like today's environmentalists, the bishops wrote that Francis saw himself as part of the ecosystem. We also can credit the saint with the popular, Christian practice of honoring the Christ Child's birth in Bethlehem by constructing a manger during the Christmas season. In 1223, Frances told a friend he wanted to celebrate the Nativity in a new manner so people could see'the hardships the Holy Family faced the night Christ was born. A simple stable was constructed with live animals and a child lying on the straw near the village of Greccio. It was the first known of the Nativity. People came to the midnight Mass where Francis read the Gospel story ily Web site at httpwww. html. Make your own Nativity scene with instructions I found in the DecemberJanuary 2008 edition of Family Fun magazine. Supplies you will need: I Two terra-cott- a pots. t Once saucer. terra-cott- I Two 1 and a wood ball. balls and one I Acrylic paint in three col- ors and a sponge brush. t Enough fabric to make three squares in different colors and patterns. I Black marking pen. I Glue. I Raffia or straw. I Embroidery floss. I Scissors. Paint the pots and saucer in three different colors to complement your fabric and let dry. Cut three squares of fabric and set aside. Use a black marking pen to draw facial features on the wood balls. Glue the two larger balls to the bottom of the pots and let dry. Fold the fabric pieces in half and place over the top of the balls. Wrap embroidery floss around the balls to hold in place. Take the last piece of fabric and fold it to look like a blanket wrapped around a baby. Glue the small head in the center so it looks like a child wrapped in a swaddling ' " I if -- . blanket. Glue some pieces of raffia or straw inside the saucer and place the baby on top. Books of the Week: And how ... THE WASHINGTON POST When two books with the word "how" in the title arrived in the same week, we knew we had a theme going. Whether it's how to build something, understand something or create something, we hope you'll find a book here that interests you. Maybe you could ask Santa to bring you one or two of these although if everybody did that, how would he get them all in 11- his sleigh? "Fully Woolly" By Ellen Warwick Ages Get out the knitting needles and crochet hook. There are lots of fun and unique projects just waiting to be made. For example, try your hand at creating a wool gumball necklace, a felted journal, a chic choker or a petite purse. Most of the nearly 20 projects require needles or hook. And there are detailed instructions, so there's no excuse not to try it. Ages Yes, the Brainwaves are back those mischievous little cartoon guys who had their first taste of publishing success last year with a book about inventions. This time 2 DG3H diriStCnSCn, 12, sixth grade, Valley View Elementary, Pleasant Grove i Washington Post about how to understand something or create somethingiWith Two books "Fully Woolly," by Ellen Warwick, try your hand at making a wool gumball necklace. "Alive," by Anita Ganeri, isn't just a cool popup book, it's a "Living, Breathing Human Body Book." "Alive" By Anita Ages "How the Incredible Human BodyWorks" By the Brainwaves and Richard Walker ; ; - Ganeri 2 This isn't just a cool popup book, it's a "Living, Breathing Human Body Book," as the subtitle reminds us. Push the button on the front and pulsing brain neurons light up. Open to the first page and a pulsing heart begins to beat from inside a raised rib cage. It's a little creepy, we admit, but if your career plans include medical school, this is a good place they're your hosts on a funny to start your educatioa and informative tour of your "Amazing Rubber Band Care" body. Did you know that each ByMikeRigsby hands bones? has 27 of your (The Brainwaves probably Ages 9 and older have fewer since they seem You'll be ready to join the to be missing a finger on each foldout Joe Gibbs Racing team after hand.) The four-pag- e of the digestive system is reading this book. There are 10 cars to make some built grossly awesome. for speed, some for distance, some for show. |