Your Own Pages

Every month, we publish readers' work in Highlights magazine. If you'd like to send us something to be considered for publication, we'd love to see it!

We welcome your drawings, poems, jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, stories, science questions, book reviews, Creatures Nobody Has Ever Seen!, recipes, craft ideas, letters to Dear Highlights, and dinosaur drawings, jokes, and questions.

Mail your work to:

Highlights for Children
803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431

Guidelines

  • Include your name, age, and complete address.
  • Keep a photocopy of your work because we cannot return it.
  • Stories, poems, and drawings must be your very own work, not copied from a book, magazine, or anywhere else. Stories should have fewer than 200 words; poems should have fewer than 75 words.
  • Artwork may be in color or black and white. Drawings should be on unlined white or light-colored paper.
  • Riddles, jokes, recipes, and tongue twisters may be ones you have heard before.
  • Highlights does not pay for these contributions.
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  • June 2012

    Robot

    Brandon, Age 4

    Florida

  • June 2012

    The city is loud,
    the city is big,
    with crowds of people
    walking on the streets.
    The city has everything
    except the silence.

    The City

    Sujala, Age 10

    Oregon

  • June 2012

    Greta, Age 6

    Texas

  • June 2012

    Fairies

    I believe in fairies.
    Did you know they paint the berries?
    And also the butterflies.
    But they’re not hiding in pies.
    Some make pixie dust.

    Kat, Age 7

    Tennessee

  • June 2012

    Dragon

    Lison, Age 8

    New York

  • June 2012

    Riding my bike all summer
    Out in the sun all day
    Baseball is so fun
    Enjoys going fishing
    Riding in the boat on the lake
    Taking a swim on a hot day

    Robert, Age 10

    Kansas

  • June 2012

    Tiffany, Age 12

    Indiana

  • June 2012

    I am a tree,
    Sturdy and tall.
    I give food in the summer
    And a home in the fall.
    I give blossoms in summer
    To butterflies blue,
    And nuts in the fall,
    That fall down to you.
    The sky is all red,
    With yellow and green.
    I’m a very old tree,
    And there’s lots that I’ve seen.

    A Tree

    Caitlin, Age 10

    Missouri

  • June 2012

    Let’s Play Ball

    Kyle, Age 11

    Colorado

  • June 2012

    I Love Pets!

    Pets are the best!
    They make me feel good and blessed.
    They are very cheerful
    And are almost never fearful.
    Pets can be a help in sad times.
    They will make you feel better
    No matter what kind of weather.
    Pets bring lots of joy
    To many girls and boys.
    Pets are better than toys
    Making delightful noise!
    Pets are very unique.
    They are goofy in their own way.
    But often that is a treat!

    Syd, Age 10

    Kentucky

  • June 2012

    Popcorn

    Annika, Age 8

    Connecticut

  • June 2012

    (Inspired by the poem about the red wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams)

                    “so much depends
                    upon”

                    a tiny flower
                    seed

                    wafting through the
                    air

                    then plopping itself
                    in

                    the fertile soil
                    and

                    blooming in the
                    sun

                    to become a
                    lily.

    So Much Depends Upon

    Nikki, Age 10

    New York

  • June 2012

    Wylan, Age 12

    Wyoming

  • June 2012

    The 50 stars
    stand for
    50 states,
    the 13 stripes
    stand for
    13 colonies,
    and the colors
      red
      white
      blue
    stand for
    the American flag’s
      freedom
        to
          you.

    The American Flag

    Gaurav, Age 9

    Florida

  • June 2012

    Puppy in a Park

    Eva, Age 10

    California

  • June 2012

    My own place is a tree house.
    It is quiet as a mouse.
    It is not a real place
    Because I made it in my mind.
    It is in a tree,
    High as can be.
    Also, it has a tire swing
    Just for me.

    My Own Place

    Lily, Age 10

    Maine

  • June 2012

    Arshin, Age 9

    Maryland

  • June 2012

    A Poem About Shells

    I wash up onto the shore.
    I’m no longer on the ocean floor.

    We are all crowded together,
    Changing the texture of the sand.

    Some of us are split in two.
    We are staring at something new.
    What is so breezy and blue?
    Oh, it must be the sky!

    By my new home come creatures of all kinds,
    Lines behind them as they wade,
    Water washing over them
    And soon they fade.

    That’s all I have to say.
     

    Discovering Land

    Emma, Age 9

    Massachusetts

  • June 2012

    Ben on Drums

    Ben, Age 10

    Connecticut

  • June 2012

    The warm summer breeze blows
    as birds take flight.
    The white swans swim
    in the cool blue water.
    An old tree’s brown branches lie
    peacefully while the leaves blow
    delicately in the wind.
    Big white clouds in the sky.
    The mountains, tall and strong.

    Summer

    Theodore, Age 8

    Maryland