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.
November 2012
Thanksgiving Feast
Kaitlyn, Age 7
California
November 2012
I’m up to bat,
I hit the ball,
I wish I got home,
But a triple was all.
The next person hits,
He gets a single,
Oh but me, oh but me,
I’m stuck in a pickle.
I am halfway to home,
But the catcher has the ball.
I turn around,
The ball whizzes past me,
And for some reason,
The third baseman is closer.
Then all of a sudden,
The ball meets my back.
Then the words hit me,
“You’re out!”
Just like that.Stuck in a Pickle
Hans, Age 9
Vermont
November 2012
Mark, Age 10
Massachusetts
November 2012
The wind blows hard,
But the sun makes it warmer.
It shines brightly.
It is still bitterly cold.
The wind makes
The trees swish.
Shhh, shhh, the wind says.
When a big gust of wind
Blows, everything shakes.
No birds are singing their
Evening songs.
Windy Day
Sophie, Age 7
New York
November 2012
Viking Territory
Paige, Age 8
Pennsylvania
November 2012
There once was a man from Spain,
Who took a round-trip to Ukraine.
Then one day he gawked,
As he tripped on a rock,
Going back to his home with a cane.
The Man from Spain
Isaac, Age 11
Missouri
November 2012
Palak, Age 12
Texas
November 2012
Kite, kite, in the sky,
I think about you as I walk by,
Whirling, twirling through the air,
All I do is stop and stare.
Spinning, spinning, coming to a stop,
All the way from the top.
Kite, kite, in the sky
Now it’s time to say good-bye.
Kite
Shaily, Age 10
Maryland
November 2012
Julia, Age 12
New Jersey
November 2012
Brother, Sister, Mom, and Dad,
All of them are not at all bad.
We love them lots,
They're nice and sweet,
They're so very great and so very neat.
All of them are special in their own very way;
That's why they'll always be here to stay.
My Family
Harrison, Age 8
Alabama
November 2012
Hunter, Age 11
Kentucky
November 2012
painting is something special
colorful, bright
a world to exploreevery brushstroke
brings the canvas to life
painting is magicpainting is inspiring
an idea out there
hidden behind a pictureyou may not see it
neither may I
but if you look close you’ll seepainting is a secret
waiting to be found
waiting to be set freeso look at a painting
see its beauty
the secret revealed.Painting Is Magic
Olivia, Age 9
Maine
November 2012
Bamboo Forest
Laura, Age 10
Louisiana
November 2012
My shooting star up in the sky.
I wish I could fly!
I would go so high.
Me and my shooting star
in outer space together forever.
My Shooting Star
Skye, Age 7
North Carolina
November 2012
My First Car
Alex, Age 7
Colorado
November 2012
When the sun comes
It’s time to wake up
To go to school.When I go to school
First I color or read books
And then we will do our pledge.I know how to draw and paint
And color by myself.
When the dark comes
It’s time to go to sleep
And that’s the time to sleep.My Routine
Vishalakshi, Age 5
Michigan
November 2012
Sydney, Age 10
Minnesota
November 2012
Hot cocoa is yummy.
Cocoa is great.
Cocoa is better than grapes and a steak.
It is snowing outside and I want something warm.
Hot cocoa is the thing I’ll have in a storm!
If you haven’t had cocoa, you really should try it.
Best thing in town, go on and buy it.
Hot Cocoa
Eben, Age 7
Washington
November 2012
Joseph, Age 8
Virginia
November 2012
Friends are always there.
They’ll always have your back.
They’ll laugh with you,
Cry with you,
And smile with you.
Friends are like shining stars;
Not always seen,
But you know that they are there.
Friends
Danielle, Age 12
Utah