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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.
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Highlights for Children
803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
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- Keep a photocopy of your work because we cannot return it.
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- 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.
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February 2013
I shot an arrow into the sky.
Oh my, oh my, did it fly.
It flew among the stars.
It could have landed on Mars.Savannah, Age 5
Ohio
February 2013
Ethan, Age 8
Indiana
February 2013
Little flurries dance to the ground,
Happily clumping into a mound.
As I stroll by, icy snowflakes greet me.
Then they dive down with a “Whee.” This is the white season, but still merry.
Very pleasant, like a cake with a cherry.
This is winter,
This is winter.A Stroll in Winter
Darvin, Age 10
New York
February 2013
Animals in a Winter Forest
Madeline, Age 8
Illinois
February 2013
Still, cold waters
Just waiting to be touched.
Big, brown canoe
Breaking the silence.Breaking the Silence
Abigail, Age 9
Georgia
February 2013
Harvesting Hay for Our Cows
Caleb, Age 6
Wisconsin
February 2013
The word friendship reminds me of friends.
The word friendship reminds me of ships.
The word friendship reminds me of the sea.
The word friendship reminds me of friends on ships at sea.The Word Friendship Reminds Me of the Sea
William, Age 6
Pennsylvania
February 2013
My Valentine Snow Girl
Lily, Age 7
Michigan
February 2013
The first goat, driving a van,
Said, “I can drive faster than you can.”
The second goat, driving a car,
Said, “But you cannot drive very far.”
The third goat, driving a bus,
Said, “Oh, you all make such a fuss.”Goats in Vehicles
Heather, Age 12
Texas
February 2013
Blake, Age 8
Florida
February 2013
An Eagle's Flight
Eagle, eagle,
Brown and white,
Show me how you take flight
In the moonlight.Mckinsey, Age 10
Louisiana
February 2013
My Trumpet
Jillian, Age 11
New Jersey
February 2013
Two more months of winter,
Then the sun will come.
Up will sprout the flowers,
Down will melt the snow.
Two more months of winter
Then the sun will come
Up into my eyes and make me come outside.
Two More Months of Winter
Ashley, Age 9
British Columbia, Canada
February 2013
Tommy, Age 6
Ohio
February 2013
The mother owl whistles by
and dives through the thistles with a sigh.
She snaps at her prey,
which is a stray piece of hay,
as she flies by.Mother Owl
Sam, Age 10
Illinois
February 2013
Kathryn, Age 8
Oregon
February 2013
Ponce de Leon searched for gold and youth.
He hunted steadily like a sleuth.
Wearing fine silk and lace, he set the pace.
His hat stood stiffly upon his brow,
With a feather that would bow.
With a cold and menacing eye,
He did presume that gold was nigh.
Prosperity never could he boast.
Never did he find the gold or youth
Along the Florida coast.Ponce de Leon
Amber, Age 11
North Carolina
February 2013
Russell, Age 9
Montana
February 2013
Raging
Always wet
I like them
Nice and beautiful
Drippy
Racing from the clouds
On the roof
Pretty
Seeing raindrops is fun.Raindrops
Jack, Age 8
California
February 2013
Turtles in Love
Senedra, Age 7
Idaho