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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is in theaters now. The movie is a musical comedy from Sony Pictures. We meet a shy boy named Josh who befriends Lyle, a crocodile. Josh is played by Winslow Fegley, 13. “Josh has to go through…
Author Matt de la Peña has a new book. It is about kids discovering who they are. TFK Kid Reporter Zarita Asgar spoke with de la Peña. Patchwork is a “celebration of all the twists and turns of childhood,” he…
Imagine you’re reading two articles about a Halloween parade. One includes only numerical information: the temperature outside, the number of people in attendance, a ranking of the costumes. The other includes facts, but it also describes the sights and sounds…
For most people, insects are pests. We flick them off our arms. We spray them with pesticides. Levon Biss is a photographer. He wants us to see their beauty. Biss takes close-up photographs of insects. Then he blows them up…
The parts of an insect’s body are important. They help the insect survive. Other animals depend on bees too. So do plants. Here are some features that keep the …
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is known for its beaches. It is also a hot spot for sharks. In 2021, there were more than 150,000 shark detections. Sharks are part of the Cape Cod ecosystem. Since the 1970s, shark numbers have dropped…
“Kill it! Squash it, smash it. . . just get rid of it.” Those instructions are from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. They are part of an effort to stop the spotted lanternfly. The pest has been found across the…
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever launched. It was sent into space in 2021. The first images captured by Webb were revealed in the summer. “These images are going to remind the world that…
Ria Thundercloud is a professional dancer. She started dancing in a powwow circle. That is a Native American tradition. It honors Native culture through dance and music. Thundercloud fell in love with dancing. “I could express myself,” she told TIME…
Jeffrey Kluger is a science journalist who covers all things space. That’s his beat, or the subject area on which he writes and reports. “I’ve written about many topics in the decades I’ve been working,” he says. “None has given…
Schools protect kids’ mental health in many ways. In some states, schools let students take days off for mental health. Do you think schools should offer mental health days? Some kids say yes. They think mental health days give kids…
Dr. Vivek Murthy is the United States Surgeon General. He is our country’s top doctor. He wants to protect kids’ mental health. He shares these tips for kids.
There might be a new way of sniffing out cases of COVID-19. Dogs can smell the disease in a person’s sweat. That is what a new study found. Dogs have a strong sense of smell. They can smell the chemicals…
Dogs have had a close relationship with people for thousands of years. They were one of the first animals to be trained to help people with tasks. Today, most dogs are pets. But there are still important jobs for them…
Scientists are tracking the death’s-head hawk moth. They’re using tracking devices small enough to attach to the giant insects. A recent study followed 14 moths. Scientists are studying the creature’s migration patterns. They found that the moths fly in straight…
“Cree en ti mismo.” “Está bien ser diferente.” “Si te sientes eufórico y desequilibrado, piensa en marmotas.” Estos son mensajes de aliento de niños. Las personas que llaman pueden escucharlos en la línea directa PepToc. Es parte de un proyecto…
