More than 100 students from area schools submitted answers to the Week #30 Missourian In Education News Quiz. Two winners were selected at random to receive the final prizes of the school year, $15 Imo's Pizza gift certificates!

For the past year, children have had a new activity to enjoy at the All-Abilities Playground near Lions Lake in Washington — reading.

When he woke up Saturday morning, Max Grimes was nervous.

News Quiz #28

There’s more to celebrate in September than just the start of fall. As crisp breezes begin to blow, “Fall’s Finest” arrive in bookshops and libraries. It’s story prime time — the season when publishers release the cream of the crop, the best books they have to offer. Newsbee’s over the moon …

With the solar eclipse fresh in our memories, there’s no better time to share some Book Buzz reviews on Newsbee’s July Picks. The theme that month was “All Eyes on the Sky,” and ours were certainly focused on the heavens on Monday—and what a show it was. Until next month, Page On!

Newsbee takes his cue from Old MacDonald this month by suggesting some awesome rural reads for hayseeds in Buzzville. Your bee buddy is blowing his horn about his “Down on the Farm” theme — thumb’s up books for August. Don’t be sheepish, read one of his picks and send your review to the hive…

Though we’re in the homestretch of summer, Newsbee urges Buzzers and Buzzettes to continue to swing the bat for literacy. There’s ample time left to check out books at Washington Public and Scenic Regional Library. And to write reviews on my August Picks, “The Darkest Dark,” “Armstrong,” and…

The whimsical pair is back, a polka dot elephant and his mouse buddy return in “Little Elliot, Fall Friends,” by Mike Curato, a book that celebrates all things autumnal, making it a fitting September Baby Buzz Pick.

Tail-wagging fun can be found in the August Baby Buzz Pick, “Found Dogs,” a picture book about pooches, you can literally count on.

Contact Dawn Kitchell, Educational Services Director, at kitchelld@emissourian.com for information about the Missourian In Education and Record In Education youth readership programs.

Contact Nancy Sebastian, Missourian In Education Sponsorship Coordinator,  at sebastiann@emissourian.com about sponsoring the Missourian In Education program.

Contact Chris Stuckenschneider, Book Buzz Coordinator, at Newsbee@emissourian.com for information about the Book Buzz Youth Literacy Project.

View Thank You letters from students and Teacher Testimonials from educators who participate in the Missourian In Education program.

This 33-card set provides elementary and secondary Newspaper In Education activities in math, reading, science and social studies. Print, trim, hole punch and secure with a ring to make a set of task cards to use in the classroom or at home.