Kids News - Articles with 400-600 Words

This touching tale of Orange Ted, a one-eyed 50-year old teddy bear and seven-year old Jaimee Armstrong may sound like fiction, but the entire story is true. It all began in Girona, Spain on April 23rd, when Jamie, returning from a family vacation, forgot her bag of toys at the airport....

Catherine Banner started writing the outline of her book when she was just 14-years old. Five years later, this 19-year old has not one but a trilogy (series of three books) in the works and there is already talk of a film version. Her first book, 'The Eyes of a King', hit bookstores earlier this week....

On Wednesday, 11-year old Akshay Rajagopal from Nebraska, triumphed over five million kids nationwide, to win the 20th annual National Geographic Bee Contest, held in Washington D.C....

Fire Station No. 6 in Livermore, Northern California houses a celebrity - a 107-year old light bulb that has been on for over a million hours, rightfully earning the title of the "World's longest continuously burning bulb" by both the Guinness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not!...

April 22, 2008 is Earth Day - an international day of observance of environmental issues. This day was first observed in North America on April 22,1970 to highlight environmental issues that the government seemed to be ignoring. Since then it has been adopted globally, with this year's event expected to be the biggest ever!...

The 21st Nickelodeon Kids Choice 2008 Awards is an annual awards show that honors the year's biggest television, movie and music acts, as voted by the kids who watch the Nickelodeon Channel. This year the awards presentation will be on Saturday March 29th. THE DOGONEWS CHALLENGE Predict who you think will win in each of the six key categories (outlined below), and tell us why you think DOGONews is the best kids news site, to be eligible for one of three amazing prizes. Read on for full details....

Happy St. Patrick's Day! - On this fun day, we bring you a heart-warming story about an unusual "Irish" dancing troupe where the only person who is Irish is the teacher! "The Keltic Dreams" is a multi-ethnic group of 33 kids all between the ages of 7-12, who go to Public School 59 in New York's Bronx region....

From February 17- February 20th, New York City was home to the 2008 Toy Fair, the largest international toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere. It is here that the manufactures reveal their latest and hottest products for children....

The world of classical music is buzzing with excitement these days thanks to an amazingly talented young conductor called Gustavo Dudamel. At just 27 years of age, he is scheduled to become the conductor for the LA Philharmonic, one of the best Orchestra's in America, when the current conductor retires in 2009....