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VOL. 3 NO. 6 JULY/AUGUST 2017 Florida wants people to go out and PICK UP A PYTHON Would You? page 22 A big bundle of Burmese python. The invasive species is blamed for wiping out native mammals in Flor- ida’s Everglades. (AP Photos) 6WK17p1_Cover.indd 1 6/12/17 9:01 PM VOL. 3 NO. 6 JULY/AUG 2017 10-13 14-17 6-9 Exhibit— The business Eclipse—It's the age of of bikes your turn, U.S.! ocean liners in China 18-21 22-25 26-29 Return of Would you Backlash over the red- pick up religious law legged frog a python? in India Flamingos in the City In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 3.7-mile park was created by a ruler's de- way into the clouds! Soon an even taller huge buildings stand against the sky. cree more than 30 years ago. Only one building will come to Dubai too. Can But something else moved into the tower stood among Dubai’s sand dunes you imagine looking out a 163rd-floor desert city long before the giant back then. It was just 39 stories high. window while the pink birds flap by? skyscrapers did: flamingos! Compared to buildings there today, it’s People in Dubai protect the Thousands of flamingos live in the a dwarf. Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is the tallest flamingos while their city grows. saltwater wetland park in Dubai. The structure in the world. It pokes all the The birds were there first! WORLDkids, Issue 6, July 2017 (ISSN #2372-7357, USPS #700-950) is published 6 times per year—September, November, January, March, May, and July for $35.88 per year, by God’s World News, God’s World Publications, 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803. Periodicals postage paid at Asheville, NC, and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to WORLDkids, PO Box 20001, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. • PUBLISHER: Howard Brinkman, MANAGING EDITOR: Rich Bishop, EDITOR: Chelsea Boes. Member of Associated Press. 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Bishop • Answer on page 5 July/Aug 2017 • WORLDkids 3 6WK17_2_Puzzle.indd 3 6/13/17 8:34 AM “That’s so An Arm for Isabella much better,” Isabella says as she tries out her Isabella Nicola was in new prosthetic. fourth grade when she de- cided she wanted to play the violin. But she had a prob- lem. She was born without her left hand and part of her left arm. How could she play with one hand? Isabella’s mom believed God would help her fi nd a way. Guess what? God did! The strings director at Isabella’s school, Matthew Baldwin, is a Christian. He wanted to help. He built Isa- bella a prosthetic out of PVC pipe. She could play. But the arm was heavy. designed another prosthetic for Isabel- Using it wasn’t easy. la. The new, 3D-printed arm works Mr. Baldwin contacted George Mason Uni- much better. Isabella even got to More shorts online versity. A group of engineering students there choose the color: pink. every day! Books on Wheels kids.wng.org Ali al-Moussawi steers his truck through traffi c in Baghdad, Iraq. Guards stop him. They check his truck for weapons. But he doesn’t have bombs. He has books. Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was once known for its writers and readers. But now it has become known for violence. To share his love of reading in the war-torn city, Mr. al-Moussawi sells books from his truck—and peo- ple are buying them. He says his business brings Mr. al-Moussawi arranges a book in up to $4,000 each month. display in front of his mobile library Words are important to God. He uses them truck on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. in the Bible to show us who He is. His words can bring us true peace. 4 WORLDkids • July/Aug 2017 AP Photos 6WK17_4-5_shorts.indd 4 6/12/17 9:13 PM “It’s sooooo cute!” Those words are often the beginning of a sad story. Someone buys a cute puppy. But at home, the buyer notices a prob- lem. The dog is active. The buyer is a couch pota- to. The buyer has kids. The dog isn’t kid-friendly. Back to the animal shel- ter the puppy goes! That puppy is just one of four million dogs given to shelters every year. A new online busi- Mutt Matchup ness in Boston is trying to solve this problem. The site, called How I Met My Dog, uses a science-based quiz. Morgan Fredette (left) holds When you take it, the site will fi nd a the new family pet, Roscoe. The More shorts online mutt that matches your lifestyle— dog was matched to them through every day! and melts your heart too. “How I Met My Dog” online. Did you see any hundslappa- Lost Language? drifa this winter? You’re probably thinking “What in the world is that?” kids.wng.org Almost no one knows. But Iceland- ers will tell you it means “heavy snowfall with large fl akes in calm wind.” English certainly doesn’t have a word for that! Icelanders are proud of their ancient language. But the world is changing. English-speaking tourists pour into Iceland. Many young Icelanders speak English too. 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