CHILDREN

The only way to prove that you’re a good Keep time for sports sport is to lose. - Ernie Banks

Dear Children, play. The Buddha too preached ‘health is wealth’. Doing your homework One can help others only if and studies are important. he or she is physically But playing with your healthy. According to medi- friends is also equally cal research lack of physical important. One learns to activities can result in dia- share the spirit of victory betes, high blood pressure and pain of defeat with your which can be fatal in years team mates. A ‘Healthy to come. Mind is a healthy Body’. So try to do some form of Engaging in sports activi- sport or extra curricular ties will help the physical activity in school. This will growth of children. As you help build your character all know, almost all schools and make you a responsible have the necessary infras- and caring person. It would tructure for various games also do your health a world like cricket, netball, bad- of good and make you a minton, tennis, basketball, sporty person. Good luck hockey, swimming etc. Doc- you Sporty Children. tors too advice parents to encourage their children to - Aunt Anji

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Stuck for The Hardy Boys

a few We feature the Hardy Nancy Drew and the Hardy a few Boys book series in our fea- Boys Super Mystery series. ture about famous chil- Its timeless plots, endear- dren’s authors to mark the ing characters, and exciting By Uncle Sachi Literary Month(Septem- writing have helped keep and weeks Aunt Ruwi ber). the series alive for seventy- he Hardy Boys series five years, while spawning - Part 4 is one of the most pop- and inspiring numerous T ular juvenile book spin-off series, nonfiction hinthaka struggled series of all time. It is a books, board games, TV to free his grasp juvenile detective/adven- shows and internet sites. C from the stone but it ture series, chronicling the Although he is said to be seemed useless. The stone fictional adventures of the author of every Hardy ers established by a man Rover Boys, published was practically glued to his teenage brothers Frank and Boys book, there is actually named Edward Stratemey- from 1899 to 1926 under hand, refusing to let go. Joe Hardy. no writer named Franklin er. the pseudonym Arthur M. What seemed enchanting The original Hardy Boys W. Dixon. There never has Since just before the turn Winfield. Stratemeyer moments ago now seemed series was produced by been. For that matter, nei- of the century, hundreds of soon found that he had far evil and distasteful. The Stratemeyer Syndicate, ther was there ever a Car- children’s series books more ideas for stories and voices which were once published by Grosset & olyn Keene, nor a Victor have sprung from Strate- series than he could write music to his ears seemed to Dunlap, and written by Appleton. These are all pen meyer’s fertile mind. His on his own. have changed. many different authors names for a group of writ- first major series was the He established a group of “You cannot let go of us between 1927 and 1979. writers known as the now. We have you trapped Leslie McFarlane was the Stratemeyer Syndicate. in our power,” the stones near at hand. Nalaka who to them but Pramodaka another and throwing a ner- first author to write under Stratemeyer would outline hissed nastily. had come running up after grabbed on to her hand. vous glance at the stones at the pen name Franklin W. the basic plot of each book Suddenly his brothers and the German Shepherd “Don’t touch them!,” he their feet and the one in Dixon, which he did for to be written, and one of sister along with Scooby stopped on his tracks. commanded, sharply. Chinthaka’s hand. over 20 volumes. the Syndicate writers came in view but he was “Something is not quite “Something strange is going A voice suddenly emerged To this day new Hardy (known as ‘ghosts’) would unable to tell them what had right here,” he told his on here.” from a nearby bush, making Boys adventures are pub- write the book, being paid happened for his tongue felt brother and sister before “No doubt about that,” them jump. lished by Simon & Schus- a flat fee and no further like lead in his mouth. What taking a few steps forward Nalaka said grimly motion- “That will teach you little ter’s imprint, Aladdin royalties. It was a system if they too were lured by the and called his younger ing towards the stone in scamps a lesson for trying to Paperbacks in The Hardy that seemed to work. stones? He could almost brother’s name. There was Chinthaka’s hand. He nab what belongs to some- Boys Undercover Brothers Most of the early Strate- visualise the four children no answer. grabbed his brother’s free one else,” the voice retorted. series, The Hardy Boys meyer books were adven- frozen in place with stones “We’d better go to him hand and tried to move it but “Those luring-stones are Undercover Brothers Super ture tales. But in the mid- clutched in their hands. How and see what’s up,” it was like trying to bend an possessed with dark magic. Mystery series, and the twenties, adult detective long will they remain like Pramodaka whispered, com- arm of a stone statue. They were placed there novels became popular, that? Most likely for years ing up to his side with Champika gave a squeak years ago by a witch to pro- and years. It was a scene Champika on tow. Nalaka of horror. tect these woods and its straight out of a nightmare. nodded and all three made “He cannot move! The belongings. Your kind of Scooby sensed the evil their way up to Chinthaka. stones have done something folk always go around dig- Ape Katha from 1. My pet is a cat. even before he caught sight They were quite unprepared to him. What are we going ging into matters which has 2. Its name is Silviya. My of the stones. He stopped for the sight that met their to do?,” she cried. nothing to do with you and 3. She is black and white in colour. short and gave a low growl. eyes. “Good question,” Nalaka taking away other’s belong- twin brothers 4. It likes to eat fish and meat. Then he trotted up to “O look. Shining stones. remarked glaring down at ings. Serves you right if you 5. Silviya likes to drink milk. Chinthaka and sniffed at the Aren’t they pretty?,” the stones while Pramodaka remain stuck like that for a Ape Katha , a collection of 6. She is very playful. pet stone in his hand. The stone Champika gasped, staring scratched his head with a few weeks.” 16 short stories written by 7. It likes to play at night time. shuddered. It seemed to grip down at the stones. She thoughtful frown. Champika twin brothers Isiwara 8. Silviya likes to play with wool and string. on to Chinthaka more des- made a move to step closer stood nervously by his side, Who does the voice Umayanga and Induwara 9. She loves me a lot. perately, sensing danger shifting from one foot to belong to? Will its owner Udayanga Karunaratne will 10. I love her a lot too. be launched at 3.00 p.m. on September 21 at the Interna- Ranuli Palipane tional Book Exhibition, Art Gallery Grade 3J, Musaeus College, Colombo 7 Colombo. The launch will take place at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Hall of the BMICH under the patronage of veteran author and illus- trator, Sybil Wettasinghe. Ape Katha, is the second book of 11-year-old Isiwara and Induwara (Born on short stories on December 2, November 6, 1996), both 2006 at their primary school, Grade 7 students of St. Sirimavo Bandaranaike Anthony’s College, Katugas- Model School, Matale. The tota. They previously latest book Ape Katha is pre- released ‘Aiyay Malliy’ as sented by Isindu Creations Leisure World Flower Garden their maiden collection of and is distributed by Stam- Nazla Irshad, Grade 2B, Taniya S. Jayatilaka Colombo South International College Grade 2, Kusinara International School Kalubowila Rawatawattha, Moratuwa

The annual exhibition of the Kingston College Interna- tional (Mutwal Branch) Primary section was held, presid- ed by the Chairman of the College Lion Dr. Engr. Lr. T. Country side My Garden Kumaraverl. The Chairman Lion Dr. Kumaraverl lighting Nethmie Semali Gunaratna Malshi Hirunika Jayakodi the oil lamp while the Principal of the Primary Section T. Year 1, Rossmoyne Primary School Year 3, HO/President’s College Pregrade ‘A’, Students of Lyceum International School Thambirajah, Teachers - Ealista Perera, Amalaverni, Western Australia Homagama Panadura performing a dance at the School’s Nursery Jayasena, Sanjeevani and all other staff members look and Pregrade concert held recently. on.

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