A new book will let kids make 50 toys out of 50 die-cut, papertemplates. "Papertoy Monsters" (Workman, $16.95), featurespapertoys, which are popular on the Internet. The publisher callspapertoys a mash-up of origami and designer toys.
The monsters in author Brian Castleforte's book have bright, boldand creepy graphics. Each monster comes with its own bio, fact sheetand personality.
Details: www.workman.com.
Scholarships will reward community volunteerism
Kohl's is seeking nominations of kids ages 6 to 18 who have madepositive impacts in their communities through volunteering. TheKohl's Cares Scholarship Program will award more than $415,000 inscholarships and prizes, ranging from Kohl's gift cards to $10,000scholarships.
Adults age 21 and older can nominate kids through March 15 atwww.kohlskids.com. Two nominees from each Kohl's store nationwidewill win the gift cards. More than 200 kids will get regionalscholarships worth $1,000. Ten national winners will win a total of$10,000 in scholarships, and Kohl's will donate $1,000 to anonprofit on behalf of each national winner.
Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk
Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before theyare 4 months old might be more likely to become obese than those whostart later, suggests a new study reported in Reuters Health. Thefindings support U.S. guidelines that say parents should wait untilbabies are 4 to 6 months old to start feeding them solid foods, saidDr. Susanna Huh, one of the study's lead authors from Children'sHospital Boston.
Children's book features Mozart's sister
"For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria AnnaMozart," by Elizabeth Rusch with illustrations by Steve Johnson andLou Fancher, (Tricycle Press/Random House. $16.99, 32 pages) is achildren's book aimed at ages 4 to 8.
Growing up as the musically gifted older sister of WolfgangAmadeus Mozart could not have been easy for Maria Anna Mozart (1751-1825). When the girl was 7, her father started teaching her to playthe harpsichord, and later took her and Wolfgang on tours of manycities, where, occasionally, she received top billing performingbefore kings and queens. As her brother's genius became moreapparent, however, she was pushed aside, although her love of musicnever faded. In this celebration of a talented woman, authorElizabeth Rusch cleverly uses the structure of a piano sonata toorganize her chapters. The illustrations of Steve Johnson and LouFancher are evocative of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenthcenturies.
Shoulder pain might be broken collarbone
The collarbone doesn't completely harden until about age 20. Thismakes younger people -- especially participants in contact sports --more susceptible to a broken collarbone, the American Academy ofOrthopaedic Surgeons says.
The academy says common symptoms of a broken collarbone include:
Having a shoulder that droops
Being in too much pain to lift one or both arms
Feeling a "grinding" as you try to lift an arm
Feeling pain when touching the collarbone
Detecting an abnormal bump or swelling on the collarbone
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