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© 2011 Universal Uclick release dates: November 12-18 46-1 (11) from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page ® . To order, send $9.95 plus $3.50 postage and handling for each copy. Send check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable to: Andrews McMeel Universal, P.O. Box 6814, Leawood, KS 66206 or call toll-free 1-800-591-2097. Please send ______ copies of The Mini Page Guide to the Constitution (Item #0-7407-6511-6) at $13.45 each, total cost. (Bulk discount information available upon request.) www.smartwarehousing.com Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ City: _________________________________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________ The popular nine-part series on the Constitution, written in collaboration with the National Archives, is now packaged as a colorful 32-page softcover book. The series covers: • the preamble, the seven articles and 27 amendments • the “big ideas” of the document • the history of its making and the signers The Mini Page ® Guide to the Constitution Holiday Meals Ahead! Good Table Manners The Mini Page gang all have good manners. Other characters on this page don’t. Put a check in the boxes next to those you would invite to your holiday meals. Goldie Goodsport chews with her mouth closed. Wyatt Wolf gobbles down his food and takes more than his share. Alpha Betty sits up tall with her elbows at her sides. Willie Wanderer leaves the table without being excused. Tilly Tilt leans back in her chair. Casey Count eats slowly, chews every bite well and shares. Words that remind us of good table manners are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: CHEW, CLEAN, COMPLIMENT, EXCUSE, FOOD, FORK, HELP, HOLIDAY, KNIFE, MANNERS, NAPKIN, PASS, PLATE, POLITE, SHARE, SPOON, TABLE, TASTE, THANKS, TRENCHER, UTENSILS. Table Manners TRY ’N FIND BE THANKFUL FOR GOOD MANNERS! P N A E L C R Q S R E N N A M W O E E T A L P J V L G R S P Y N L X L T S L I S N E T U N A P O I C B H P L E H X J M I D E A O T U A A F C E F I N K I O T S P E S T N S H A R E P L Z O S S S J E N K Y E B D A O C M F A K R O F R S Q W G N H W U B C T N E M I L P M O C from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Basset Brown The News Hound’s TM Ready Resources from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics. On the Web: • http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/kids-guide-to-table- manners/detail.aspx • www.freemannerslesson.com/ At the library: • “Emily Post’s Table Manners for Kids” by Cindy Post Senning and Peggy Post from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick How to set the table Pilgrim kids ate standing up at a table. While their parents sat on stools or in chairs, Pilgrim kids usually ate standing up. Family members probably had a knife and maybe a spoon, but no fork. Using fingers was OK. Many families ate out of wooden dishes called “trenchers.” They often shared a wooden mug called a “drinking pot.” Can you unscramble some of these Pilgrim foods? 1. urkeyt __________________ 2. qsauhs _________________ 3. rede ____________________ 4. ifhs _____________________ 5. pinsahc _________________ If you are wondering which utensil to use first, always use the first one on the outside and work in. For example, the soup spoon is on the outside. This guide might have more plates and silverware than you wish. If so, use the above plan, but leave out what you do not use. The setting for young eaters will be simpler. 1. turkey, 2. squash, 3. deer, 4. fish, 5. spinach. This is the way the Pilgrim kids ate! from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Tom: Why is a turkey an important band member? Terry: It always has the drumsticks! Tammy: What holiday does Dracula observe in November? Timmy: Fangsgiving! TM All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category? Tara: When is it fun to serve a rubber turkey? Tyra: For Pranksgiving! Mini Spy . . . Mini Spy and her friends made Thanksgiving dinner for Rookie Cookie this year! See if you can find: • pencil • mug • letter O • letter E • number 2 • cat • horseshoe • word MINI • umbrella • bird • letter I • acorn • letter A • ladder • bell • number 3 • letter H • key • man in the moon • olive • letter U • Christmas tree from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick TM from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Meet Salma Hayek Salma Hayek is the voice of Kitty Softpaws in the movie “Puss in Boots.” She has been in several movies, TV shows and commercials. She once starred in a Mexican soap opera. She also directed a movie for TV, “The Maldonado Miracle,” for which she won an Emmy award. She was an executive producer for the TV series “Ugly Betty.” After starring in the soap opera, Salma moved to Los Angeles and began taking acting lessons. She also took lessons to give herself a more American accent. She was born Salma Valgarma Hayek-Jimenez in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. She attended a convent school in New Orleans. In college, she studied drama and international relations. Salma, 45, has supported causes that work to stop violence against women and children, discrimination against immigrants and the spread of AIDS. She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. She has her own cosmetics line. She loves dogs and yoga. photo by Mathieu Young, © 2011 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved Rookie Cookie’s Recipe Zucchini Fritters You’ll need: • 1 egg • 1 1 /2 cups grated zucchini (1 medium zucchini) • 1 /4 cup finely minced red onion (optional) What to do: 1. Beat egg in medium bowl. 2. Add grated zucchini, onion and flour. Mix well. 3. Heat olive oil in large skillet on medium heat. 4. Drop zucchini mixture by tablespoons into heated olive oil. Brown each side 30 to 45 seconds. 5. Remove to drain on paper towels. 6. Sprinkle with salt to desired taste. You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick TM • 2 tablespoons flour • 1 tablespoon olive oil • salt to taste from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Use Your Best Manners The Mini Page Staff Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist Put a check in the boxes next to the characters you would invite to your holiday meals. Isabelle Impolite talks about unpleasant things. Gus Goodsport lets adults go first and pulls out the chair for his mom. Theodore Thankless never says “thank you” or compliments the cook. Goldie Goodsport tries a little bit of everything. Alpha Betty always lends a helping hand. Freddie Fingers eats with his fingers instead of his utensils. Casey Count passes the food around, then takes some for himself. Messy Mindy goes to the table with dirty hands. Nancy Negative says “no” to food before even trying it. from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Supersport: Justin Verlander Height: 6-5 Birthdate: 2-20-83 Weight: 225 Hometown: Manakin-Sabot, Va. Justin Verlander is the kind of guy who lifts a city’s spirits. He does it by pitching — and by pitching in to help with community projects. During the 2011 regular season, the tall right-hander was Major League Baseball’s biggest winner, with a 24-5 record. He also led the majors in strikeouts (250) and boasted the American League’s best earned run average (2.40), while helping Detroit claim a division title. Verlander, a former Old Dominion college pitcher, has won more than 100 games over the past six seasons and is a four-time American League All-Star. He is also appreciated for supporting multiple charities. He’s a Tiger that Detroit is glad to see on the mound and around the town. TM
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© 2011 Universal Uclick
release dates: November 12-18 46-1 (11)
from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick
Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page®.
To order, send $9.95 plus $3.50 postage and handling for each copy. Send check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable to: Andrews McMeel Universal, P.O. Box 6814, Leawood, KS 66206 or call toll-free 1-800-591-2097. Please send ______ copies of The Mini Page Guide to the Constitution (Item #0-7407-6511-6) at $13.45 each, total cost. (Bulk discount information available upon request.) www.smartwarehousing.com
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________
The popular nine-part series on the Constitution, written in collaboration with the National Archives, is now packaged as a colorful 32-page softcover book. The series covers:• the preamble, the seven articles and 27 amendments• the “big ideas” of the document• the history of its making and the signers
The Mini Page®
Guide to the Constitution
Holiday Meals Ahead!
Good Table Manners The Mini Page gang all have good manners. Other characters on this page don’t. Put a check in the boxes next to those you would invite to your holiday meals.
Goldie Goodsport chews with her mouth closed.
Wyatt Wolf gobbles down his food and takes more than his share.
Alpha Betty sits up tall with her elbows at her sides.
Willie Wanderer leaves the table without being excused.
Tilly Tilt leans back in her chair.
Casey Count eats slowly, chews every bite well and shares.
Words that remind us of good table manners are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: CHEW, CLEAN, COMPLIMENT, EXCUSE, FOOD, FORK, HELP, HOLIDAY, KNIFE, MANNERS, NAPKIN, PASS, PLATE, POLITE, SHARE, SPOON, TABLE, TASTE, THANKS, TRENCHER, UTENSILS.
Table Manners try ’nfind
Be thankful for good manners!
P N A E L C R Q S R E N N A M W O E E T A L P J V L G R S P Y N L X L T S L I S N E T U N A P O I C B H P L E H X J M I D E A O T U A A F C E F I N K I O T S P E S T N S H A R E P L Z O S S S J E N K Y E B D A O C M F A K R O F R S Q W G N H W U B C T N E M I L P M O C
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The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.On the Web:
• http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/kids-guide-to-table-manners/detail.aspx
• www.freemannerslesson.com/At the library:
• “Emily Post’s Table Manners for Kids” by Cindy Post Senning and Peggy Post
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How to set the table
Pilgrim kids ate standing up at a table.
While their parents sat on stools or in chairs, Pilgrim kids usually ate standing up. Family members probably had a knife and maybe a spoon, but no fork. Using fingers was OK. Many families ate out of wooden dishes called “trenchers.” They often shared a wooden mug called a “drinking pot.”Can you unscramble some of these Pilgrim foods?1. urkeyt __________________2. qsauhs _________________3. rede ____________________4. ifhs _____________________5. pinsahc _________________
If you are wondering which utensil to use first, always use the first one on the outside and work in. For example, the soup spoon is on the outside. This guide might have more plates and silverware than you wish. If so, use the above plan, but leave out what you do not use. The setting for young eaters will be simpler.1. turkey, 2. squash, 3. deer, 4. fish, 5. spinach.
This is the way the Pilgrim kids ate!
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Tom: Why is a turkey an important band member? Terry: It always has the drumsticks!
Tammy: What holiday does Dracula observe in November?
Timmy: Fangsgiving!
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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?
Tara: When is it fun to serve a rubber turkey?Tyra: For Pranksgiving!
Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy and her friends made Thanksgiving dinner for Rookie Cookie this year! See if you can find:• pencil • mug • letter O • letter E• number 2 • cat • horseshoe • word MINI• umbrella • bird • letter I • acorn• letter A • ladder • bell • number 3• letter H • key • man in the moon• olive • letter U • Christmas tree
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Meet Salma Hayek Salma Hayek is the voice of Kitty Softpaws in the movie “Puss in Boots.” She has been in several movies, TV shows and commercials. She once starred in a Mexican soap opera. She also directed a movie for TV, “The Maldonado Miracle,” for which she won an Emmy award. She was an executive producer for the TV series “Ugly Betty.” After starring in the soap opera, Salma moved to Los Angeles and began taking acting lessons. She also took lessons to give herself a more American accent. She was born Salma Valgarma Hayek-Jimenez in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. She attended a convent school in
New Orleans. In college, she studied drama and international relations. Salma, 45, has supported causes that work to stop violence against women and children, discrimination against immigrants and the spread of AIDS. She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. She has her own cosmetics line. She loves dogs and yoga.
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Rookie Cookie’s RecipeZucchini Fritters
You’ll need:• 1 egg• 11/2 cups grated zucchini
(1 medium zucchini)• 1/4 cup finely minced
red onion (optional)What to do:1. Beat egg in medium bowl.2. Add grated zucchini, onion and flour. Mix well.3. Heat olive oil in large skillet on medium heat.4. Drop zucchini mixture by tablespoons into heated olive oil. Brown
each side 30 to 45 seconds.5. Remove to drain on paper towels.6. Sprinkle with salt to desired taste.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick
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• 2 tablespoons flour• 1 tablespoon olive oil• salt to taste
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Use Your Best Manners
The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
Put a check in the boxes next to the characters you would invite to your holiday meals.
Isabelle Impolite talks about unpleasant things.
Gus Goodsport lets adults go first and pulls out the chair for his mom.
Theodore Thankless never says “thank you” or compliments the cook.
Goldie Goodsport tries a little bit of everything.
Alpha Betty always lends a helping hand.
Freddie Fingers eats with his fingers instead of his utensils.
Casey Count passes the food around, then takes some for himself.
Messy Mindy goes to the table with dirty hands.
Nancy Negative says “no” to food before even trying it.
from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick
Supersport: Justin VerlanderHeight: 6-5 Birthdate: 2-20-83Weight: 225 Hometown: Manakin-Sabot, Va. Justin Verlander is the kind of guy who lifts a city’s spirits. He does it by pitching — and by pitching in to help with community projects. During the 2011 regular season, the tall right-hander was Major League Baseball’s biggest winner, with a
24-5 record. He also led the majors in strikeouts (250) and boasted the American League’s best earned run average (2.40), while helping Detroit claim a division title. Verlander, a former Old Dominion college pitcher, has won more than 100 games over the past six seasons and is a four-time American League All-Star. He is also appreciated for supporting multiple charities. He’s a Tiger that Detroit is glad to see on the mound and around the town.
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