Cover Art by Eesha Srinivas

From the Editor's desk..............

Hi everybody!

Welcome to the very first issue of "Raindrops"! This monthly magazine is

created exclusively by children (except for the DTP part...) with the intention
of providing a creative forum for children of all ages.
The name "Raindrops" because it evokes a feeling of freshness akin to a child's
perspective of the world. So much so, that we have some cool "raindrops" on
our editorial team. Meet them all on the following page.
We at "Raindrops" would like this magazine to be a truly interactive space. We
would love to hear from you. We have really enjoyed creating this magazine
and we hope you'll enjoy reading it too...So go ahead! Spread the joy of
reading...pass "Raindrops" on to all your friends.

Warmly,
THE RAINDROPS TEAM.

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 Meet the Raindrops!

Hi! I'm Limerick. Share your poetic

expressions with me on Limerick's Lyrics.

Hi I'm Crafty! Lets get creative at

Crafty's corner!

Hi I'm Passpartout. I surf the net for

interesting web-sites. Find my catch on
Passpartout's page.

Meet me at Tidbit's Tales for some

fun facts!

Hi I'm Foody! Join me in Foody's kitchen

and we'll cook up some fun recipes
together.

Hi I'm Posty. Share your thoughts

with our other readers in Posty's
mailbox.

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 Limerick's Lyrics
Ms. Blyton's plight made right!
Once Ms. Enid Blyton decided to
have a ball...
A great lovely ball, in a palace hall!
She invited all great people, did she
miss anyone.?
Oh no ! Not at all!
The great day dawned,
But there was no carriage drawn...
Before the palace hall.
'Cos Sir Walter scott was not ready to
go
As he had to complete his IVANHOE
Poor Alexandre Dumas thought
himself too old for her
And decided to go TWENTY YEARS
AFTER !
And of course Sir charles Dickens
had to take care of his wife's hen,
And lo! She always ASKED FOR
MORE!
Meanwile Ms. Blyton wept o'er her
situation.
For none of her great guests had
arrived..
At this, Ms. Blyton took a vow:
"I shall not please a single grown up
right from now"
So, for kids, she penned fantasies and
mysteries..
And stories & comedies...
And became a celebrity..
Amongst the tiny and the naughty!!!
BY CHITRA SHANKAR
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 Nature journal
Nature journal
Scree....eeech! Something pecks at your
door. You open it and find a ......owl!
Why is he here?? You wonder...Well,
maybe he likes the fancy light in your
living room or maybe he just dropped by
to say hello! We looked him up on the
internet and found he
was a barn owl.
Fascinating...This was
about a month ago and
it led to a unit study on
owls...Not so
fascinating....interesting
neverthless.
Anyways, today let's
visit that owl again
together. First, we must
climb that tree. Oh! look at that huge cat!
As we climb higher, we see a bat
(sshh....he is fast asleep). I always
wondered how they could sleep upside
down! As we look through our
binoculars, we spot a crow's nest. By the
way, have you ever helped a baby crow
who fell into your backyard? I have...but
that's for another day. We are almost at a
crow's nest. "Hello! Anybody home?"
Looks like my friend Gobbler the crow
is out looking for lunch. Oh! did you see
that squirrel scurry by. He is the one
who's been tasting our mangoes!!!
Hey, the time is 12.00 noon. Time to get
out our tree-top lunch - fruit-loops and
apple juice. Looks like we still have a
long way to climb. Oh!
There's that baby
crow...."Would you like to
try some of our fruit-
loops? Here...catch!"
We are at the top..and
here's the owl! Blends in
so well, we almost missed
him. "Hello there...why
don't you visit us again?"
Ok now...gotta get back.
Lets jump down. 1..2...3...go! Hey, I
gotta get home. See you next time.
EESHA SRINIVAS
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 Passpartout's Page

Hello! This month my net surfing You may be lucky and collect lots
has landed me on the web site of items! (Like me!!). It is a web-
www.poptropica.com. It is a great site where finding your way around
web-site for adventure and can be tricky but remember.... if
exploring, collecting and you are ever in a fix, click the back
competing. You button! You
can create a can also e-mail
character to me at
represent raindropsmag@
yourself, save gmail.com and
your game and I may be able
collect items. to help you
There are three with some tips.
islands to visit: Have fun and
Poptropica, Shark tooth and Time aurevoir until we meet with my
twisted. A fourth one called Ghost next catch!!
carnival is coming soon. Most of
your adventures involve finding
lost stuff or rescuing people.
Especially interesting is putting the - PASSPARTOUT
scary (but lovable) Booga to sleep
so you can get across to rescue
Prof. Hammerhead and another boy.
Another difficult thing is to repair
time-periods in Time twisted to
make sure that the future is safe!

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 Tidbit's Tales

Though they mean the same thing, "hemi" is Greek, "semi" is

French and "demi" is Latin in origin. So these prefixes are
used depending on the origin of the word in question. For
e.g. circle is from French 'cercle' - hence semicircle, sphere
is derived from the Greek work 'sphaira' and so on...

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 The mystery of the missing golden vase
BY EESHA SRINIVAS

A mystery serial....

TO BE CONTINUED.....

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 Foody's kitchen

Easy Pancakes

Quick cooking oats - 2 cups

Milk - 1 cup
Whole wheat flour (or atta) - 1
Tablespoon
Butter - 2 Tablespoons
Sugar - 1 Tablespoon
Salt - to taste
Cinnamom powder - 1 or 2 pinches

Mix the oats, flour, milk, sugar, salt
and cinnamom powder in a bowl
and let it stand for about half an
hour.
Heat a non-stick skillet on a low
flame. Once the skillet is hot, ladle
out some of the mixture onto it and
smooth it out like a pancake.
Spread some butter along the sides
while the pancake is cooking. Once
it is cooked on one side (to a
golden brown colour), flip over
carefully and cook the other side
too adding a little more butter.
Enjoy the pancakes hot with maple
syrup or honey!
Foody's tip:
--------------
For a spicy version, skip the
cinnamom and sugar in the batter
and add chopped onions, salt and
chilly powder instead. Tastes great
with ketchup or chutney. Bon
appetit!

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 Posty's Mailbox

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