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Articles in May, 1997 issue of Ranger Rick

• Design-a-dino - recipe for dinosaur-shaped cookies painted with food coloring
  by Bea Weidner
• Nests are the best! - birds build their nests in spring
• Where did the name "butterfly" come from? - Ask Scarlett
• Milk myths
• Insects everywhere! - how to observe insects
• More facts - about programs to protect old trees that provide housing to forest animals
• Kids helping kestrels - volunteers build and install nest boxes for kestrels
• Someone told me not to save a baby bird if I find one on the ground. Why not? - Ask Scarlett
• Mother's magic - animals that nurse their babies - includes related information about mammary glands
  by Kathleen Almy
• Dinosaurs galore! - Postal Service to issue 15 new dinosaur stamps
• Adventures of Ranger Rick: are animals' homes in danger in Deep Green Wood? - short story
  by Kathy Kranking
• The Big Help! - Nickelodeon project organizes children to clean and fix up their communities
• Do ticks have brains? - Ask Scarlett
• Udderly ridiculous riddles - riddles about cows and milk
• Kids on the radio - children's winning science reports broadcast on radio show called 'Earth & Sky'
• Make way for mallards - how mallard ducklings grow up
  by Claire Miller
• More manatee facts
• Animals in armor: having a hard body is a good thing if you're an animal under attack - includes information on armor worn by knights - Cover Story
  by Ellen Lambeth
• Absolutely nothing - poem
  by Florence Parry Heide
• Natural helpers - scientists use honeybees to check for harmful chemicals in the environment
• What's the difference between poisonous and venomous animals? - Ask Scarlett
• The Children's Garden: want a great way to spend your summer vacation? Do what we did! - children grow organic flowers, vegetables and herbs at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
  by Janeen Adil
• Travels of Chessie - manatee travels from Florida to Connecticut
  by Rhonda Lucas Donald
• Sky watchers - astronomical observations during May 1997