The Week Junior US

Introducing The Week Junior! It’s filled with fascinating stories and facts, written to engage children and encourage them to explore and understand the world around them. Every week, The Week Junior reports on an array of topics from around the globe, including animals and nature, science and technology, as well as sports, books, movies, and more!

Humanitarian crisis in Sudan

How you can help

Voyager probe resumes duties

Whales rescued from Ukraine

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Warning label proposed for social media

Phone-free schools

WORD OF THE WEEK • DORMOUSE

THE WEEK IN HISTORY

Controversial law in Louisiana

Team USA uniforms revealed

USPS stamps feature horses

Baseball legend is remembered

THE WEEK’S SILLIEST HEADLINE

Around the world

Are airline fees out of control? • Extra charges are soaring, and many travelers say they’re just too high.

Sharing her wealth • Melinda French Gates is focusing her donations on women and girls.

An inspiring activist

Top honor for teacher

OVERHEARD

How sea otters use tools to survive

Another tool specialist

PLACE OF THE WEEK • Acadia National Park, Maine

Bumblebees are great teammates

Peruvian diving petrel

Good week / Bad week

Enter The Week Junior’s Nature Photo Contest!

A place to celebrate legends in rock music • A monument in Cleveland pays tribute to the greatest in the history of rock.

Rock Hall highlights

Tracing the survivors of Pompeii

Blue room discovered

Kids on a hike discover a teenage T. rex

A “cloud” museum is rising in China

A robotic thumb for extra grasping

Photos of the week

Panthers are Stanley Cup champs

Expansion update

THIS WEEK’S WINNERS…

Tennessee wins College World Series

COACH OF THE WEEK

SPOTLIGHT ON… • These US athletes have qualified for or are hoping to qualify for this summer’s Olympics or Paralympics in Paris. Here are some details they shared with The Week Junior about their sports.

A new Despicable Me film • Former supervillain Gru and his family—which now includes a baby—go into hiding in a fourth funny adventure.

Facts about the franchise

Country star is making musical

READER RECOMMENDS

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

Help a cat find its way home

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

GAME OF THE WEEK

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

The Secret Library

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR YOUR BOOK CLUB

Ask the Author Ambassador • Kekla Magoon is an award-winning author who has written many middle-grade novels, including the bestselling The Season of Styx Malone. She spoke to The Week Junior about the inspiration for her latest book, The Secret Library.

Make refreshing summer dishes • These delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks use the best of the season’s fruits and vegetables.

Summer brain games

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’s note

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

Meeting an aviation hero

SUMMER OF READING

How much of this issue’s news can you remember?

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