Marcia Borucki

They pale in comparison. The original Garbage Pail Kids, that is. The newly relaunched versions of those '80s icons have been updated for the grosser sensibilities of a new generation....

From folders to book bags, there are certain school tools you just can't leave home without. Here's what's new and cool with the old standbys. Most are available at discount...

Tired of playing the waiting game? Think Saturday seems a long way off? Those of you who are overcome with anticipation for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"...

Got a nose for news, we asked? And, boy, did you answer. More than 375 kids ages 8 to 15 entered our recent KidNews Scoop Trooper search, writing to tell...

Ever wish you could leap and kick like Jackie Chan? Did you know the stunt wizard began his training at age 7 as an actor in Chinese opera? A cool...

We at KidNews are monkey maniacs, so we were delighted to see that wildlife biologist Jane Goodall and the chimpanzees she studies in Tanzania's Gombe National Park are the stars...

The latest thing in the skateboarding world may be called the Rail, but it bears more similarities to a sleek 747 jet than a lumbering locomotive. The new skateboard, with...

We couldn't tear ourselves away from the newly arrived Guinness World Records 2003 ($27.95). Its publisher calls it the "greatest literary vault of human achievement to date." We call it...

The photos are alternately haunting and amusing: A single mother staring resolutely ahead, her face blackened from working in a coal mine. A hovering mom, adjusting the bridal veil of...