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Issue 18: The Big Kid Issue
FEATURES
READING, WRITING, AND ROMAINE
Who says public education is a wasteland? School programs that teach kids how to grow their own food are sprouting up across the country.
by Lessley AndersonTHE TEENS OF 2023
Telepathic gossip, implanted GPS chips, on-the-fly cosmetic surgery. Here's a peek at your future child, with tips for how to cope.
by Jacob WardUP, UP, AND AWAY
Step aside, kids. Adult tree houses now come with plumbing, electricity, and a built-in escape fantasy.
by Lisa Selin Davis
DEPARTMENTS
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RE-VIEW
Converted school buses, skate-park solutions, Atari's comeback, Solar Decathlon, parent-friendly dining, and high-tech toys to keep Grandpa company. Plus: the best new music, books, and DVDs
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RE-MAKE: MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO
Make a paint-chip coffee table, a Lego CD rack, and an Infantree
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RE-GRESS
Iron-on tees, customization kits, and the iPod book safe
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RE-CREATE
Your little Picasso can write on the walls and chalk up the table with these home improvements for creative kids
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RE-PLAY
Pave a patio, rig a see-saw, and ride a balance board
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RE-TAIL
For the tykes: better booties, punk-rock duds, funny hats, pillow chums, and a modernist dollhouse. For big kids: a grown-up Lite Brite, a Mao doll, and a messenger bag
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HDYGTFAJ?
Q&A with Ghost World creator Daniel Clowes
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STEP 1
Japanese robots, 826 Valencia, and Douglas Coupland's Super City
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READY-WHIP
Grown-up grub
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HOT TODDY
Forget flash cards-make a learning ball
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MARTHA LIVES
Hopscotch bedspread
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ALREADYMADE
The Arco lamp, reborn
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BUYER'S GUIDE / RE_SOURCE
Where to get it
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MACGYVER
Winning entry: milk-crate TV cart. Next up: Christmas tree reuse
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END GAME
Why wild animals make better teachers

