Carol Monaghan

Finding a gift that suits grandparents isn't always easy. Face it -- their closets are probably filled to the brim, especially if they've downsized from a large house to a...

Some babies never use them. Other kids, like the Peanuts cartoon character Linus, never let them go. For these babies, a favorite "blankie" offers more than warmth. It offers countless...

Keep teens or college students on your list in touch or in tunes by giving high-tech, portable items that will fit their active lifestyles. Plenty of wireless gadgets make it...

Oh, your aching feet. Your shot nerves. Your pounding head. You've been holiday shopping for most of the day, and you've whipped out your credit card so many times, you...

Finding a pair of jeans that fit as if they were made for you and you alone is one of life's perfect moments. (It certainly beats the wasted hours spent...

These promising vocalists performed the winning entries of the KidNews songwriting contest. Andraya P., 16, Chicago Favorite musical group: Maxwell,Janet Jackson Favorite food: Fruit Favorite subject: Math I joined The...

Almost two decades after his capture, Keiko the killer whale is heading home to his native Icelandic waters. The "Free Willy" star will be hitching a ride aboard a C-17...

Before you bask at the beach, we've got news for you: The best time to protect yourself from the sun's damaging rays is now when you're a kid not later....

It seems like we've been waiting, waiting, waiting for Godzilla to rear his ugly head. And now that we've seen "Godzilla," we gotta say this movie is all about the...

We nabbed recipes from the Peeps people to see what beautiful creations we could concoct. The results were, uh, varied. TAKE A PEEK FRAMED Making a Peeps frame while watching...