After you've read the story together, talk about how many of these animals you've seen in our lakes area. Kid Picks Kid Picks section is for you. Read a book to your children, do a science project, send in your own favorite picks to us. The Northland Arboretum offers 540 acres of trails, gardens and wilderness. Also check out the Reading Rainbow videos.
Summer is the time for vacations, camping, hiking and enjoying the outdoors.
A good place to do this is in a Minnesota State Park. One of the closer parks to Brainerd is Crow Wing State Park, which is only nine miles south on U.S. Highway 371. Not all ladybugs are female. Ladybugs are beetles. The beetles helped farmers by eating other harmful insects.