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Christmas fun! - December 2004	Price: £5
This issue of AQUILA is like the best sort of Christmas stocking, brimming with exciting things to do. Poly Chrome's Art Alive page will help you create beautiful designs to decorate your walls or make Christmas cards and gifts. On the topic pages you can read about lots of different ways people have of enjoying Christmas all around the world. Peter Pan was written 100 years ago and Aquila peers into the past to tell you about the life of the author J M Barrie. It's the winter solstice on the 21st December 2004 - the longest night of the year, with plenty of time for star gazing. Astra tells you what to look for in the December night sky.

The wheel - November 2004	Price: £5
All about wheels, past and present - where would we be without them? Harvey has some ideas about things to do with wheels in Science Scene. Facts about the fastest things on four wheels! Formula 1 racing is a very exciting sport. But those fantastic cars wouldn't get far without some amazing wheel technology. If you think you might like to be a writer one day, Wordworm has some advice to pass on from famous authors. Young Wildlife Photographer of the year 2004 - Five winners' fabulous photographs, and some background to their winning entries. Polly Chrome explores textures by making rubbings; plus Pen Friends and all the regular AQUILA letters and jokes.

France/Turtles, terrapins and tortoises - July/August 2004	Price: £5
There is so much to be found in this Double Summer Issue! The two themes are totally turtles, terrapins and tortoises, and France with a round-up of facts and figures about our close neighbour, just across 'La Manche'. Harvey has some fun experiments for you to try with water, and finds out about Antoine Lavoisier, a very influential French scientist indeed! Kit the Kangaroo hops across the Channel to look at sport in France, one of the world's top sporting nations. There are some topic and puzzle pages also on the French theme, and Astra looks at the amazing pictures sent back to Earth by the Galileo mission. EB looks at the animals of the Everglades in Florida, and closer to home, at Seagulls - you are sure to see some this summer holiday! Polly Chrome makes a tortoise box to keep your treasures in and demonstrates how to make a mono-type. You'll find lots of puzzles, stories and fun, plus book reviews to keep you busy reading through the summer. There's lots more, too much to list here!