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Kids Edition 2023: Just for Kids!
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Hi, kids! We hope you enjoy this kids’ edition of Acts & Facts! Did you see the creature on the cover? Its funny name is on our Amazing Amphibians pages. On the other pages you can explore fascinating creatures like poodles and pups and elephants, trek through the Ice Age, peer into black holes—and more. God has given you gifts to enjoy and take care of the wonderful world He created.

But more than anything, we want you to know how much Jesus loves you.

Click HERE to download the entire Kids Edition 2023 Acts & Facts.

Click HERE for the Kids! Edition individual sections and ICR’s Creation Kids activity pages.

* Jayme Durant is Executive Editor and Director of Communications at the Institute for Creation Research.

Cite this article: Jayme Durant. 2023. Kids Edition 2023: Just for Kids!. Acts & Facts. 52 (12).

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