TIME for Kids - Age 5+ Family Edition

Have you ever picked up a penny for good luck? The coins will soon be harder to find. That’s because the United States is no longer making them. The last batch of pennies was made on November 12. Pennies are being discontinued. This will save money. Pennies cost nearly 4¢ to make, the U.S. Mint says. That’s much more than a penny is worth. Not making the coin might save the government $56 million each year. Pennies will still be accepted as money. There are billions in use. A few pennies will be made in small batches. They will be for collectors. Tricky Business Businesses aren’t sure what to do. How will they make change for customers? Canada ended its penny in 2012. Businesses round payments to the nearest 5¢.…

Paleontologists made an exciting discovery. They found two duck-billed dinosaur “mummies” in Wyoming. The fossils are about 66 million years old. They’re called mummies because they’re well-preserved. You can clearly see their skin and spikes. The scientists are from the University of Chicago. That’s in Illinois. They announced their findings on October 23, in the journal Science. The discovery gives researchers new information about dinosaurs. For example, it confirms that some had hooves. Paul Sereno is one of the scientists. “There are so many amazing ‘firsts’ preserved in these duck-billed mummies,” he said in a statement.…

A Superman comic book recently sold for more than $9 million. It’s the most expensive comic ever sold. That’s according to Heritage Auctions, an auction house in Texas. Three brothers found the comic book. They were cleaning out their mother’s attic. They knew it was special. It’s the first Superman comic. When it was published, in 1939, it cost a dime. On November 20, it sold for a record $9.12 million. The previous record for a comic-book sale was $6 million. Lon Allen is the vice president of comics at Heritage. “It was just in an attic, sitting in a box,” he told the AP. He added that it “could have easily been thrown away.”…

Winter is here, and so is Greg Heffley—on a screen near you! The popular book character is back in a new film. It’s on Disney+. Greg is bringing the trouble in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. JEFF KINNEY wrote the book and the movie. Both focus on Greg and his dad. Greg’s dad wants to send him to a military academy. Greg is desperate to avoid it. This sets off all the mishaps. “I think kids will enjoy the chaos,” Kinney told TIME for Kids. “It’s funny, but it’s still got a lot of heart.” The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is the newest film in the Bikini Bottom universe. It hit theaters last month. SpongeBob is growing up. He’s trying to face his fears. He wants…