Staff photo / Bob Coupland Gabby Armstrong, 12, of Niles, center, and Ella de Blok, 8, of Austitnown, right, wait as Juriaan de Blok of Austintown prepares a kite for flying at the Kite Festival on ...

NORTH LIBERTY - Dozens of kites dotted the sky above, each a riot of color. As part of the annual Kites for Kids event, the lawn at North Central Junior High School in North Liberty was full of ...

Amid a rash of fires in Israeli border communities ignited by incendiary kites from Gaza, kids in Sderot fly handmade ‘kites of life.’ Hundreds of kites and helium-filled balloons bearing flammable ...

"I wish we could go back to our homes, go back to our studies and our old days." RAFAH AND LONDON -- In the sand dunes above Rafah in southern Gaza, a ricochet of children's laughter rings out, mixing ...

The skies of the Gaza Strip, besieged by Israel since 2007, are painted every summer with the shapes and colors of children’s kites. Standing on a rock near the beach, Muhannad Habbush, 11, is ...

One of the most popular family events in Chicago is coming back Saturday for its 18th year -- the Chicago Kids and Kites Festival. The event will be held at Cricket Hill in the city's Lincoln Park ...

United Nations provides summer entertainment for children in Gaza. July 28, 2011 — -- More than 15,000 kites flew above a northern Gaza beach on Thursday, breaking the world record for the most ...

As the Hamas terror group threatened to launch 5,000 flaming kites and balloons at Israel on Friday, Israeli children at the Gaza border countered with an airborne ...

It’s amazing, if you think about it, that your great-grandparents survived to adulthood. As if rampant disease, non-existent sanitation, and complete disregard for occupational safety weren’t enough, ...

In the sand dunes above Rafah in southern Gaza, a ricochet of children's laughter rings out, mixing with the unrelenting sound of Israeli reconnaissance drones. This odd combination can be heard most ...