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 ...

Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip attempted to set a new world record Thursday by flying colorful homemade kites amid the ruins of Israel's bruising offensive earlier this year — a rare display ...

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 ...

Barwani: Tension prevailed in Rajpur town of Barwani district after a dispute between children over kite flying escalated ...

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 ...

The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg will look to the skies Saturday as dozens of children learn to fly kites. Weather permitting, the Athenaeum will hold its Skyart Earth Day event from noon to 5 p.m.