He looked at me funny and asked a few kidlike questions.

He suspected they had done the most kidlike thing, regardless of the consequences for them; they had given up and gone home.

"It's very kidlike, but very today," she said of the new look, which is built around bright colors and zippy lettering.

You can even buy kidlike art from Pottery Barn Kids, if your own isn't up to snuff.

This guy maintains that kidlike attitude.

Yet one thing about Dr. McClintock, 47, is distinctly kidlike: she loves to make a mess.

"They're very kidlike together, which Suzy loves," Ms. Icenogle said.

Through meditation he discovered reassurance; through rehabilitation, he rediscovered a kidlike giddiness to return to basketball.

It sounds kidlike, but that is a noble ambition, and noble ambition meeting base reality is a great area for comedy."

If you are feeling closer in age to Santa Claus than Baby New Year, then leave "Earthsea" to the kids and the kidlike.

It lets kids (or kidlike adults) roam about the house, IMing their friends via AOL instant messenger.

"My life is very different from most 12-year-olds," said King Oyo, fidgeting with a rubber band tied around his royal wrist and looking both kinglike and kidlike at once.

It was also very, very kidlike, in the best possible way: stupid-smart like Mad magazine, lighthearted like "Laugh-In," with a musical theater streak straight out of "Godspell."