Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

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Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids
Stacey Lane Smith, EditorHayley Kim, Assistant EditorJulie Peterson, CopyeditorSuzanne Beck, Senior Art DirectorShavan Spears, DesignerMichael Chesworth, Artist, SPIDER bugsChristine Voboril, Permissions SpecialistLaura Woodside, SVP Education Produc
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Doodlebug & Dandelion
“WE HAVE A real treat for you this year, darlings!” Mrs. Pinkley announced to her children, Doodlebug and Dandelion. Mr. Pinkley looked up from the fire he was stoking in their Lake Tattoo winter cabin. “Yes, we’ve got quite a surprise coming!” he sa
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Snow Music
What’s the soundOf falling snow?A sleeping swanWith head tucked low. Ice cream drippingDown a cone.A polar bearThat swims alone. Sugar dustingAngel cakes.Is that the soundA snowfall makes?■
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The Dark Past of the Polar Bear
THE SUN RISES above the Arctic Ocean, spreading a fiery glow over the pale ice. Across the frozen sea, a white bear lumbers. The bear pauses and sways his head from side to side. There is nothing to see but endless ice and blushing sky. He sniffs. Th
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Snowpeople on Sticks
THESE SNOWPEOPLE WILL bring cheer to your table—and they make delicious gifts! What You’ll Need: For the Cookies: For the Icing: For Decorating: raisins, candy, chocolate chips, and other small treats ribbons What to Do: 1. Combine the egg
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Brown Bears vs. Polar Bears
One difference is fur color. Brown bears come in many shades: some are black like the Arctic night, some a muddy brown, and others a creamy blond. But all polar bears are white—or so it appears. Their thick fur is actually clear. It looks white becau
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The Elephant Moon of Sir Herbert Spoon
SIR HERBERT SPOON lived in a very tall house with his butler, Cecil Spout. The house had several sets of stairs for going up and a pole for sliding down, which worked well, except when Sir Herbert snagged his pajamas on the coat hook in the second-fl
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What the Eye Will See
Sir Herbert’s story is based on an incident that actually happened to an Englishman, Sir Paul Neale, in the 1600s. People at the time were intrigued by the possibility of life on the moon. They dreamed of visiting the moon in “flying chariots” or eve
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Little Dipper
bright and white, twinkling in the night, scooping pools of blackness till the sky grows light■
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Spider's Corner
Write a story about a bear on a mission. Here are the only rules: 1. Your story should be 150 words or fewer. 2. Your entry must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, authorizing its publication in print and/or online and saying it’s your own idea
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The Child with Your Name
ONCE THERE WAS a child with your name. Though it wasn’t you. The child had hair about your length and your color eyes. But this is probably a coincidence! Because this child was about to go on an adventure. You don’t like to go on adventures, do you?
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How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky
ONCE UPON A time when Earth was young, Winter ruled. Snow and ice covered mountains and rivers, fields and forests. So hard was the floor between Earth and Sky that Sun could not peek through to warm the ground. Animals that survived this harsh cold
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The Sky Lion
Leo the Lion prowls the night,A proud constellation, a cat burning bright. He sharpens his claws on Venus and Mars,Filling the sky with new shooting stars.■
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Spider's Mailbox
Dear Miro, What is your favorite food? Will you adopt Orca? He is a dog that eats pancakes for breakfast and pizza for dinner. What is your favorite color? I like all of them. Amias T. V. Sebastopol, California Dear Amias, Merci for Orca. I like zee
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Make a Space Piane
What You , ll Need: What to Do: 1. Fold in half the long way, crease down the middle, and reopen. 2. Fold down the two corners on one short side. 3. Fold the point over. 4. Fold in each corner starting about an inch from the center crease. 5. Fold u
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Buggy Bulletin
Q. What do you get when you cross a polar bear with the sun? A. A solar bear. Send your favorite jokes to [email protected]!■
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Constellation Cone
WITH THIS NIFTY constellation cone, you can project stars from the sky onto your ceiling. What You’ll Need: scissorspencilpaper clipflashlightcorrugated cardboard What to Do: 1. Cut out the big circle. Then cut along the black line from the edge of t
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Stories In The Stars
HAVE YOU EVER gone stargazing? When we draw imaginary lines between stars to make a picture, that star group is called a constellation. Many ancient cultures found constellations and came up with stories to explain them. There are drawings of constel
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Homemade Spaceship!
Professor Whiskers built this rocket out of objects she found in the kitchen. Can you find all twelve? bowl, fork, grater, kettle, lamp, microwave, mixer, oven, pan, rolling pin, spatula, spoon January 2025 Volume 32 Number 1 cricketmedia.com $6.95

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