Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2022 i Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

uggiez Hongly! Across 2. Greek god of the underworld6. Roman goddess of horses7. Urgent, desperate; in _______ need9. Lowest female singing voice12. Feminine suffix, as in baller_______13. The Colossus at Rhodes, a 120-foot statue of thesun god Helios, was built in his honor14. Greek god of flocks, forests, and wildlife15. Large tank or tub16. Light brown17. City in southern Greece where Heracles killed alion as his first labor19. Children’s chasing game20. Greek god of war21. Eat the main meal of the day22. Gaze steadily24. Half-human, half-goat woodland spirit Down 1. Busy activity, bustle, or fuss;Much _______ About Nothing2. Greek goddess and queen of heaven3. Chimpanzee, gorilla, or orangutan4. Make into law5. Pepper’s companion7. Roman goddess of the moon and of hunting8. Opposite of outer10. One of the Greek “elder gods”…

LITTLE RED’S MAKEOVER The girl with the red cape and hood, after trekking through woods understood: “To blend in, wear green. Wearing red, I am seen by wolves who are up to no good.” Bringing Granny a freshly baked goodie, down tangled paths leafy and woody; in an outfit she’d sewn Little Green became known as the girl in the camouflage hoodie. SHEEP EARNS GOLD The farmer asked his black sheep, Baa, “Have you any wool?” He never thought she’d answer, “Yes, sir, I have three bags full.” “You can talk!” the farmer cried. “We’ll be no longer poor.” He gave old Baa a bubble bath, and off they went on tour. THIRD PIG WOES Little Pig Three said “naw” to straw, and firmly nixed the sticks. He worked to…

WINNERS APRIL 2022 STORY CONTEST ______ Detective First prize 10 and under Tang Li, age 9 Palmetto Bay, FL The Fire Ring Mystery My name is Anisa. I was in Hawaii on vacation. I enjoyed sipping refreshing drinks, overlooking the turquoise ocean, and dancing with others, before I overheard that the priceless Fire Ring was stolen from the Museum of Hawaii History. The minute those words entered my ear, I switched myself to a mission mode. When I reached the museum, I saw a gigantic and fascinating building. And the inside exhibitions were even more fantastic. When I entered a small glass dome where the Fire Ring had been displayed, I found the glass cut very smoothly. I looked around the dome for more clues; I found a tuft of…

Hi, Everyone, I really love this magazine! I got my first issue when I think I was around nine and I loved it! I really love fish and I breed guppies. We have so many fish (mostly guppies) that we have four fish tanks! I also enjoy reading. My favorite book series is Wings of Fire. I think that my favorite tribe is the SilkWings, and my favorite character is Clearsight. I have a twin sister named Clara. Charlotte, age 10 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada Hi, I am a huge bookworm. I read about twenty-five books a month. One series I’m reading now is A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is always very sad for the Baudelaire children, and I can’t help but pity their terrible encounters with Count Olaf! I…

Mabel was a buff, bodacious bovine living on a ramshackle farm owned by a widow woman and her son, Jack. Mabel loved her home. “After all, what is ‘home’ but ‘moo’ backwards?” she often thought. (Granted, she wasn’t the best speller on the planet, but she had other skills.) She gave the widow and her son rich milk to drink. She found her own food by foraging in the forest, to save the family money. She went to yoga on Tuesdays to bring a spirit of inner peace to the farm, and took ninja lessons every Thursday to keep her home safe. When the wolves howled at night, Mabel was ready. First, she would find her center, then “HAI-COW!!!” She kicked, and slashed, and ducked, and rolled. She was a…

AT PRINCESS PIPER’S christening, her thirteenth fairy godmother tap-danced into the royal nursery, kissed the rosy little princess on her tiny button nose, and pronounced cheerfully, “Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes.” Then the twinkling, dancing, glittering fairy swept a deep curtsy and exited stage left. All in all, the King and Queen were rather pleased. “It could be worse,” said the King. “I like a good tune as well as the next fellow.” “Oh yes,” agreed the Queen. “So much nicer than those nasty poisoned spindles. And she’s left lovely gifts—a silver flute and an ebony guitar and a golden wand.” As Piper grew, she soon gave up wearing bells on her toes. “Too jangly,” she explained. “I can…

We are the geese: We navigate—not too early, not too late—To make our migration we calibrate our comings and goings to match the chill of air, the kill of leaf; the frost. We are the geese: We do not get lost. We are the geese: We orchestrate our departure date. We collaborate to form the “V” that cuts the wind to give us speed. We do not debate choreography, but take our turn to follow, to lead. We are the geese: We congregate at edge of pond. We contemplate the Great Beyond: Southerly places are our choice—We lift our wings, we lift our voice, a wild, high honking cry. We are the geese: we take to sky!…

“Matilda Pages pushed open the door of Pages & Co. and breathed in deeply, taking in the familiar scent of just-blown-out candles, dark chocolate and, of course, books.” TILLY AND THE BOOKWANDERERS (Pages & Co., Book 1) by Anna James submitted by Princess Juniper Blab About Books, Chatterbox “Mama says I’ll love my new home and my new school and my new friends.” PIE IN THE SKY by Remy Lai submitted by Mari V. of New York, NY “Samuel Faulkner’s trouble with time started at 9:48 Saturday morning.” THE BOOK OF TIME (The Book of Time, Book 1) by Guillaume Prevost submitted by Mettabel T. of Fresno, CA “Even weeks later, I heard rumors that I had ruined the Festival of the Twins.” THE VENGEKEEP PROPHECIES (The Vengekeep Prophecies, Book…

WHIFFS OF VARNISH and smoldering charcoal drifted through the air as François-Xavier Tourte paced the creaky floor of his cluttered workshop. Pausing before a tall window, he gazed down on the bustling streets of Paris, hands clasped behind his back. Tourte had lived near the Seine River since the day he was born in 1747, and nothing warmed his heart more than making violin bows in this room above a music shop at 10 quai de l’Ecole. Yet the master bow maker shook his head at the old-style bow lying on his scarred worktable. During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, famous Italian luthiers such as Nicolò Amati, Antonio Stradivari, and Andrea Guarneri had made refinements that revolutionized the design of the violin. With an angled neck, taller bridge,…

IN 1991 THE well-known Mongolian writer Jambyn Dashdondog established the Mongolian Children’s Library Project to take books to children in the rural areas of Mongolia. He wrote to tell me about his experience as a mobile librarian. “In a country as vast as Mongolia, a nation containing more horses than people, it is not always easy to go to your local library for books. Miles and miles of open prairie stretch out between gers (the round tents Mongolian people use for housing), and a person could literally walk for days without seeing another face. This is why I journey across the icy steppes on horseback with my load of books, looking for children in need of a story. “I’ve had many adventures carrying my library across the country. I’ve battled…