Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2019 i Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

It is a beautiful fall day in the park. Max and Kate are floating paper boats on the pond. “What could that be?” asks Max. He points at air bubbles rising up and popping on the pond's surface. “Look!” says Kate. A bright-eyed turtle pokes its head up out of the water. “It’s a red-eared slider turtle!” whispers Kate. They watch it climb onto a rock. “Let’s hope it doesn’t sink our boats!” says Max with a laugh, as the turtle slides back into the water. Plop!…

My mom took me to the zoo, and it was there I first saw a giraffe. He was taller than most buildings I had seen, and I have seen some very tall buildings. His neck stretched up, up, up, far into the bright blue sky, almost touching the clouds. His fur was a dim shade of yellow, and dark brown polka dots bounced all over him. His long tail stretched toward the ground and swished back and forth, almost sweeping the grass. I imagined climbing on top of him—I would need a ladder, of course—and riding him through my own yard. On his back, I would be high enough to reach the branches on the trees. I would feel like I was flying through the air! It was then that…

Grace found a pretty red leaf. She found a big orange leaf and three yellow leaves. She even found a green leaf. She tucked them into her pocket and ran to school. Her friends had leaves, too. Red leaves. Yellow leaves. Orange leaves. Some children had brought acorns and horse chestnuts, too. “I’m going to keep my leaves forever,” Grace told Miss Hill. Miss Hill smiled. She passed out cans of old peeled crayons and sheets of white paper. Grace put a leaf on her desk, bumpy side up under the paper. Carefully she rubbed the side of her red crayon against the paper. It made a leaf pattern. Soon Grace had a red leaf, an orange leaf, and three yellow leaves on her paper. Grace took her black crayon…