Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2016 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

“I’LL BE UPSTAIRS if you need me,” Mrs. Bogsworth announced to her son Boggington Bogsworth the Third and his two best friends, Doodlebug and Dandelion Pinkley. “I’m so proud of you kids. Making a whole Thanksgiving dinner isn’t easy.” “No sweat, Mom,” Bog said. “Go finish grading your papers. We got it covered.” “We’ll follow your instructions exactly,” Dandelion promised. Mrs. Bogsworth had spent the morning giving them lessons in gaxtro-cooking, a strange, science-based way of making food. The turkey was in the oven. Now the kids would use what they’d learned to make the other dishes. Mrs. Bogsworth wasn’t actually a chef. She taught high school science. Bog’s dad, Brogue Bogsworth the Second, was an airline pilot. But their kitchen had as many modern cooking gadgets as a restaurant.…

LILU’S HOUSE WAS bustling. It was Diwali, the Indian New Year and Festival of Lights, and her family was throwing a big party. Lilu wanted to help. But she wasn’t sure how. She wondered what her cousins far away in India did. Maybe they just ask, she thought. So Lilu looked for someone to ask. She found Grandma Nanima sitting on the den floor in a sea of marigold flowers. Nanima was making garlands to dress the doorways. The garland she was working on draped over her legs and snaked across the floor. Lilu sat next to her and picked up a marigold. “Can I help?” Smiling, Nanima took the marigold. “You can keep me company,” she said, poking her needle and string through the marigold. She gently slid the…

“YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM needs you.” Chloe Minn and Miranda Knox looked up from their lunch boxes. A dark-haired boy stood at the end of the table, holding out a business card: I.P.P.I.: Inter-Planetary Private Investigator Jonathon Jones We solve every crime under the sun! “I don’t get it,” Chloe said. “Each planet has its own police force. Why would anyone hire you?” “Hire us,” Jonathon said, dusting a chair with a napkin and sitting down. “Because startroopers don’t like to get the dust of other planets on their hands. It’s outside their territory. That’s where we come in.” “We?” Miranda asked. She looked excitedly from Jonathon to Chloe, her curly hair sproinging from side to side. “Oo! I wanna join!” Tommy Lutsinger said, leaning over his spaghetti. Jonathon eyed him.…

I LIVE IN a log cabin in Fairbanks, Alaska. In the winter it is cold and dark outside. My dad brings in wood for the stove and he lets my sister Rose help him snap the kindling to get her wiggles out. My mom is melting snow on the stove, for water to wash the dishes. Rose calls to my father, “Josie is too little to help split logs!” But I have wiggles, too! I go to the wall of our cabin. The big round logs are smooth where my mom and dad scraped off the bark. I put my fingers in the groove between the logs. My dad filled the cracks with mortar and it’s rough and gray. I can climb the logs. I’m not too little. I climb…

Summer Amelia Lott, age 6 Pierre, South Dakota Beaches fun Sunburns sun Welcome mat Stray cat Petting zoo Fun things to do Camille B., age 7 Somerville, Massachusetts Summer Baseball Wonders Home run! She’s on a roll! She’s the best on the whole Team! She’s wonderful. She’s amazing. She’s praying That her team will win the game. It’s all tied up! She’s at the plate. It’s a curve ball . . . She hits it! Whoooooo! They’ve won the game, And it’s all thanks to her! Amelia Maloney, age 7 Milford, Massachusetts Summer Sitting in the sun Under the umbrella, reading, Making sandcastles, Making strawberry smoothies, Eating ice cream, Reading lots and lots of books. Nora McClurkin, age 8 New Bedford, Massachusetts Summer Ocean The ocean waves are howling Most…