Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2017 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

DID YOU KNOW all the words in “Jabberwocky,” the poem that starts on page 15? We didn’t! That’s because the poem’s author, Lewis Carroll, made many of them up. Most of those words didn’t catch on, but “chortled” did. It’s now in the dictionary as a verb meaning “to chuckle and snort.” Lewis Carroll is a famous inventor of words, but there are many others. The playwright William Shakespeare was the first to write the words:…

SOUTH KOREA IS sometimes called “The Land of the Morning Calm.” That morning, the mist outside my bedroom window was so thick the nearby mountains were invisible. By afternoon the mountains would look green and crisp, but today, I would not be there to see them. “Hyun Mi!” Mama called from the kitchen. “Come eat your breakfast. We have to hurry!” I joined my family for kimchi and soup, and then we set off for the train station. From the train I watched farmers hunched over in the rice fields. Occasionally we passed between city skyscrapers. I knew we were headed toward Jindo Island, although I didn’t know why. Papa insisted that it was a surprise. He turned to me and asked, “Do you believe in miracles, Hyun Mi?” I…

Sofia Ogulluk, age 7 Manhasset, New York The Anything Alien, Planet Mixaroo Charlie Tabish, age 7 Fremont, California Space Mouse Sienna Schenck, age 6 Ogden, Utah Lila Naporano, age 7 New York, New York Havah J., age 10 Fort Worth, Texas Insectonauts Olivia Naporano, age 9 New York, New York Arianna Isabella Buendia, age 9 Brooklyn, New York Amelia C., age 8 Cupertino, California Isabell Viles, age 8 Birmingham, Alabama Splashen Gretchen H., age 8 Hood River, Oregon Constellations 1. The Big Flower, 2. The Kissing Fish, 3. The Big Spoon Clara Fein-Vargo, age 7 New York, New York…

Dear Spider and Friends, I love your magazines! My grandma sends me them. Do you like dogs? Will you put Pip in your magazine? Chloe Baker, age 9 Carlsbad, California Dear Chloe, We like friendly dogs like Pip! Arf, arf! Spider Dear Everybuggy, In the October 2016 issue Ophelia was reading a story called The Odyssey. There are more stories about Odysseus. If you want to read them, my cats Li’l Alice Kitty-Cat and Paprika are bringing a book of his adventures. They are retired Shakespearean actors. We can’t keep them—they cause too much trouble. Li’l Alice and Paprika are bringing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with their luggage. Please adopt them. Thistle, you are so cute! Hazel, age 9 Louisville, Kentucky Dear Gang, I had a great summer.…

’Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back. “And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”He chortled in his joy. ’Twas brillig, and the slithy…

What You’ll Need: 1 cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup oats ½ cup flaxseed ½ cup beef broth ¼ cup peanut butter bowl cookie cutters cookie sheet cooking spray What to Do: 1. Have an adult help you preheat oven to 350°F. 2. In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients—the whole-wheat flour, oats, and flaxseed. 3. Stir in the beef broth and peanut butter. Mix well until a thick dough forms. You might need to add extra broth. 4. Mold dough into a ball, then flatten it out into a fat pancake about ¼ inch thick. 5. Use cookie cutters to cut biscuits into fun shapes. Make sure they’re not too big for your pup! 6. Grease cookie sheet with cooking spray. 7. Place biscuits on cookie sheet. Bake for…