Innholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2018 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

“LOOK! PIGGY FOOTPRINTS!” Dandelion Pinkley said. “Charles was here!” Charles was Aunt Pearl’s pet bearded pig, and Dandelion, her brother Doodlebug, and their cousin Rudyard were trying to find him—fast. Charles was locked up somewhere in a place called the Pen. And now, during afternoon nap hour at Pinewoods People & Pets Camp, was the perfect time to set him free. The camp director had accused Charles of eating all the sugary breakfast donuts called crullers. But even if he had, so what? He was a pig! “It looks like they tried to drag him,” Rudyard said, studying a wide dusty track the same size as Charles’s big bulky behind. “He was doing a sit-in!” Doodlebug declared, proud of the pig’s resistance. “But we’ll find him!” Like bloodhounds on the…

Annie sticks her bubble gum in all the weirdest places:Sometimes right behind her earor in between her braces, sometimes underneath her desk,and sometimes on her phone.Once she stuck her bubble guminside her slide trombone. Yesterday she took a wadand shoved it up her nose.A month ago, that sticky stuffwas tucked between her toes. She says she wants to keep it safeand never ever lose it.I don’t see why that matters—she hardly ever chews it.…

Here are the only rules: 1. 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. 2. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 3. Your entry must arrive by July 25, 2018. We will publish our favorites in the Nov/Dec 2018 issue of Spider. Email your entry to spider@cricketmedia.com, or send it to Spider’s Corner, P.O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354.…

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, a cow named Rosie lived on a farm along the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. But she was no ordinary cow: she was blind. Did this slow Rosie down? Certainly not! She lived an ordinary life on the farm and even became a mother. She enjoyed grazing in the pasture with her calf, listening to the rush of the water in the Fraser River as it headed toward the coast and into the Pacific Ocean. Life was good. One night while Rosie and her calf were dozing in the pasture, Rosie heard the baying of hounds in the distance. The baying grew louder as the hounds came closer and closer. She hid her calf in a clump of trees and set off to investigate. Rosie went…

Jasmine N., age 7 Newton, Massachusetts Cooperation Once upon a time there was a little town with not many people. In the town there were three dressmakers. They didn’t talk to each other because each one thought that she could make the best clothes for everyone in the town. One day a giant heard about the dressmakers. He only had old clothes and wanted new ones. In the night, the giant captured the three dressmakers and took them to his castle. “You have to make me a giant suit of clothes,” he said, “or you will stay here forever.” At first, the dressmakers each worked all alone and did not talk to each other, but they only made small clothes. Then they had an idea. They would talk together and…

ARE YOUR FRIENDS away at camp or on vacation this summer? Blow bubbles to make this cool stationery and send them some letters. What You'll Need: ½ cup dishwashing soap white or light-colored paper drinking straws 8 cups water 1 ½ teaspoons sugar tempera paint or food coloring one or more cups, bowls, or other containers What To Do: 1. Mix the soap, water, and sugar together in a bowl. If you want to use more than one color, divide the mixture between several containers. 2. Add enough paint or food coloring to the water to change the color. 3. Use a straw to blow bubbles in each container. Blow until bubbles are bulging over the rim of the container. 4. Gently place the paper over the bubbles to pop…

“POPSICLE ALERT!” DAD called. “Come get your popsicles!” Sammy slumped on the couch. His little sister, Bernice, slurped happily on a coconut popsicle, but he refused to eat one. Wally wasn’t here, so Sammy was going to have the worst summer ever. Wally and Sammy had been best friends forever, and summer was always their favorite time to hang out. Water slides! Lemonade stands! Teasing their little sisters! But this summer, Wally’s family had sent him to spend the season with his cousins in San Diego, California, far from where Sammy lived in Arizona. It was truly a tragedy. So Sammy and Wally made a promise to each other. If they couldn’t have fun together this summer, they wouldn’t have any fun, period. “Let’s play tag!”…

Wild horses aren’t native to America. Most of them, like the wild Chincoteague ponies on Assateague Island off the coast of Virginia, are decended from domesticated horses brought over by the Spanish. —Ophelia It gets crowded on Assateague Island after all the baby ponies are born! Each year, villagers round up all the wild ponies and herd them through the water toward the mainland for a pony auction. — Sam There are over two hundred different kinds of ponies. Shetland and Welsh ponies are so cuuuuute! —Thistle Before planes and cars, mail was delivered by horse-and-rider teams like the Pony Express. The mail route was two thousand miles long and the riders got a new horse every ten miles! — Sonya In the horse world, “driving” means hitching a pony,…

Dear Spider, Thanks for the mags. I really enjoy them. My fave bug is Spider. Please adopt my horses Duke and Rover. Duke likes dog food, apples, and meat. Rover likes apples, pears, plums, and peaches. I love you so much. Orville, age 5 Barnes, Kansas Dear Spider, I love horses! Thistle, what’s your favorite color? Mine is green. I love the mags. Thank you for making them. I am so excited for the Fourth of July! Elsie Viox, age 10 Gretna, Nebraska Dear Elsie, I have lots of favorite colors: red, blue, turquoise, jade, periwinkle . . . Love, Thistle Hi, I have a twin brother named Zane. I love to make up jokes. Here is one of the ones I made up: Where do pencils go on vacation?…