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Growing Up Cricket

Are you one of the millions of readers who have been touched by the stories and art that have graced the pages of each of the magazines in the Cricket

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Like Water to Ice, Part 2

Last week we posted this awesome blog about how October is Anti-Bullying Awareness Month. In that blog post, we featured part 1 of a 3-part story called “Like Water to

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Happy 25th, Ladybug!

Ladybug celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this month. For twenty-five years, the magazine has tried to reflect the world of young children—and make it a little broader—through stories, poetry, art, and

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Reaching for Distant Stars

As editor of Cricket, I look to publish a balance of stories in each issue—contemporary fiction and fantasy, history and true adventure, longer and shorter stories—that provide variety and also

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