Every Child Deserves to Grow Up with CRICKET Magazine!

I’m Cricket, the natural-born leader of our gang! Every month we help you with all the hard words in stories and have an adventure all our own! I’m strong, clever, brave, kind, good-natured, and trustworthy. I’m also a bit more cautious than some buggies I know—but I won’t mention names, Ladybug...!

Hi, I’m Ladybug, the brains of this outfit, and I’m not at all cautious... I love to jump in, six feet first! I’m bold, bossy, brilliant, beautiful, and chock-full of spectacular ideas! I love love LOVE chocolate chip cookies, hate being bored, and when I grow up, I’m going to be the first ladybug president of the WORLD!!

This is Pussywillow, Ladybug’s tiny little magic kitty! One day she jumped off her pussy willow branch and followed Ladybug home. She’s been her baby ever since.

I’m the English Muffin, a beetle from London who’s also Ladybug’s best friend! I’m very sensible for my age, and sweet and kind, and I love reading—it’s my favorite thing. I also love cooking, dressing up, and horses!

How do you do? I’m George, the sophisticated, wealthy, and rather high-strung earthworm! It’s true I’m a worry worm—but you just can’t be too careful, you know. I live in a huge, elegant underground mansion with a reckless fellow named...er...

I’m George’s very own Tail. And sometimes, his better half!

Greetings, I’m Zoot—a pygmy shrew! I’m nearsighted and see everything just a little bit differently than anyone else. I love Monopoly and being unique, don’t you?!

Ho-ho! I’m Sluggo, the snail! I’m not the quickest guy, but I am kind and strong and dependable and I make the best friend in the world. I love baseball. Slow but sure, that’s me!

Yo! I’m Marty, the inchworm! Pizza is my favorite thing in the world, along with video games and skateboarding. My pet peeve is being mistaken for a boy—I’m a right-on, very cool, FEMALE-type inchworm!

I’m Pudding, the shiny-bright lightning bug, future star of stage and screen! I love plays and theater, and I’m also useful as a flashlight on our adventures. Everyone takes a shine to me! (You may clap now!)

Hello there, I’m Tater, the potatobug! I love French fries and science, especially computers and cyberspace and figuring out how things work! I’m usually quiet and shy, but I often have very good ideas. Sometimes an invention of mine even saves the day!

I’m Old Cricket! I have a big, wonderful library full of all sorts of stories, games, and puzzles. I’m also the teacher in our schoolhouse, usually I’m too busy sorting through my books and papers to go on adventures, but you can always find me on the very last page!

GRRAWWK! Ooogyboogy barfy boo!! Hateful yucky buggies! Oogy wormsies poo! SKRAWWK! @*!!!*! Eat ‘em up! Crunchy munchy slobber drool uggy boo! Memorize this face, and stay out of his way! This is Ugly Bird, the only bird in the world with fangs, dandruff, bad breath, and a mean, nasty, hooooorible disposition! He’s always trying to catch the bugs and eat them up! But he saved their lives once, so they try to be nice to him. He can’t spell, but he hangs around a cool crossbird puzzle every month. Weird!