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5 Ways to Encourage Your Child’s Passions Through Reading

Every kid has something they love and are passionate about. It might be sports or music or chess or computers or art or cooking or whatever. And while not every kid loves to read, here are some great ways to use books or magazines to encourage whatever passion your child does have while also boosting […]

This March, Celebrate National Reading Month with 31 Days of Stories from Cricket Media—Perfect for Kids Of All Ages!

Beginning March 1, Each Day Brings an Engaging, Beautifully Illustrated Story from One of Cricket’s 11 Award-Winning Magazines, Available to Download as a Printable, Full-Color Mini-Book! During National Reading Month, New Subscribers Can Register for THREE FREE ISSUES of BABYBUG, LADYBUG, SPIDER or CRICKET McLean, VA (March 1, 2017) – Each March, for […]

March is National Reading Month

Way back in December (doesn’t that seem like a long time ago?) we presented a new Advent Calendar to our readers. This Advent Calendar gave a daily gift to everyone who opened it by counting down to the 12 Days of Christmas with a story each day. The calendar was a hit with parents who […]

Discover your Boogers!

“Aaaaachhhoooo. “ “Bless you!” Is this refrain as common in your house as it is in mine? Between cold and flu season and now the start of the allergy season, it seems like someone is always sneezing! Inevitably, my daughter’s thoughts will turn to the stuff she just sneezed out and the questions […]

A Plug for Unplugging

Recently I wrote a blog about the surprise benefit of unplugging from my phone for a few hours. Since then, I have learned some additional benefits such as better rest, less anxiety, and oddly, less snacking. Apparently, I tended to eat when obsessively hitting refresh on Twitter to make sure I haven’t missed any celebrity […]

February in DIG: The Powerful Ganges River

Revealed for you in this issue are the facts, myths, and discoveries that have made the powerful Ganges River the center of the universe for countless people through the millennia. Even though I have done several issues on Indian history through the years, the Ganges River was a topic that excited and scared me! […]

5 Tips To Help You Change Your Mind

How many of you made New Year’s resolutions to work out? (Note: you can’t see me, but my hand is up, making it increasingly difficult to type) I made that resolution. But I’m not working out my body. Not saying I don’t need to… I’ve just accepted the fact that I’ve got a […]

Happy Cricket Memories

Last summer I moved from my home in Astoria, Queens in New York City to Portland, OR. In preparation for that, my research revealed that that shipping our belongings would be the most affordable way to get them from one coast to the other (moving across country can be quite spendy). That meant we had […]

Real Heroes for Black History Month and All Year Long

While the calendar might compel the American public to focus on Black history specifically during the month of February, Cricket Media magazines feature stories, articles, and news highlighting the achievements of Black Americans living and dead throughout the entire year. In COBBLESTONE, our American history magazine for kids ages 9 to 14, you might […]

Phoney Claims

Brace yourselves, I have a horror story to share. I walked out of my house a few weeks ago without my phone. More accurately, I RUSHED out of my house without my phone. Let’s not pretend I’m ever on time to anything. Already 15 minutes late, by the time I realized I didn’t have […]