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Year One along the Silk Road

One morning, a few months ago, I was checking my emails as usual, when I saw one from Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis. I had worked with Elizabeth on several issues of Dig in the past and always enjoyed the experience. Elizabeth always had great ideas – this time, she was suggesting a theme for an issue—Year […]

Little League and The Girls of Summer

See that picture above. Check out the girl in the second row. That’s me as the one and only girl on my Little League team back in the early 1980s. I loved playing baseball back then. That’s even my dad as the coach. I’m not saying I was good at it (I most definitely wasn’t) […]

Student Winners Announced in Smithsonian-Cricket Media’s 5th Annual Spark! Lab Invent It Challenge

A wearable warning system that helps prevent frostbite, a massage rope to aid injured athletes, and an ingenious water filtration system are among the innovative STEM-based solutions kids have developed to solve real world health problems. WASHINGTON, DC—May 9, 2016—ePals, a product of Cricket Media, Inc., in partnership with the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of […]

Meet Click’s New Friends

One of the identifying features of a Cricket Media children’s magazine is the small cartoon art you’ll find sprinkled throughout the margins of the pages. The characters in the art serve as friendly guides to the magazine. They comment on the stories, crack jokes, provide additional information, and give kids some extra fun to look for. […]

Starting Mom’s Day Off Right on Mother’s Day

When you are creating that tray with all of mom’s favorite breakfast treats, here are some extras to include that will make mom’s day. First, here’s a link to our beautiful, free, printable Mother’s Day cards. Print these out, have everyone write mom a love note, and include them on the tray for mom’s reading […]

CRICKET MEDIA GROUP LTD. ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ARRANGEMENT

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2016 – Cricket Media Group Ltd. (TSX-V:CKT) (“Cricket Media” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) pursuant to […]

Dear Star Wars, Yoda Obi-Wan for Me

If your family was anything like mine when I was a kid, your mother probably made you watch The Wizard of Oz. And if you were anything like me, you probably liked the movie well enough, but the “magic” of seeing the movie transform over to color was lost on you, because… color? Duh. That […]

What’s Better Than an Apple for the Teacher?

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day, and seriously, who deserves to be appreciated more than teachers? As the wife of a teacher, I can attest to the hours spent out of the classroom that contributes to the well-being of students in the classroom. On any given night, you’ll find my husband, a middle school math […]

Parents: Get Caught Reading and Improve Your Child’s Literacy

By Jenni Buchanan, Reading Rainbow Mom Dear Parents, Today I’m going to encourage you to do something a little unusual. Today I’d like you to let your kids “catch” you in the furtive and secret act of… READING! As an avid reader and the Reading Rainbow Mom, I love ALL the book-themed […]

Inky: Octopus and Escape Artist Extraordinaire

If you haven’t read the recent story of Inky, the octopus who escaped from a New Zealand Aquarium, you are missing out on an amazing true story of escape and intrigue that leaves you with many questions and the desire to find out more. Inky, a common New Zealand octopus, managed to somehow slip through […]