Ladybug Magazine for Kids - July/August 2021

Anna Goes on Vacation

Anna packed her pajamas and slippers. Her toothbrush was in her backpack, too. And her favorite book.

Mortimer the Miserable

Mortimer the Magic Hat could make almost anything appear.

Shelby The Shy

My name is Shelby, and I’m shy.

A Castle Around The Corner

Every day, my dad, my sister Jocelyn, and I walk our dog, Strawberry.

Wandering Willie

After he ate his breakfast of hay and oats, Willie the donkey had nothing to do. He galloped across his small pasture and rolled in the dirt. “Ah-choo!” The dirt made Willie sneeze. So he looked around for something better to do. 

Journey

Cardboard boxes, tape and string— stick them all together and you have a new thing: 

Where's The Rain?

“I’m hot,” said a bee, buzzing slowly by a tree.

The Watermelon Seed

Once there was a watermelon seed. It was smooth and black and shiny. It lay under the moist, soft brown earth.

Sounds Of Spring

All over the world, birds announce the spring with their own unique sounds. In the Eastern European country of Ukraine, the stork and the cuckoo have especially strange ways to welcome spring.

Two for One

Petey, my next-door neighbor, called to me from his front porch. I sat on the steps next to him and watched him play his new guitar.