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Spider Magazine for Kids
The Day The Sea Split
The Day The Sea Split
3 min |
March 2017
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Why Alligator Hates Dog
M’SU COCODRIE, THE ALLIGATOR, was once king of all the swamps and the bayous.
5 min |
April 2017
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Monroe Pelly Can
GO, ROE, GO! Splish-splash-groove.”
3 min |
April 2017
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Fern The Mighty
PARROT:WELCOME, OH WELCOME, ye land-lubbers all, To our fabulous pirate ship, The Terrible! I’m PARROT, your tour guide and expert narrator— if you like the show, I’m accepting tips later.
4 min |
April 2017
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Doodlebug & Dandelion
The Moment of Truth
4 min |
May/June 2017
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Monkey See, Monkey Do
A ZIMI AND DAUD sat in the sunshine teaching their pet monkey, Hitam, to do tricks.
3 min |
May/June 2017
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Venus's Vanishing Vase
MAN, I LOVE being an Ippy!” Tommy Lutsinger flashed a badge he’d made from cardboard and tin foil. “Freeze!”
5 min |
May/June 2017
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Malaysian Bottle Caps
Stack all the caps in your palm.
2 min |
May/June 2017
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Who?
Who is it walking down in the wood? (snap of a twig, crackle of leaves)
1 min |
May/June 2017
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Book Chompers
ARE YOU ALWAYS losing your place when you put a book down?
1 min |
May/June 2017
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Hide and Glow Seek
MAKE YOUR OWN glowing fireflies, then go on a firefly hunt!
1 min |
July/August 2017
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Ants In Their Pants
IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY sat on an anthill, and little black ants started to crawl all over you, would you stay there? Of course not!
1 min |
July/August 2017
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The Last Bicycle
JACQUES COULDN’T KEEP from grinning as he rode his bicycle along the cobblestone road, past the old castle, and down to the town square. From a mile away he could hear singing and cheering as the townsfolk celebrated the end of Hitler’s war. That day, August 26, 1944, Charles de Gaulle marched triumphantly into Paris, and the proud French national anthem song La Marseillaise lifted millions of hearts.
4 min |
July/August 2017
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Dusting For Fingerprints
SOMEONE WENT INTO your room and moved something. Was it your mom, your brother, or the cat? Dust for fingerprints to find out!
1 min |
September 2017
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Mole Rat Keeps His Feet Dry
A Kenyan Folk Tale
3 min |
September 2017
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Snake Finger Puppets
What You’ll Need:scissorsglue or tape
1 min |
September 2017
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Doodlebug & Dandelion
Pine Nutters’ News.
4 min |
February 2018
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The Beavers That Struck It Rich
CLUTCHING THREE BAGS, a woman in eastern Louisiana rushed through the woods. Rather than return the bags to their rightful owner, she hurled them into a creek as if they were on fire. Splash! In a panic, she fled.
2 min |
May/June 2018
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Doodlebug & Dandelion
When Turkeys Fly.
4 min |
November/December 2016
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Mercury's Missing Mutt
An IPPI Mystery Story.
5 min |
November/December 2016
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The Dark Past of the Polar Bear
THE SUN RISES above the Arctic Ocean, spreading a fiery glow over the pale ice. Across the frozen sea, a white bear lumbers.
1 min |
January 2017
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I Won't Sneeze
An Indonesian Folk Tale
3 min |
February 2017
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Boogers At Work
IF YOU’VE EVER blown a snot rocket, had a cold, or picked your nose, you know that your nose is capable of amazing things. What you may not know is that the snot in your nose, whether it’s green and slimy or yellow and clumpy, serves an important purpose.
3 min |
February 2017
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Doodlebug & Dandelion - Bike Dreams
“THIS WAS A great idea, Tomiko!” Dandelion Pinkley said to her best friend. “But I’m not good at it. In fact, I’m terrible!”
3 min |
July/August 2017
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The Path To Kindness - A Story From Myanmar
WHEN I RAISE my head, it feels cooler than it did a few minutes ago. My hand touches my newly bare scalp—perfectly smooth and round. Father, standing nearby, folds the cloth that caught my hair. I shake my head. I feel different, but I’m still Sen.
4 min |
July/August 2017
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Poultrygeist
The Amazing Case of the Haunted Henhouse.
5 min |
February 2018
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The Noisy Chicken
USE THIS TRICK to make your friends think they’re hearing a real, live laughing chicken.
1 min |
February 2018
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Sweet Potato Sweetheart Crackers
ENJOY THESE SWEET potato crackers with your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day.
1 min |
February 2018
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Counting In Swedish
THE SCHOOL SWARMED with kids, all speaking Swedish too fast for Kelsi to understand. Everyone took their shoes off outside the classroom, so Kelsi did, too.
4 min |
February 2018
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The Boy Who Drew Cats
Based on a Japanese Folktale
4 min |