Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

“Collecting Maple Syrup”digital Ever since I was a child I’ve always loved to play with color, shape, and line. Most children have this sort of curiosity, and some never lose that sense of wonder. Playing is how we learn, as both children and adults.

Dear Everybuggy, This is my favorite magazine ever! I live in Tennessee and I see the mountains every day! My favorite books are Keeper of the Lost Cities and Harry Potter. I love Enola Holmes, too! I have two cats and a dog. Gabby, age 10 Johnson Ci

CRICKET STAFFLonnie Plecha EditorAnna Lender Art DirectorPatrick Murray DesignerCarolyn Digby Conahan Staff ArtistDeborah Vetter Senior Contributing EditorJulie Peterson CopyeditorHayley Kim Assistant EditorAdrienne Matzen Permissions Specialist Laur

text © 2024 by Julienne Guillaume, art © 2024 by Ginnie Hsu I draw in a breath, exhale against the backseat window, and scratch the words THIS STINKS on the fogged glass. Dad peers at me through the rearview mirror. “Jude, this will be a nice opportu

by Blue Balliett This is a great mystery about a family that treasures words. They think “words are everywhere and for everyone.” Early and Jubie live a quiet life with their parents, until one day their father disappears! When a dangerous situation

WAY BACK WHEN my ol’ great-grandpappy was just a young whippersnapper, Snake Eyes Slim was the meanest varmint west of the Rio Grande. That dirty lowdown outlaw robbed banks. He kicked dogs. He even tripped little old ladies as they crossed muddy str

HAVE YOU EVER wondered if the first Americans had any sugar or sweets? Theresa Brockmann told me that long before the colonists settled at Plymouth Rock, Native Americans of the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes regions were making sugar. Not the sa