Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2021 i Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

A wind that’s blowing to and fro is to-and-fro-ing, as you know, but did you know what else it’s doing? The wind is also fro-and-to-ing. Fro-and-to-ing, to-and-fro-ing, winds are coming, winds are going. Which is which? There is no knowing. Let’s just say the wind is blowing. text © 2021 by Robert Schechter, art © 2021 by Ken Lamug…

One warm day, the wind blows from the west. It races past meadows and over hills. The clouds gather to tell each other, “Storm is coming.” In the woods, the pine trees bend back to look at the sky as they shake in the wind. Then, with a gentle whisper, all the pine cones close their starry tips and say, “Storm is coming.” In a meadow, the bees gather close to the hive. With their wings, they beat an urgent message that passes from one bee to the next: “Stay close to home. Storm is coming.” On the lake, the waves race to the shore. Faster and faster they roll until their crests turn white. As they crash into the sand, they gurgle, “Storm is coming.” The gulls see the…

A very stomped into the room that she shared with Cora. “Did you take my magic wand?” “What wand?” Cora asked. “My magic wand! I went on a quest to the woods and found the perfect wand. But when I was putting my wings on, it disappeared!” Avery could tell by Cora’s confused face that her cousin hadn’t taken the wand. She scuffed the toe of her dirty ballet slipper along the floor. “Sorry for yelling at you, Cor. But who else could it have been?” Cora got up. “Maybe my mom moved it? I'll help look.” “It’s not in the kindling box,” Cora said. Aunt Linda was kneeling by the woodstove, using the bellows to make the fire bigger. “Oh no!” Avery ran to look over her shoulder. “You…

Under the cloud is the rain. Under the rain is the umbrella. Under the umbrella is the hat. Under the hat is me. Under me is a puddle. Splish, splash! What You’ll Need: scissors glue or tape What to Do: 1. Are you ready to finish the picture that goes with the poem? Cut out all the objects on your right, from the cloud to the splash. 2. Arrange the objects on the picture above. Who will wear the hat? Where do the raindrops go? You can follow the poem, or let your imagination run wild! 3. When your picture is ready, use glue or tape to fix it in place. Hooray! You are just like the artists who draw pictures for this magazine!…