Indholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2023 i Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

Surprise! Their mothers are there! They are helping Aunt Sue get her stall ready for the day. Max and Kate help, too. They carry big trays of apples and blackberries from Aunt Sue's truck to her stall. Max grins. “Fruit makes me think of pie!” “Yum,” says Kate, looking at the apples and berries. “Grandma, can we please bake your famous pie?” At Grandma's house, Grandma chops the apples, and Max rolls out the pastry dough she made. Kate helps mix the filling . . . and Charlie helps himself! When everybody is back from the market, they sit down with slices of warm pie. “It's berry delicious,” says Max, and they all chuckle.…

Chloe Chang wasn’t sure about giving up her blue, pink, and purple mermaid palace. Her twin brother Clark had packed a paper bag full of T-shirts and shorts that no longer fit him. “It’s time to go,” called their mother, Mrs. Chang. The twins raced from their bedroom to the living room. On the floor, they saw a basket full of fresh zucchini, baby board books, and a candleholder that looked like a tree branch. Clark plopped his bag down. Chloe clung to her mermaid palace. Their dad, Mr. Chang, loaded everything into the family’s big-wheeled wagon. When he reached for the palace, Chloe put out her hand. “I want to carry it myself,” she said. “You’ve got it, kiddo,” said Mr. Chang. Mr. Chang and Mrs. Chang took turns…

Community gardens are special places where people gather to grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers. A garden might be bigger than a football field, or it might fit on a rooftop. Big or small, community gardens are often divided into little plots of land, one for each gardener or family. These gardens can be great for families who don’t have room for plants at home, or who just like gardening with other people. It’s fun to see how others take care of their plots—and what they like to eat! There’s so much for new gardeners to learn as they plant seeds and tend to them. It takes many weeks for a garden to grow and lots and lots of patience. But by the end of the season, community gardeners can pick…

What You’ll Need: paper platewashable yellow and brown paintspaintbrushgreen construction paperpencilrulerscissorsglue stickbubble cushion wraptape What to Do: 1. With a grownup, paint the top of your plate yellow. While the paint dries, you can move on to the next step: making a paper chain stem for your flower. 2. To make the stem, use a ruler to trace lines across the green paper. Cut along these lines to make strips. Each strip should be roughly even in width. You can cut out many strips or just a few, for a longer or shorter stem. 3. Time to make a paper chain! Glue the ends of the first strip together to form a loop. Firmly hold the ends together until the glue sticks. Place the second strip of paper through the…