Indholdsfortegnelse for September/October 2025 i Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

Out in the woods, Max, Kate, and Charlie see beautiful fall leaves. “This is the color of your coat, Max,” says Kate. She shows him a yellow maple leaf. “You blend in with the yellow leaves, Max,” says Kate's daddy. “That is called camouflage. See how that squirrel blends in with the red leaves up there?” “Yes, lots of animals hide like that. Just look at that frog!” says Max's daddy. Suddenly Max laughs. “Wait a minute. Is that a moose?” Kate grins and says, “Branches make good camouflage too.” Silly Charlie is peeking out from behind a tree. “Look at my antlers!” he yells.…

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Chippy Chipmunk woke up, stretched his stripes, and smiled. “Today is my birthday!” he said. He hopped out of bed and made party invitations for his four good friends—Billy Squirrel, Rose and Rex, the Rabbit twins, and Mimi Chipmunk. He slipped the invitations under their front doors. Then Chippy scampered home to get ready for the party. First he baked a nutty honey cake with maple frosting. Then he cleaned up, put a tablecloth on the table, and set the cake on the tablecloth. He placed four chairs around the table, one for each friend. At one o’clock, his friends arrived. Mimi Chipmunk brought Chippy a stalk of Queen Anne’s lace. Billy Squirrel gave him a basket made of twigs. “For acorns,” he said. The Rabbit twins brought a tall…

WINTER December, January, February In cold winter, when branches are bare, the cupcake trees sleep with snow in their hair. SPRING March, April, May With the glow of spring, in the warmth of new light, fireworks of blossoms explode into sight. SUMMER June, July, August Summer brings life, and as we’ve always noted, with leaves, birds, and cupcakes, the trees are quite loaded! FALL September, October, November Poke ’em or pick ’em or give those trees a shake! Fall is the season to harvest cupcakes!…

What You’ll Need leavesconstruction paperpencilscissorsglue stick or gluegoogly eyes or crayon fordrawing eyes What to Do 1. With a grown-up, collect 12 to 15 small leaves to use as feathers. Leaves that are not too dry and are all about the same size and shape work best. You will also need one small, long leaf for the owl’s beak. 2. Cut off the stems from the leaves. 3. Draw the shape of an owl’s body on the construction paper, then cut out the shape. I think it’s easiest to fold the paper in half the long way, draw half of the owl’s body, and then cut that out. 4. Spread glue on the bottom half of the owl’s body. Arrange a single row of leaves at the bottom of the…

Grace found a pretty red leaf. She found a big orange leaf and three yellow leaves. She even found a green leaf. She tucked them into her pocket and ran to school. Her friends had leaves too. Red leaves. Yellow leaves. Orange leaves. Some children had brought acorns and horse chestnuts too. “I’m going to keep my leaves forever,” Grace told Miss Hill. Miss Hill smiled. She passed out cans of old peeled crayons and sheets of white paper. Grace put a leaf on her desk, bumpy side up under the paper. Carefully she rubbed the side of her red crayon against the paper. It made a leaf pattern. Soon Grace had a red leaf, an orange leaf, and three yellow leaves on her paper. Grace took her black crayon…

“Geese flock together when they’re getting ready to fly south,” says Grandpa. “Look, Grandpa!” shouts Yo. “A whole bunch of geese are having a humongous, noisy party.” “Too bad they have to go,” says Yo. “This place is fantastic.” “Yes, but winter is coming,” says Grandpa, “and around here that means ice and snow.” “Which is no good for swimming,” says Yo. “Hey, look! They’re taking off.” “They have a long flight ahead of them,” says Grandpa. “I hope they know the way,” says Yo. “Geese don’t get lost,” says Grandpa, “even when the trip takes many days.” “I bet they’ll be tired when they get where they’re going,” says Yo. “But after they rest up, they can have another party.” Explore more about this and other stories in our…