Cricket Media

11/20/2025

🦄 ! Make today magical!

Rebecca Guay’s enchanting artwork appeared on the November 2004 issue of CRICKET Magazine. Guay has illustrated many books for children, graphic novels, and even some materials for Magic: The Gathering as well as contributions to CRICKET and SPIDER magazines.

What's your favorite mythical creature?

11/19/2025

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE! 📣In the latest issues of CRICKET and SPIDER Magazine, we feature special one-on-one interviews with Aerospace engineer Barbara Braun, who took part in a two-week simulated Mars mission! (She even appeared in a live webinar with several of our TryEngineering Together classrooms!) Read all about her amazing experience and the surprising facts about life on Mars.

Have you ever wondered what it would really be like to live on Mars? Barbara Braun doesn’t have to wonder. She participated in a two-week simulation of a Mars mission and returned with many fascinating stories to share. In fact, we’ve published articles about her Mars mission in the latest issue...

11/18/2025

Time for a poetry break on this busy day! 📖Enjoy this short but sweet poem from CRICKET Magazine by the extremely prolific children's poet, Charles Ghigna, also known as Father Goose!

11/17/2025

! 🎈Stand out at your next science fair with this awesome science experiment from SPIDER Magazine as you inflate a balloon over a water bottle!

👇Check below to view the experiment on our Chirp newsletter portal! Remember to subscribe to Chirp for more fun stories and activities each month.

11/14/2025

💡Some brilliant inventions started off as brilliant ideas... for a completely different purpose. Can you guess the original plan for these famous inventions and household items in this fun feature from SPIDER Magazine?

11/14/2025

🚨NEW BLOG POST! Our Cricket holiday gift guide is officially here! Check out our recommendations for holiday gifts for all ages.

👇 Check below to read the blog post!

11/13/2025

! 🎪The circus is coming to town! This artwork from the November 1979 issue of CRICKET was created by Hilary Knight. You might recognize Knight's style from the beloved "Eloise" series, but he also created over 50 books and contributed to many issues of CRICKET!

11/12/2025

Where do you travel in your dreams? 💫Spark imagination with this beautiful poem from LADYBUG Magazine!

11/11/2025

From our Cricket family to yours-- thank you, veterans, for your service. ❤️🤍💙

11/10/2025

Does this artwork look familiar to you? Trina Schart Hyman, who designed this poster, was CRICKET Magazine's first art director and created many of the magazine's most iconic illustration!

What magical being from a book do you wish you could bring to life? ✨

Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, this 1980 Children’s Book Week poster reminds us that books can open doors to the fantastical. See this poster and more in "Sprites, Spells, and Splashes: Magical Beings in Picture Book Art," opening November 22, 2025. https://bit.ly/4oj9SUi

Children's Book Week is a program of Every Child a Reader. To learn more about Every Child a Reader visit https://everychildareader.net
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🎨 Trina Schart Hyman, Poster for Children’s Book Week, November 17–23, 1980. Gift of Lorraine and Peter Stern. © Trina Schart Hyman.

11/10/2025

! Want a cheerful herb garden but don't have much space? You can create a mini garden in your windowsill!

11/07/2025

The "News or Not" feature in CRICKET Magazine poses a fascinating challenge: can you guess which of these science news articles is actually FAKE? 🤔 You be the judge!