Hi, readers!
Are you ready to have some FROZEN FUN with the December issue? This month, get ready for winter with 10 awesome activities you can do in the snow and ice! You’ll also get to meet a special animal with built-in snowshoes — the Canada lynx! There’s ton of cool activities too, like making stuffed animals out of old winter gear or baking brownies with fun toppings.
Bring on the snow!
– Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com
Hi, readers!
Have you ever dreamed of getting published? Now here’s your chance! In the November issue of chickaDEE, we’re asking readers to send in their stories. It can be about anything at all as long as it is under 400 words. The chosen story will appear in a future chickaDEE. You can get more details HERE. Have fun writing!
Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com
Check out the November issue! Meet some of nature’s best builders, build a cool contraption that can water a plant, solve a mine-bending maze, make gummy candy grow and much, much more.
Look for it at your local bookstore or library. Subscribers should be receiving it in the mail soon.
Have a great day!
Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com.
The May issue is all about pets!
Meet chickaDEE readers with some pretty amazing pets: alpacas, cats, fish, miniature horses and dogs. Then vote for your favourite kind of pet here.
If you don’t have a pet, make yourself a crafty pet pal out of recycled materials. Ever wonder what type of pet would you be? Take the quiz and find out!
It’s also that time of year again — chickaDEE is looking for readers to join the Super Squad! The Super Squad is our amazing advisory board that helps us make the magazine better. Find out how to join in this month’s magazine.
Talk to you soon!
Mandy
Dave and Aiko
It’s time for “Get to Know An Author!” on the blog! This month, we’re getting to know Dave Whamond, the Blue Spruce award-winning creator of the books, Oddrey, Oddrey and the New Kid, and Oddrey Joins the Team. You may also know him from his other book called My Think-a-ma-jink. Oh, and you may ALSO know him from his funny illustrations every month in chickaDEE’s Did You Know pages.
Okay, so now you know some of the awesome work that he’s done… find out the answers to these 10 things below! We asked him to finish 10 sentences for us. Here are his answers:
1. The first thing I do when I wake up is hit the snooze button and promise myself I will definitely, definitely go to bed earlier that night.
2. My favourite way to eat eggs is scrambled but I have a weakness for Cadbury Mini-eggs.
3. I have a funny habit of checking my pockets for my wallet, phone and keys even though I just put them in, then somehow walking out of the house without them.
4. My pet’s name is Aiko (pronounced I-ko). Best dog in the world and provides me with a lot of cartoon material.
5. My nickname is Whammy.
6. I have visited 9 countries. My favorite is Italy.
7. My hero is Homer Simpson. Whenever I am faced with a crisis, I think WWHD… “What would Homer do?” Serious answer: My Dad. Whenever I am faced with a crisis, I think WWDD.
8. My hidden talent is doing impressions. I have a lot of hidden talents but I forgot where I hid them.
9. When I look outside my window, I see a squirrel staring back at me. (I have a squirrel character in my comic “Reality Check” named Ralph and I like to think it’s him.)
10. The last thing I do before I fall asleep is read a book until the late hours, trying to remember what I definitely, definitely promised myself I would do that night.
Great answers. Thanks for playing along… Whammy!
Readers, you can play along, too. Finish your own sentences below in the comment section.
– Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com
