Recipe: Sailing Snack!

Ahoy readers,

In the Jan/Feb issue of Chirp, we show you how to make a cute and yummy sailing snack!

Read on below to learn how to make it:

*Always ask an adult for help in the kitchen.

You’ll need:

• Small cucumbers
• Cottage cheese and/or cream cheese
• Carrot sticks
• Animal crackers or cookies

What to do:

1. Cut away some of the cucumber and fill it with cottage or cream cheese.
2. Add a carrot mast and a thinly sliced cucumber for a sail.
3. Add some sailors – your animal crackers or cookies.
4. Serve with cottage cheese/cream cheese and add some fishy crackers too!

Enjoy!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Reader Art of the Week

Hi readers,

Chirp reader Jane shared this fun underwater drawing! Check it out!

Great job, Jane! We love your creativity!

Readers, would you like to see your art on the Chirp blog? Send it to chirpblog@owlkids.com.

Have a great weekend!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Listen to a Chirp Story!

Hey readers,

Click play below to listen to Polar Surprise by Clayton Hanmer, a chill-y story about friends packing for a trip to explore the Arctic!

Polar Surprise by Clayton Hanmer (read by author), Chirp December 2020

Enjoy!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Contest: The ABC’s of Black History Book Giveaway

Hey readers,

We have an amazing giveaway for you! Learn about Black History and culture in this incredible poetry book – and enter for your chance to win a copy!

Written by Rio Cortez and illustrated by Lauren Semmer, The ABC’s of Black History is a New York Times Bestselling book that takes you on a journey through the alphabet of Black History and culture.

Full of vibrant, colourful pages, and simple but powerful poetry, celebrate Black History by learning about important people and significant events – all while learning your ABC’s!

For a chance to WIN 1 of 5 copies of The ABC’s of Black History, comment below with your first name and age.

Contest Deadline: February 15, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.

Winners will be chosen by random draw.

Prize courtesy of Workman Publishing.

Click HERE for full contest rules and regulations.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, prizes may be delayed.

Good luck!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Riddles!

Hey readers,

Here are some riddles for you to figure out for Brainteaser Month!

1. What is the best thing to put into pies?
2. How do you fix a broken tomato?
3. I have no feet, no hands, no wings, but I climb the sky. What am I?
4. When is the best time to have lunch?

How many answers did you get without looking? Let us know in the comments below, along with your favourite riddle!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Answers: 1. Your teeth!, 2. With tomato paste!, 3. Smoke!, 4. After breakfast!