Meet some garden heroes, help birds build nests, and find homes for backyard animals. See what happens to a recycled milk jug, fix a friendly bike, and learn more ways we can take care of nature with LADYBUG!
Cover art by Matthew Rivera
Did you know that April is National Garden Month? Get out your spades, seeds, and gardening gloves! It’s time to get our hands dirty and have some good, old-fashioned springtime fun! Find out why bugs are good for our gardens with Max and Kate and why “weeds” and clutter in our backyards may actually be helpful to animals! Dance through the days of the week, bloom like a flower, and sing a windy day song.
How can you and your family reduce, reuse, and recycle this Earth Day? Join Click and the Kids as they turn neighborhood “trash” like egg cartons and cardboard boxes into an amazing spring fun fair! Plus, have you ever read a story from a bike’s point of view? Nancy E. Walker-Guye makes a bike an unlikely hero in the delightful tale “Poppy.”
LADYBUG is full of cool activities and games, too! Make “Earth Explorer” binoculars, spot silly surprises in an Earth Day parade, play a recycling game, and more! This issue of LADYBUG is a garden of treasures for curious kids.
Enjoy features including:
· “Little Sprout” by Leslie Leibhardt Goodman
· “The Building Season” by Prudy Miller Hock
· “Oh, the Breeze Sang a Song” by Brian Gene Olson
· “Days of the Week Dance” by Sarah Meade
· “We Help Nature— Nature Helps Us!” by Bea Green
· “A Visit to the Recycling Center” by Tracy Vonder Brink
· “A Share of Socks” by Pamela Love
· “Poppy” by Nancy E. Walker-Guye
· “Wheels” by Leslie Whitaker
Regular features of LADYBUG Magazine include I Spy, Max and Kate, Yo Wants to Know, Click and the Kids, Beatrice Black Bear, Ladybug, Muddle, and Thud, Click’s Cubby, Muddle’s Trunkful of Fun, Ladybug’s Video Picks and takeout pages.
