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America’s leading early-childho d mag zine is now in India!

Fun in the Rain

This month, we celebrate the change in season July 2017 • Volume 5 • Issue No. 52
with our monsoon stories that are about having Editor, Publisher & Printer: Paresh Nath
fun in the rain. After the scorching summer heat, Managing Editor: Richa Shah
with temperatures soaring above 40° C across Associate Editor: Madhumitha Srinivasan
Design Team: Shalmali Alwe
India, rains are welcomed. But soon, kids realize Editorial O ces: Delhi Press Building, E-3, Jhandewala Estate,
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Let’s Read Together


4 Sandy Castle
5 The Adventures of Spot ™ page 20
6 Tex and Indi : It’s Hard to Wait
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12 Staying Dry
20 Meera and Kiran: Rain is Fun!
26 Enjoy the Show!




Let’s Puzzle It Out


10 My First Hidden Pictures Puzzle
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16 Bears, Bears Eveywhere! page 10
18 That’s Silly! ™
24 Setting Up Camp




Let’s Do It


32 Teeny- Tiny Sand Crabs
34 Make a Shiny Painting page 32

35 Stripes on Toast









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Sandy Castle





By Mary Straw
Down by the water’s edge,

I fill my cup with sand—

tap, tap, tap it—
tightly as I can.

Tip it over quickly.

Slip away the cup.

That’s the way I build
My sandy castle up!



















































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By Marileta Robinson • Art by Ron Zalme





















Spot’s ear itches. Spot’s paw itches.






















Spot’s back itches. Spot has fleas everywhere!





















“Here, Spot.” Good-bye, fleas!



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It’s Hard to Wait





By Lissa Rovetch • Art by Amy Wummer















































“What are you two doing?” asked Arizona.

Tex quickly covered up something.

“It’s a secret,” said Indi. “You have to wait for
your birthday to find out!”

“You’ll never guess!” said Tex.

“Hmm,” said Arizona. She smiled. “If I do, will

you tell me now?”
“OK,” said Indi. “But you’ll never guess!”




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“Let’s see,” said Arizona. “Is it a rainbow-colored rabbit?”
“No,” said Tex.

“Is it the world’s smallest elephant?”

“Nope,” said Indi.

“I give up,” said Arizona. “May I please open it now?”
“You have to wait!” Tex and Indi said at the exact same time.




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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,

and Sunday came and went.

On Monday, it was Arizona’s birthday.
Finally, she could open the special secret present.




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“We made you a collage!” said Tex.

“With photos and drawings of fun things

we did together this year,” said Indi.



































“I love it!” Arizona said, giving them a great
big hug. “And I love you, too!”




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Carrot Glove










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By Diana Murray
Speeding, hauling, lifting, dumping—
Trucks are driving, working hard,

Digging, pushing, sifting, pulling—

In the sandbox in our yard.




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Art by Paula J. Becker
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Stayin Dry





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Della and her friends are getting ready to go to the lake.
But it’s raining! “Oh no! Look at all that rain!” says Lucy.

“We can’t go to the lake. We will get wet!” says Molly.

Della looks out the window. She sees a street vendor

selling umbrellas. “Come on,” she says. “We can buy
umbrellas. Then we won’t get wet.”




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The three friends

pick up their purses
and head outside.
































“Good morning,”

says Della. “I’d like
a pink umbrella.”

The vendor gives

her a pink umbrella.


















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“I’d like a

blue umbrella,”

says Molly.

The vendor

gives Molly a

blue umbrella.
















































“I’d like a green umbrella,” says Lucy.

And the vendor gives Lucy a green umbrella.




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Then Della, Molly, and Lucy walk to the lake.

















As they wade into

the water, Della says,

“It’s a good thing
our umbrellas keep

us dry!”




















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By Heidi Bee Roemer • Art by Rico Schacherl
B y Heidi B ee R oemer • A r t b y R ic o S chacher l
Giant bears, tiny bears
Bears in every size
Scruffy bears
Fluffy bears
Bears with button eyes

Bears in boots and bathing suits
But just one bear is right—

A bear to hug, a bear to love

My bear to kiss good night.








































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Find the B’s hidden in this picture.
How many bears can you find?

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Rain is Fun!





By Nandini Nayar
Art by Sonal and Sumit





Meera and Kiran


Meera and Kiran’s friends, Nikhil and Tanya, had come over
to play.

“Come, let’s play outside!” said Meera.
When they opened the door, it was raining.

“Oh no!” the children said.

“Why aren’t you playing outside?” Pa asked.

“When the rain stops, we will play outside,” Meera said.
“When the rain stops, we will play football,” Tanya said.


































“When the rain stops, Ginger will run,” Kiran said.
“When the rain stops, we will play hide-and-seek!” Nikhil

said.
“When the rain stops, we will have fun!” Meera said.






“But you don’t have to

wait for the rain to stop
to have fun!” Pa said.


“Let’s first put on our
raincoats,” Pa continued.
The kids wore their

raincoats while Pa
covered Ginger with a

plastic bag.

Ginger looked funny!



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The garden was full of puddles.

“Let’s play Splish-Splosh!” Pa said.
They had to jump into the puddles and see who could

splash the most!

Meera, Kiran, Nikhil, and Tanya jumped into a puddle each.
Water splashed everywhere. What a fun game that was!





























































Pa made paper boats. When he put them in the water

flowing down the garden, the boats raced away. The children
ran after them. Only Ginger caught one of them!


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“Children!” Ma called. “Come and eat!”


As soon as they finished eating, they jumped up.
“Where are you going?” Ma asked.

“To play in the rain,” they said.

“But it has stopped raining,” Ma said.
“Oh no!” the children said and sat down.

“Why aren’t you playing?” Pa asked.
“When it starts raining again, we will! It’ so much fun!” the

kids said.

Ginger barked.
Yes, playing in the rain was fun!

Setting Up Camp



Art by Mike Brownlow





































































How are these pictures the same?



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How are they different?



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By Eileen Spinelli • Art by Rose Mary Berlin






















































Little Bunny and his friends decided to put on
a talent show. “I’ll play my harmonica,” he said.

Mouse piped up. “I can sing a song.”

“I can dance,” said Raccoon.
“And I can tell jokes,” said Mole.




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Squirrel sighed. “I can’t

sing or dance or tell jokes

very well. And I can’t play an

instrument. I guess you won’t
want me in the show.”

“Of course we want you,”

said Little Bunny. “You are

going to be the most important
part of the show.”
















































Everybody helped build a stage for the show.




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Little Bunny was the first to perform.

He played his favorite song on his
harmonica. Squirrel clapped and clapped.


































When Mouse finished singing “Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star,” Squirrel shouted, “Bravo!”




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Raccoon did her dance and Squirrel cheered.


































Mole told a joke and Squirrel
laughed so hard he got the hiccups.




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When the show was over, Little Bunny said,

“Thanks for being part of the show, Squirrel.”

“Me?” said Squirrel. “I didn’t do anything.”

“You sure did,” said Little Bunny. “You were
the best audience ever!”




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The teeny-tiny
sand crab crawls
along the beach.
He digs sandy holes as
deep as he can reach.
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Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.
Crab photo by iStock/yuliagubina, sky art
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By Rebecca Langston-George
Art by Mitch Mortimer
Then the teeny-tiny
He climbs into his
hole with antennas He grabs and eats the sand crab crawls
peeking out and waits plankton floating along the beach.
until he feels the within reach.
ocean splash about.


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acrylic paint into a plastic cup. Add about
• Plastic or paper cups 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap and
• Liquid dish soap stir with a paintbrush. Repeat this
• 3 paintbrushes step for each color.
• Aluminium foil
. Make a design

on the foil. When the
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on the foil!
Photos by Guy Cali
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Foil photo by
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By Marilyn Kratz


• Whole-wheat bread • Blueberries
• Whipped cream cheese • Milk
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Toast slices of whole-wheat bread.

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