Front Cover by Bats Langley
2 What Are You Going to Be for Halloween?
by Stacy Curtis4 Doodlebug& Dandelion by Pamela Dell
9 Long AfterMidnight by Rolli
10 PumpkinPockets
12 The UgliestPumpkin by Kemuel DeMoville
19 The VeryWicked Witch and the Village Play
by Mark Gartside24 BugAdventure by Michael Chesworth
25 The EpicWorld of Puppet Theater
by Ada Roman28 The Fableof the Three Cats by J.W. Liotta
31 Behold... the Cat by Sharon L. Barry
32 Spider’s Corner and Spider’s Mailbox
34 Ophelia’sLast Word: Pumpkin Hat
35 Buggy Bulletin
The Fun Zone: Falling Colors
by Jane Dippold
Mind-Buggler: Pumpkin Prize
by Dom MansellSpider and the Gang^ by Michael Chesworth
October 2019
Volume 26 Number 8
James M. O’Connor, Maria Hlohowskyj,Director of Editorial Associate Editor
Emily Cambias, Assistant Editor
Suzanne Beck, Julie Peterson, Senior Art DirectorCopyeditor^
Shavan Spears, Designer
Adrienne Matzen, Michael Chesworth, Permissions Specialist Artist, SPIDER bugs
Grateful acknowledgmentfor permission to reprint selections from their publications. All possible care has been is given to the following publishers and copyright owners
taken to trace ownership and secure permission for each selection: “Cover” art © 2013 by Bats Langley; “Pumpkin Pockets” art © 2005 by John Kastner; “The Fable Of The
Three Cats” art © 2010 by Julie Kim; “Behold... the Cat” text © 2009 by Sharon L. Barry, art © 2009 by Jennifer Hewitson; “Fall Leaves” art © 2001 by Jane Dippold;
“Pumpkin Prize” art © 2005 by Dom Mansell.
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com; 29 (RB), 30 (LB) Irina oxilixo Danilova/Shutterstock.com; takeout (BG) Mangata/Shutterstock.com; 35 (border) Malinovskaya Yulia/Shutterstock.com; 35 (RT) Alexander
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