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Dear Cricket,

I ask for Cricket magazine every year for one of

my birthday presents. I have been getting them for

two years and I think they are awesome. Crickethas

all sorts of stories I like! Thank you! It’s way better

than the little stories I have to read at school.

My mom got Cricket when she was little. Now

I get them!

Eliza Heaberlin, age 10

Pleasant Hill, Iowa

P.S. How did Pussywillow become magic?

Dear Eliza,

Magic just happens. We don’t really know how it

came to Pussywillow, but we’re sure glad that it did!

Love,

Cricket

Dear Cricket,

I have gotten your mag for over two years now.

I have one dog named Pip and two cats named

Trinka and Jasper. My favorite books are the Diver-

gent series and Eleanor & Park. Does anybody else

out there read Divergent?

I love drawing but I can never f inish the art

pieces in time. I love vampires and werewolves.

Vampire Girl, ageless

Portland, Oregon

P.S. There should be an entire comic dedicated to

Pussywillow!

Dear Everybuggy,

Hi!Mysistergetsthismag,andIalwaystake

themoncesheisdone.Iloveallofthewonderful

stories.IalsogetFaces.

IlovetoreadandIloveanimals,especially

dogsandhorses.Ialwaystakeridinglessonsin

thesummer.Onecoolthingaboutmeisthatmy

name means “thank you” in German.

Dog Crazy Danka, age 10

Lorain, Ohio

DearCricketReaders,

This might sound weird,

but one of my favorite things is

reading.Cricketis my favorite

magazine,butIwishtheywould

come more often. I’m in f ifth grade. I

haven’t entered aCricketcontest yet,

butIthinkIwillifthere’sastoryone.

This is my f irst letter, but I think

I’ll write more.

The Read & Writer, age 9

Lorain, Ohio

Hello, Everybuggy!

IusedtoignoretheLetterbox,but

then I started reading it. Sometimes I re

some wonderful things! AB (July/August 2018

Cricket Readers Recommend), I have the complete

series of Fablehaven books and I have read them

one and a half times. The cover picture displayed

in the mag didn’t match any of my book covers,

though.

Galina A., age 10

via email

Dear Cricket,

Please include more male authors in your

magazine. I am male and I feel like my gender is

leftoutofthismagazine.Also,includemoremales

in Cricket League and the letters and Chatterbox

chirps.IfyouareamaleCricketreader, don’t be

discouraged from reading it just because of gender

stereotype.

D&DGeek

Massachusetts

P.S.I love your magazine!

Dear D & D,

We select Cricket League winners by the qual-

ity of their work and how well it develops the spe-

cif ic theme of the contest without considering the

gender of the creator at all. We would be happy to

printmorelettersandchirpsfrommalesandhope

your letter will encourage more of them to

writein.Currentlywereceivewaymore

letters from girls than from boys. But

do keep in mind that there are many

gender-neutral names these days,

and the content of each letter is

what’s most important to us.

Love,

Old Cricket

Attention All Chatterboxers!

I just wanted to remind every-

one of the Great CB Rendezvous

of 2019! Back around 2015 lots

of things were going on in the

CB world. Several of us oldies

were leaving or watching our

friendsleave,sowestoodupon

asoapboxanddeclaredthaton

Valentine’s Day 2019 all past and

presentCBerswouldreturntochatand

catch up with each other. Since then we’ve

been reminding ourselves of the event every now

and then.

It’sprobablyquitelikelythatit’llgoonfortwo

orthreedaysafterValentine’sDay,becauseduring

onedayyoucan’ttalkallthatmuch.We’lljustuse

February 14 as the kickstarter date and then we

canpartyfortherestoftheweek.Hopingtosee

you all,

CaykeTheCook, Oldie

Somewhere Out There

Down to Earth, Chatterbox

I’m excited to see everyone,

but...amItheonlypersonwho’s

anxiousaboutthis?Alotof

people’s lives have moved on.

I’m worried that most of the

amazing people who left just

won’t come back for the visit.

What if they forget? It’s been

yearsformostofthesepeople.

Anxious

Down to Earth

I’ve seen two other Floridians on Chatterbox.

Florida’sOK.Asforsnowdays—wedon’tget

them. But we always have to read poems about

snow that absolutely nobody can relate to and

wearestucklookingupallthesesnowtermsand

snow things people have to do. Sometimes we get

breaks for hurricanes, though. Those are fun. One

good thing about Florida is the thunderstorms. I

really love thunderstorms.

GreenMango

Snow! Down to Earth

THIS ONE’S

FOR YOU. MEWY YAY!

READING

ISN’T WEIRD!

IT’S THE BEST!

A VALENTINE’S

DAY MEET-UP?

ILOVEIT!

IT IS SAD

WHEN THINGS

ITSSTHE BEST!

ead

ILOVEIT!

CHC ANNGE...

THAT MAKES IT

ESPECIALLY SPECIAL

WHEN FRIENDS DO

KEEP IN TOUCH!

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