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Solution to Crossbird Puzzle

Acknowledgments continued from inside front coverGrateful acknowledgmentis given to the following publishers and

copyright owners for permission to reprint selections from their publications.Allpossiblecarehasbeentakentotraceownershipandsecurepermission

for each selection.“InSearchOf”text©2006byJoanLennon.

“Elizabeth Blackwell: The First American Woman Doctor” text © 1995 byRichardL.Mattis,art©1995byKimGorrasi.

Photo acknowledgments: 5-8 (BG) VolodymyrSanych/Shutterstock.com;9 (BG) arcticphotoworks/Shutterstock.com; 16-21 (BG) Rostik Solonenko/

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Congress, LC-USZC4-4731; 23-28 (BG) Frannyanne/Shutterstock.com;23-28 (border) Elivagar/Shutterstock.com; 28-31 (border) white snow/

Shutterstock.com; 28-31 (BG) Zheltikov Dmitry/Shutterstock.com; 33-38(border) Larienn/Shutterstock.com.

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NEW ART CONTEST: TALENT SHOW
PuddingwasthrilledwiththeideaofaTVshowforyoungperformerslikeTalent Sprouts.
She’sencouragingeverybuggytotryoutanewact.Martyisworkingontwirlingadozen
pizzas whiledoinga360toefliponhisskateboard.Ladybugisrehearsingadramaticread-
ing ofallherfavoritepoems(herown).GeorgeandTail,ofcourse,arepracticingaduet,
whichtheyarecalling“UndergroundMovement.”Sluggothinkshiseasy-to-learnnew
dance(justonestep)mightgetavirus—er,goviral.Soforthismonth’scontest,every-
buggywouldlovetoapplaudyourbestartofaboffonewactforatalentshow.
WillyouractbesomethingyoureallymightorwouldliketodoonTV—likeplayingyour
violinortapdancing?Orwillyoudreamupanactthatexistsonlyinyourimagination,likefly-
ing overtheaudience?Perhapsyourartwillfeatureafearlesscircusperformeroranamazing
magician.Oryoumightdrawyourdog(orsalamander)doingasillypettrick,oraliensdoing
silly alientricks,orshowcasedancingbearsplayingtromboneswhileintutus(tootoocute!).
Youmightevendrawaposteradvertisingyouractwithitssnappynameatthetop.
Cricketisalwayslookingforbrightnewstars,soifyouwant achancetoseeyourname
up inlights(orjustinthemagazine),sendusyourbestartofyourgreatactforatalentshow.
Cue the applause!

Contest Rules

1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work.
   Ideas and words should not be copied.


2. Your entrystatingthatitisyourownwork,thatnohelpwasgiven,mustbe signed by your parent or guardian,
   and thatCrickethaspermissiontopublishitinthemaga-
   zine and on our website.


3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on
   your entry.
   4. Only one entry per person, please.
   5. Ifyouwantyourworkreturned,encloseaself-addressed,
   6. Your entry must bestampedenvelope forreceivedeachentry.by March 25, 2019.
   7. Send entries toCricket League,P.O.Box300,Peru,IL
   61354. (No faxes or email submissions, please!)
   8. We will publish winning entries in the July/August 2019
   issue and on the Cricket website.

To see more winning Cricket League

entries, visit our website:

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Third prize 11 and up

Samantha Brough, age 13

Bedford, MA

Fields of Arbortecture

Honorable Mention

Lydia Dietz, age 15, Gilmer, TX

Arden Duca, age 9, New York, NY

Maya Katz, age 10, Cleveland, OH

Callan Leonard, age 9, Staunton, VA

Mackie Pelk, age 11, El Dorado Hills, CA

Manya Raina, age 9, Brecksville, OH

Eva Von Allmen, age 11, St. Louis, MO

Adele Wentzel, age 9, Lorain, OH