Owlkids

Chirp, Chickadee and OWL are published by Owlkids, a division of Bayard Canada, with the aim of making children interested in the world around them. owlkids.com AGES 3 to 6 AGES 6 to 9 AGES 9 to 13 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada. Winner of a 2020 Parents' Choice Silver Award. Winner of Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Educational Publishers. To help protect the environment, this magazine is printed on Forest Stewardship Council ® certified paper, with fibres coming from responsible sources. Inks used to print this magazine contain vegetable derived materials from renewable resources. Printed in Canada by Transcontinental. Owlkids uses recyclable plastic for polybagged issues. © Bayard Canada 2021. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written consent of the publisher or a licence from Access Copyright (1-800-893-5777). Bayard Canada accepts no responsibility for injury arising out of the use or misuse of ideas, material, and activities featured in its publication. All material submitted to the magazine or any contest or award programs become the property of Bayard Canada. From time to time we make our list available to carefully screened companies. Please contact us if you would prefer to be excluded from these mailings. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts. VOL. 43, NO. 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 Chickadee (ISSN 0707-4611) is published 10 times a year: January/February, March, April, May, June, July/August, September, October, November, December. FOR COMPLETE CUSTOMER SERVICE: Visit owlkids.com or phone 1-800-551-6957. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to CIRC. Dept., P.O. Box 11050, Stn Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 4Y6. PUBLISHING/EDITORIAL OFFICE: Owlkids, 1 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 800, Toronto, ON M4P 3A1 CANADA Phone: (416) 340-2700 Fax: (416) 340-9769 Email: chickadee@owlkids.com CUSTOMER SERVICE: Chickadee, P.O. Box 726, Stn Main, Markham, ON L3P 7V9 CANADA Subscription: 1 year (10 issues) $35.95 plus applicable taxes. US POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Chickadee, 49 Court St, Buffalo, NY, 14202-3102 U.S.A. Periodical postage paid at Buffalo, NY and additional mail offices. Customer Service and US and Foreign Branch office acting as an agent for: Chickadee, 49 Court St, Buffalo, NY, 14202-3102 U.S.A. Subscription: US 1 year (10 issues) $35.95 (USD). Subscriptions outside CANADA and USA $65.95, payable in Canadian funds. Payment must accompany order. Publications Mail Agreement #: 40063645 Editor: Mandy Ng Creative Director: Faith Cochran Associate Art Director: Caroline Versteeg Editorial Assistant: Mariam Ahmed Contributing Editor: Jackie Farquhar Science Consultant: Science World British Columbia Educational Consultant: Avi Mani Advertising Sales: Angela Colucci (416) 581-1788 Publisher: Angela Keenlyside Director of Circulation and Marketing: Charmaine Thompson Marketing Coordinator: Adeola Adeyi Managing Editor: Katherine Dearlove Director of Production: Paul Markowski Production Coordinator: Troy Cunningham Production Designer: Stevie Sewards Founder: Annabel Slaight Dr. Zed science inspired by Gordon Penrose Are you ready for ? OWL is for kids ages 9 to 13. It's full of comics, puzzles, jokes, science and more! owlkids.com s ages 9 t ges 9 t s ages for kids for kids kids and more! is an interactive digital eMag! connected connected d d ted ted Visit an art gallery! DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021 Entrants must be between 5 and 10 years old as of the deadline. Winner will be chosen by random draw. Entries must be accompanied by a parent's signature. Chickadee retains the right to use winning contest entries for promotional purposes. Employees of Bayard Canada, Mattel and their families may not enter. Contest is subject to federal, provincial and local laws. Void where prohibited. Full contest rules and regulations can be seen at www.owlkids.com/contests. Enter PRIZES COURTESY OF MATTEL. How to enter: 1. Find the correct path to the end of this maze. 2. Enter the contest at owlkids.com/contests or send your entry with your name, age and address to: Chickadee's A-Maze-ing Contest (address page 31). Vi it an art Coming Next Issue Enter Chickadee's A- MAZE - ING CONTEST Finish this maze for a chance to WIN! Meet a colourful bird Fun paint projects! Three winners will receive a Pictionary Air Game ! START FINISH

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