Owlkids

Winner of a 2020 Parents' Choice Silver Award. Winner of Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Educational Publishers. © Bayard Canada 2024. 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, materials, and activities featured in its publication. All material submitted to the magazine or any contest or award programs becomes 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. 46, NO. 10, DECEMBER 2024 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 USA. 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 USA. 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-in-Chief: Jackie Farquhar Editor: Mandy Ng Creative Director: Faith Cochran Associate Art Director: Caroline Versteeg Editorial Assistant: Rebecca Morrison Contributing Editor: Melissa Owens Science Consultant: Science World British Columbia Educational Consultant: Avi Mani Advertising Sales: Nicolas Faucher (514) 887-9575 General Manager: Sylvain Lumbroso Publisher: Angela Keenlyside Director of Circulation and Marketing: Rui Costa Marketing Manager: Fiona Wong Managing Editor: Katherine Dearlove Director of Production: Paul Markowski Production Coordinator: Jennifer Blais Production Assistant: Sarah Power Production Designer: Stevie Sewards Founder: Annabel Slaight Dr. Zed science inspired by Gordon Penros 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. AGES 3 to 6 AGES 6 to 9 AGES 9 to 13 Owlkids gratefully acknowledges that our office in Toronto is located on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Wendat, the Anishinaabeg, and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. owlkids.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada. This product is made of material from well-managed Forest Stewardship Council®- certified forests and from recycled materials. Inks used to print this magazine contain vegetable-derived materials from renewable resources. Owlkids uses recyclable plastic for polybagged issues. Printed in Canada by Transcontinental. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2025 Entrants must be between 5 and 10 years old as of the deadline. Winners 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, Asmodee, 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. How to enter: 1. Create a snow sculpture with items from around your house or the recycling bin—anything but snow! 2. Send a photo of your creation, along with your name, age, province or territory, and your parent's email and signature, to: Chickadee's Snowless Snow Sculpture Contest (address page 31). Or scan the code and enter online. PRIZES COURTESY OF Enter Enter Snowless s Snow w Sculpture CONTEST! CONTEST! ' s ' s Three winners will Three winners will receive a receive a board board game prize pack game prize pack ! Build a snow figure without the snow for a chance to WIN! Are you ready for ? OWL is for kids ages 9 to 13. It's full of comics, puzzles, jokes, science, and more! owlkids.com The five whys of hockey! Read a poem about Read a poem about Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Coming Next Issue Make strawberry oat tarts

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