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. Vol. 28, No. 10 December 2024 Chirp (ISSN 1206-4580) is published 10 times a year: Jan/Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June, Jul/Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. AGES 3 to 6 AGES 6 to 9 AGES 9 to 13 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to CIRC. Dept., PO 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: chirp@owlkids.com Customer Service: Chirp, P.O. Box 726, Stn Main, Markham, ON L3P 7V9 CANADA Phone: 1-800-551-6957 Fax: (905) 946-1679 Web: owlkids.com Subscription: 1 year (10 issues) $35.95 plus applicable taxes. Subscriptions outside CANADA and USA $65.95, payable in Canadian funds. Payment must accompany order. US POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Chirp, 49 Court St, Buffalo, NY, 14202-3102 USA. Periodical postage paid at Buffalo, New York, and additional mail offices. Customer Service and US and Foreign Branch office acting as an agent for: Chirp, 49 Court St, Buffalo, NY, 14202-3102 USA. Phone: 1-800-551-6957 Fax: (905) 946-1679 Subscription: US 1 year (10 issues) $35.95 (USD). Subscriptions outside CANADA and USA $65.95, payable in Canadian funds. Payment must accompany order. For complete customer service: Visit owlkids.com or phone 1-800-551-6957 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. Winner of a 2020 Parents' Choice Gold Award and a 2015 Revere Award for Best Overall Publication. 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. Publications Mail Agreement #: 40063645 Visit us on the web at: owlkids.com © 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, material, 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. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada. Editor-in-Chief Jackie Farquhar Creative Director Faith Cochran Editorial Assistant Rebecca Morrison Contributing Editors Mandy Ng, Melissa Owens Educational Consultant Lise-Anne Mandaliti Advertising Sales Nicolas Faucher (514) 887-9575 Founder Annabel Slaight 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 Thorfinn, 5 Scout, 3 Eliza, 5 School Contest Winners These winners get a School Bus toy. Congrats! PRIZES COURTESY OF Winter C Contest Send us a drawing of you playing in the snow. You could WIN 1 of 3 Ski World toy sets! Winners will be chosen by random draw. Entrants must be Canadian residents between two and seven years old as of deadline. Entries must be accompanied by a parent's signature. Chirp retains the right to use winning contest entries for promotional purposes. Employees of Bayard Canada, Playmobil, and their families may not enter. Contest is subject to federal, provincial, and local laws. Void where prohibited. Visit www.owlkids.com/contests for full contest rules and regulations. Deadline: January 15, 2025 Enter at owlkids.com/contests Enter

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