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Deadline: October 15, 2015 Entrants must be between 5 and 10 years old as of the deadline. Judges will look for originality and creativity from all eligible entries. 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, Deserres, 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. Work with your classmates to build a dream school using recycled materials. Send us photos of your cool school and tell us all about it for a chance to WIN! 1. Ask your teacher if you can work with your class to enter this contest. 2. Come up with an idea for a dream school with your class and build it out of recycled materials. Take photos of it. 3. Write a description of your dream school. 4. Download the entry form at www.owlkids.com, and send your entry to: chickaDEE's Dream School Contest (address page 30). + = + HOW TO ENTER: In the March issue, we asked you send us a drawing of Jack. These three WINNERS each receive a LASER PEGS prize pack. Draw Jack CONTEST WINNERS Charlotte Talbot, 6 Jonathan Mikitch, 10 Addyson Rose = HOW TO ENTER: 's Contest! Dream School One grand-prize winner will receive a backpack filled with back-to-school gear AND supplies for his or her classroom! Editor Mandy Ng Creative Director Faith Cochran Designer Danielle Arbour Assistant Editor Melissa Owens (on leave) Contributing Editor Jackie Farquhar Photo Editor Tracey Jacklin Editorial Assistant Ashley Van Eysinga Educational Consultant Avi Mani Science Consultants Science World British Columbia Advertising Sales Angela Colucci (416) 581-1788 & Monica Mueller (416) 581-1017 Founder Annabel Slaight Dr. Zed science inspired by Gordon Penrose Group Publisher Jennifer Canham Associate Publisher Angela Keenlyside Director of Circulation and Marketing Charmaine Thompson Circulation Project Manager Bryan Maloney Fulfillment Manager Violet Ramlall Managing Editor Sarah Howden Director of Production Paul Markowski Print Services Coordinator Jason Kieffer Production Designer Jaleesa Scotland 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. 37, No. 7, September 2015 chickaDEE (ISSN 0707-4611) is published 10 times a year: Jan/Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June, Jul/Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to CIRC. Dept., P.O. Box 990, Stn Delorimier, Montreal, QC H2H 2T1 Publishing/Editorial office: Owlkids, 10 Lower Spadina Avenue, Suite 400, Toronto, ON M5V 2Z2 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 Phone: 1-800-551-6957 Fax: (905) 946-1679 Web: www.owlkids.com Subscription: 1 year (10 issues) $34.95 plus applicable taxes. Subscriptions outside CANADA and USA $64.95, payable in Canadian funds. Payment must accompany order. US POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to chickaDEE, 75 Boxwood Lane, Buffalo, N.Y. 14227-2707 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: chickaDEE, 75 Boxwood Lane, Buffalo, N.Y. 14227-2707 USA. Phone: 1-800-551-6957 Fax: (905) 946-1679 Subscription: US 1 year (10 issues) $34.95 (USD). Subscriptions outside CANADA and USA $64.95, payable in Canadian funds. Payment must accompany order. © Bayard Canada 2015. 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. For complete customer service: Visit www.owlkids.com or phone 1-800-551-6957 Winner of a 2015 Parents' Choice Silver Award and winner of several Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Educational Publishers. AGES 3 to 6 AGES 6 to 9 AGES 9 to 13 Publications Mail Agreement #: 40063645 Visit us on the web at: www.owlkids.com 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 biodegradable plastic for polybagged issues. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. PRIZES COURTESY OF DESERRES. PHOTOS: TRACEY JACKLIN

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