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These readers made the bug costume from the May issue. Kyler, 3 Billy and Maya Winners will be chosen by random draw. Entrants must be between 2 and 7 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. Full contest rules and regulations can be seen at www.owlkids.com/contests. D r ess U p Send us a drawing of you and a school. You could win a PLAYMOBIL City Action prize pack. School Contest 's PRIZE COURTESY OF Contest deadline: October 15, 2017 (Address page 34) Enter PRIZE COURTESY OF PLAYMOBIL City Action prize pack. School Contest School Contest Editor Jackie Farquhar Creative Director Faith Cochran Assistant Editor Melissa Owens Editorial Assistant Katie King Educational Consultant Kylie Schmidt Advertising Sales Angela Colucci (416) 581-1788 & Monica Mueller (416) 581-1017 Founder Annabel Slaight Publisher Angela Keenlyside Director of Circulation and Marketing Charmaine Thompson Marketing Specialist Lisa Holland Managing Editor Katherine Dearlove Director of Production Paul Markowski Print Services Coordinator Jason Kieffer Production Designer Jaleesa Scotland Winner of a 2017 Parents' Choice Gold Award, and winner of a 2015 Revere Award for Best Overall Publication. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to CIRC. Dept., PO Box 11050, Stn Centre-ville, Montreal, CQ, H3C 4Y6 Publishing/Editorial office: Owlkids, 10 Lower Spadina Avenue, Suite 400, Toronto, ON M5V 2Z2 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: 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 Chirp, 247 Cayuga Rd., Suite 909R, Buffalo, NY, 14225-3034 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, 247 Cayuga Rd., Suite 909 R, Buffalo, NY, 14225-3034 U.S.A. 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 2017. 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. Publications Mail Agreement #: 40063645 Visit us on the web at: www.owlkids.com For complete customer service: Visit www.owlkids.com or phone 1-800-551-6957 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. 21, No. 7 September 2017 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 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. 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 7 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.

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