Babybug - January 2023

Kim and Carrots by Clara Vulliamy Kim finds an empty box.

Upside down, the box is a table.

Kim and Carrots tip the box on its side.

Now it’s a snug, secret house.

Mommy paints the box.

.. gFollow me to the Guide for Caregivers! 1 Now it’s a little car! Beep, beep! Let’s go!

Mighty Train Anonymous ; Art by John Sandford

This is a mighty train, Puffing down the track. Now it’s going forward, Now it’s going back. Now the bell is ringing, Now the whistle blows. What a lot of noise it makes, Everywhere it goes.

Flying by Terry Fitzgerald ; Art by Carolina Farías Jacob’s planes are flying, Red and green and blue. Up in Daddy’s arms—whee! Jacob’s flying, too.







Snowy Day Song by Dennis R. Brown I Art by Jon Goodell Hopping, stomping, singing in the snow,

Footprints follow wherever we go!

Waiting at the Window by Mary Hidano u Art by Nancy Cote A big yellow school bus drives by—beep, beep!

A lady walks by with two little brown dogs—woof, woof! text © 2022 by Mary Hidano, art © 2022 by Nancy Cote

Vroom! A big blue trash truck rumbles down the street.

A small red car stops in front of the house—Daddy’s home!

A FIRST CONCEPT On the Swing by Nancy E. Walker-Guye Art by Laura Watson Dory swings up so high, so high! She stretches her fingers and touches the sky.

Dory swings down so low, so low! She stretches her toes and touches the snow.

LET’S EXPLORE New Friends by Emily Granville Pile, pat, watch them grow . . . Our new friends are made of snow.

.. g2 Big and small, they stand together. We love to play in snowman weather!

Holding Hands by Mia Geiger Art by Marilyn Janovitz Aunt Lynn’s hand, Holding mine. We walk along, Feeling fine! text © 2022 by Mia Geiger, art © 2022 by Marilyn Janovitz

. guide. BABYBUG is for babies who love to be read to—and for adults who love to read to them. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of this “off we go!” issue of BABYBUG. 1. Kim and Carrots: How many ways can you think of Q Flatten the box and use a dark marker to draw tracks for your toddler to play with a big cardboard box? or roads on it for toy cars and trucks. Q Pretend the box is a car or train. Give your child a ride Q When your flattened box is worn out and seems ready by pushing the box around the room. Don’t forget to use to throw away, cut big triangles, squares, and circles sound effects! Beep! Beep! Your toddler might give her into it. You’ve created a floor puzzle/shape sorter. teddy bear a ride, too. 2. New Friends: In addition to building those cheerful Q Turn the box over, as Kim does. Add a few plastic dishes snowmen, next time you’re outside try playing Follow- and enjoy a pretend meal together. the-Leader using each other’s footprints; molding the snow with coffee cans, cups, and boxes; and Q Cut both ends out to make a tunnel. Tape several boxes making snow angels. together to make it even longer. —Sally Nurss, M.Ed Q Let your toddler fill a big box with balls of crumpled paper, dump it out, and fill it up again. Dumping and filling is a favorite toddler pastime. BABYBUG magazine (ISSN 1077–1131) is published 9 times a year, monthly except for combined May/June, July/August, and November/December issues, by Cricket Media, Inc., 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600, McLean, VA 22102. Periodicals postage paid at McLean, VA, and at additional mailing offices. For address changes, back issues, subscriptions, customer service, or to renew, please visit shop.cricketmedia.com, email [email protected], write to BABYBUG, P.O. Box 6395, Harlan, IA, 51593-1895, or call 1-800-821-0115. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to BABYBUG, P.O. Box 6395, Harlan, IA 51593-1895. January 2023, Volume 29, Number 1, Copyright © 2022 Cricket Media. All rights reserved, including right of reproduction in whole or in part, in any form. Address correspondence to BABYBUG magazine, 1 East Erie Street, Suite 525, PMB4136, Chicago, IL 60611. For submission information and guidelines, see cricketmedia.com. We are not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or other material. All letters and contest entries accompanied by parent or guardian signatures are assumed to be for publication and become the property of Cricket Media. For information regarding our privacy policy and compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, please visit our website at cricketmedia.com or write to us at CMG COPPA, 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600, McLean, VA 22102. James M. O’Connor, Director of Editorial; Kathleen Andersen, Editor; Emily Cambias, Assistant Editor; Hayley Kim, Assistant Editor; Julie Peterson, Copyeditor; Suzanne Beck, Senior Art Director; Harrison Hugron, Designer; David Stockdale, Rights & Permissions Manager. View submission guidelines and submit manuscripts online at cricketmag.submittable.com. Grateful acknowledgment is given to the following publishers and copyright owners for permission to reprint selections from their publications. All possible care has been taken to trace ownership and secure permission for each selection. Cover art © 2016 by Laura Watson; “Kim and Carrots,” text and art © 1996 by Clara Vulliamy; “Flying,” art © 2016 by Carolina Farías; “Snowy Day Song,” art © 2004 by Jon Goodell; “On the Swing,” text © 2002 by Nancy E. Walker-Guye, art © 2016 by Laura Watson; photo credits for “Let’s Explore: New Friends” are as follows: 20-21 (bkg) Romanovska Liudmyla/Shutterstock.com; 20 (TC) Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com, (LB) Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock.com, (RB) Kotenko Oleksandr/Shutterstock.com; 21 (LT) Maryna Pleshkun/Shutterstock.com, (RT) Dmitry Poltavec/Shutterstock.com, (LB) Capricorn Studio/Shutterstock.com, (RB) xijian/istockphoto.com; photo credits for “Guide for Caregivers” are as follows: 23 (LT) Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock.com, (TC) Chirtsova Natalia/Shutterstock.com, (RT) Samuel Borges Photography/Shutterstock.com, (RT-2) qingqing/Shutterstock.com. Printed in the United States of America. 1st printing Quad Burlington, Wisconsin December 2022 To subscribe, call Customer Service at 1-800-821-0115 or visit shop.cricketmedia.com.

January 2023 Volume 29 Number 1 cricketmedia.com $6.95 11/16/21 11:14 AM LYB2201_00Cvr1_Cover.indd 1 Stories, Stories, poems Poems, and songs for Songs… preschoolers! Oh My! Look for these things in this BABYBUG. Visit CricketMedia.com to learn more about LADYBUG® Magazine, for ages 3-6. Front cover art by Laura Watson