35: The Joy Issue

For: Girls, ages 5 to 12, who deserve some happiness

Issue 35 Highlights: Find 50 of our absolute favorite things to warm your heart when you need it most; meet Ellie the Elephant, the WNBA’s most-beloved mascot, and learn how she makes everyone, including herself, feel so fine, no matter the final score; 
read a comic about poet Mary Oliver, who urged us to give into joy without hesitation; get lost in a short story about a pup who can predict the weather and a girl who believes brighter days are ahead by Newbery medalist and National Book Award finalist Erin Entrada Kelly; learn about the quokka, an adorable marsupial who’s literally always grinning, from Wildlife Ecologist Veronica Phillips, Ph.D.; paint your own DIY tiles and secretly hang them around like the guerrilla artist behind Brooklyn's HiBye Tiles; set up your own DIY gum ball machine, so you and your friends can blow bubbles together anytime; bake a whole, juicy orange into this streusel cake from baker Samantha Seneviratne •Plus! A secret code, a word search, a search-and-find, a spot the difference, a free tear-out poster, and more! 

Issue 35 Short Story Contributor: Erin Entrada Kelly, author of many books including Hello, Universe, a Newbery Medal winner; We Dream of Space, a Newbery Honor Book; and The First State of Being, a 2024 National Book Award Finalist

Issue 35 Comic contributor: Wendy Xu, creator of Mooncakes, an Ignatz nominee; Tidesong, an ALA best graphic novel for children; and Infinity Particle 

Cover Art: Christine Innes

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