£4.15 (UK only) Issue 146 - Septem

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Tell me why, Dad!

PoloLook at the pictures and tellthe story in your own words.Page 47

StorytimeTell me why, Dad!A little boy and his dad go to a garden. The boy has lots of questions about everything he sees. Page 3

Contents

SamSamSamSam and his teacherPage 26

Animal worldBeaversPage 28

Wonder with WhizkidWhy do we get head lice?Page 22

Time for a rhyme“The hayloft”Written by Robert Louis StevensonIllustrated by Trina Schart HymanPage 44

Competition results page 34.

Fun and gamesElves go to schoolPage 35

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Tell me why, Dad!Written and illustrated by

Christian Voltz

Find out more about the author and illustrator of this month’s story by going to our websitewww.bayard-magazines.co.uk

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“Dad,why can’t we go to Grandpa’s gardenby car?”

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“Because it’s not far,young man!

Anyway, on a bikeyou feel you’re flyinglike a bird!”

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“Dad, why are there lots of weedsin Grandpa’s garden?”

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“They’re not weeds.They’re houses for butterflies…

…and mini-beasts!”

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“Hey, Dad!Why are those aphidseating the lettuces?”

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“Because lettucestaste good!But we can put some ladybirds nearby.They love crunching up aphids!”

“Yummy!”

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“Dad!

Why can’t we use

the hose for watering?”

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“Because we don’t need much water.

When we use a watering can,the ants get a little shower too!”

“I don’t like showers!”

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“Dad, whyare there no appleson my apple tree?”

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“Because it’s growing very slowly.”

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“But why, Dad?”

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“Well, my boy, your apple tree…

is still young… like you!It will have apples later on.By that time, you’ll be

all grown up!”

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“In the meantime,let’s pick an apple from this tree!”

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“Grandpa planted ita very long time ago when I was young. He planted it…

…for me!”

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“… and for me!”

“… and for me!

Hee! Hee!”

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“So?How is your apple?

Do you want another one?”

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“Dad,why do you always ask questions?!”

Crunch!

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Scratch, scratch… Oh no!

I have got lice.

But how did they get there?

Why do We get head lice?

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Maybe we get them if

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1. If your head is itchy and you take a closer look, you may see little insects wriggling around. They are head lice.

really? What do they eat?

But why do lice like to live

on our heads?

2. They live in our hair as it is just the right temperature for them! They can also find food on our heads.

3. Lice feed on our blood. They pierce our skin with tiny spines in their mouth. This does not hurt. Then they suck up our blood.

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Funfacts

• Lice do not jump or fly but they walk fast. Your head just needs to touch a place where there are lice, like a friend’s head, for example. Then the lice can climb onto your head.

• Female lice lay 10 eggs a day! The eggs are called nits. They stick to hairs. A week later, the nits turn into baby lice.nOW

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Our headS tO fInd fOOd and heat!

•Washing your hair will not get rid of lice as they do not drown in water. You need to use a special shampoo and also comb your hair with a fine-toothed comb to get rid of the nits.

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4. Before sucking up our blood, lice inject saliva under our skin. This makes the blood more liquid and the lice can suck it up more easily. Our skin protects itself against the saliva and forms a little spot. That is what makes us itch.

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SamSam really likes his teacher, Bridget.

School is great. SamSam has lots of friends.

He likes drawing imaginary monsters…

She has hair like a princess. She is very beautiful.

SamSam loves doing his school work.

lt’s a cucumbosaur.

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The most difficult thing for SamSam is keeping still.

So Bridget gets cross with him.

Bridget is nice but… she is also strict.

SamSam can’t stop wriggling around.

She says, “No, no, SamSam! We do not fly when we are at school!”

… and writing difficult words.

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BeaversBeaversNorth American beavers spend their time swimming, cutting down trees and carrying branches around.

Why are they so busy?

Animal world

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Where do they live?

What do they eat?

How big are they?

Along river banks

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This beaver is using his strong teeth to gnaw at the trunk of a tree growing by a river. When the tree falls down,

he will cut off the branches one by one.

The beaver is carrying a branch. He swims with his back feet. They are webbed like a duck’s feet. He swims past the lodge (home) that he built

in the middle of the river. But where is he going?30

This is where he was heading! The beaver is using branches and mud to strengthen the dam that he built across the river.

The dam causes a deep pond to form around the lodge.

Look out! There is a bear! The beaver slaps the water with his tail. Splash! Splash! Other beavers nearby hear the noise and know that there is danger.

But what is the beaver going to do now?31

He dives under the water and joins his mate and kits inside the lodge. The lodge’s entrance is hidden below the surface of the water.

The dam keeps the water level high and stops other animals from getting inside.

The beaver family will be safe and dry until the bear wanders off…32

Amazing but true…

A beaver’s tail is covered in scales. It helps beavers

to stand up on their back legs. It also acts as a rudder

so they can change direction in the water.

When beavers swim, only their nose, eyes and ears

stick out of the water.

There are two types of beavers. North American beavers build lodges. Eurasian beavers prefer to dig burrows in river banks.

Beavers can stay twenty minutes under water without breathing.

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Competition

Well done everybody who took part!

Results of the scary wolf competition StoryBox 142

Amelia Newman, 5.

Tian Le Hsu

Kathryn Picher-Wozniak

Violaine Manet

Grace Henry, 4

These 5 winners will receive a copy of this great book.

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Join the dots from 1 to 28 to see the finished picture.

Elves go to school

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School kit Match the words to the pictures and

then write the words next to the correct number in the grid.

Answers: 1– pencil case, 2– rubber, 3– school bag, 4– notebook, 5– ruler, 6– pen.

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Colouring in Colour each space to match the dot in it.

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Answers: 1. the middle metal bar, 2. builder’s hard hat (on left), 3. builder’s arm, 4. extra nail on ground, 5. mouth of builder with yellow top, 6. builder on right, t-shirt stripes.

Pens and pencilsHelp the red elf to reach his blue friend.

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Answers: twelve pens (and twenty pencils).

Finish

How many pens have the elves taken out of the pencil case?

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Playtime gamesMatch each bubble to the correct elf.

Answers: A –4, B–3, C–5, D–2, E–1.

Help! I’m going to get

squashed!

Careful!I keep flying off!

Hey, don’t push!

It’s better on your tummy!

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Look and seeFind these little details in the big picture.

Wow…What a great slide!

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Answers: stripe on hat, freckles, earring, stripes on jumper, letters on pencil, pencil lead, star on boot.

Tiny twinsFind the 7 differences between these two pictures.

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Bag of elvesPut the pictures in the correct order. Then write the letters

in the blanks below to read what the boy says.

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Time for a rhyme

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Th r o u g h a l l the pleasant meadow-sideThe grass grew shoulder-highTill the shining scythes went far and wideAnd cut it down to dry.

These green and sweetly smelling cropsThey led in waggons home;And they piled them here in mountain topsFor mountaineers to roam.

Here is Mount Clear, Mount Rusty-Nail, Mount Eagle and Mount High;—The mice that in these mountains dwell,No happier are than I!

Oh, what a joy to clamber there,Oh, what a place for play,With the sweet, the dim, the dusty air,The happy hills of hay!

Robert Louis Stevenson “The hayloft” from A Child’s Garden of Verses

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Wonder with WhizkidWhy are animals

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Animal worldA doe and her fawn

You will need this to carry

your books safely to school.

You will be learningall about these and practising writing them.

Match each picture to the riddle

that best describes it.

Make sure you have lots of these to write and draw with.

Your teacher will read some of these

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