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''Spider'' is an illustrated literary magazine designed for children from 6 to 9 years old. Started in January 1994, the magazine is published in the United States by The Cricket Magazine Group, which is owned by the Carus Publishing Company. The magazine tells original short stories, poems, nonfiction articles, activities, games and illustrations from world famous authors. It also has art and writing contests in each issue and publishes work created by its readers. The magazine is published every month, except for combined May–June, July–August, and November–December issues. ==Features== Every issue of ''Spider'' is 40 pages long and includes a few recurring sections throughout every magazine. Notably, there is an illustrated cast of insects that appear in the margins of every page, similar to a comic strip. They include Ophelia the praying mantis, Sam the caterpillar, Sonya the damselfly, Thistle the weevil, Miro the French mushroom, and Spider the spider, who the magazine is named after. The bugs are involved in their own story line throughout each issue, but they also comment on the articles or stories above them. Each insect also has their own personality and specific interest, which dictates their specific section in the magazine; for example, Miro loves food so he can be found in the kitchen or the recipe section of each issue. Also found in each issue: * ''Spider's Mailbox'' is the opening section of the magazine, where reader's letters, comments, and questions and are displayed. * ''Doodlebug & Dandelion'' is an ongoing short story written by Pamela Dell, where each issue has a new storyline. * ''Spider's Corner'' is a portion of the magazine that includes art, story writing, and poetry contests for kids to enter, either by writing to the magazine or online. It also includes the winning enties of previous contests. * ''Ophelia's Last Word'' is on the last page of every issue, where Ophelia gives out a piece of wisdom, an idea, an activity or introduces the themes for the next issue of the magazine. * There is also a four page spread of take-out pages that include an activity for kids to do. As with all the other magazines published by The Cricket Magazine Group, ''Spider'' accepts absolutely no advertising. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spider (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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