Each issue of Cricket is 48 pages. The magazine was published nine times a year (monthly, with some of the summer months combined) by the Carus Publishing Company of Peru, Illinois. Its target audience is children from 9 to 14 years old. Until March 1995, Cricket was published by the Open Court Publishing Company[3] of La Salle, Illinois, now part of Carus.
One distinct feature of Cricket is the illustrated cast of recurring characters that appears in the margins of each issue, similar to a comic strip. These characters include Cricket, Ladybug, and other friends, most of whom are also insects. The characters are involved in a storyline that runs throughout the issue, but they also comment on the articles above them. They define difficult words, draw attention to unusual facts, and otherwise annotate the magazine's content.
On the last page of each issue is the "Old Cricket Says" column, in which Old Cricket offers a bit of wisdom, cracks a witticism, or introduces themes to be explored in the upcoming issues of Cricket. This recurring column has been ghostwritten by a number of authors and editors who worked for Cricket, but a preponderance of them were written by author Lloyd Alexander until his death in 2007.[4]
In 2003, Cricket Books published Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art, a retrospective that republishes stories from the magazine and includes interviews with some of the founders and contributors.
Founding
Cricket was founded by a group of "historically minded writers and their artist and designer friends", led by Marianne Carus of Open Court Publishing. She had worked on "literature-based basic readers" for the school markets and had learned from teachers that there was a classroom demand for high-quality, short reading material.[5] The time was right for a "new St. Nicholas Magazine".[6]
The founding Editorial Board (November 1972) comprised Carus, senior editor Clifton Fadiman, art director Trina Schart Hyman, prominent authors Lloyd Alexander, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Eleanor Cameron, Horn Book Magazine editor Paul Heins, "Kaye Webb (founder of Puffin Books and the doyenne of British publishers for children), Virginia Haviland (of the Library of Congress), and Sheila Egoff (Canada's leading authority in the field)." Fadiman was a well-known literary personality, a New Yorker book critic and a Book-of-the-Month Club judge.[6]
The inaugural issue went on sale January 1973 with a launch party in New York City. One guest later told Carus, "If a bomb had gone off during your party, the entire children's book world would've been wiped out."[7]
Cricket Media children's magazines
Cricket inspired a line of literary magazines for children of different ages: Babybug, Ladybug, Spider for newly independent readers, Cricket, and Cicada for young adults.
In turn, Cricket Media now publishes 15 children's magazines, including the five "insects". Most of them are issued nine times annually.[8]
^Anita Silvey (1995). Children's Books and Their Creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 430. ISBN0-395-65380-0. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
^"Interview with Deborah Vetter". Flyway. October 31, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
^James L. Thomas (November 1987). "Magazines To Use With Children in Preschool and Primary Grades". Young Children. 43 (1): 46–47. JSTOR 42725948.
^Alexander, Lloyd, "Old Cricket's Family Album". In Carus.
^Csoma, Jessica and Lillian Forman. "Marianne Carus." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 5, edited by R. Daniel Wadhwani. German Historical Institute. Last modified November 10, 2014.
^ "CRICKET: Shop for Children's Magazines". Carus Publishing. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
Further reading
Carus, Marianne, ed., Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art, Chicago: Cricket Books, 2003. (ISBN978-0-8126-2695-7)
Marcus, Leonard S., Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. (ISBN978-0-395-67407-9)
External links
Official website
Carus Publishing Company home page
January 29, 2023
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This article is about the children s magazine For the 1960s music magazine see The Cricket magazine For the British magazine 1882 1913 see Cricket A Weekly Record of the Game Cricket is an illustrated literary magazine for children published in the United States founded in September 1973 1 by Marianne Carus 2 whose intent was to create The New Yorker for children CricketCategoriesChildren s magazineFrequency9 per yearFounderMarianne CarusFirst issueSeptember 1973 49 years ago 1973 09 CountryCarus Publishing CompanyLanguageEnglishWebsitewww wbr cricketmedia wbr comISSN0090 6034 Contents 1 Description 2 Founding 3 Cricket Media children s magazines 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksDescription EditEach issue of Cricket is 48 pages The magazine was published nine times a year monthly with some of the summer months combined by the Carus Publishing Company of Peru Illinois Its target audience is children from 9 to 14 years old Until March 1995 Cricket was published by the Open Court Publishing Company 3 of La Salle Illinois now part of Carus Cricket publishes original stories poems folk tales articles and illustrations by such notable artists as Trina Schart Hyman the magazine s art director from 1973 to 1979 Hyman contributed to the magazine until her death in 2004 Carus has solicited materials from well known authors and illustrators including Lloyd Alexander Isaac Bashevis Singer Hilary Knight William Saroyan Ursula K Le Guin Eric Carle Stacy Curtis Wallace Tripp Charles Ghigna and Paul O Zelinsky Cricket also runs contests and publishes work by its readers One distinct feature of Cricket is the illustrated cast of recurring characters that appears in the margins of each issue similar to a comic strip These characters include Cricket Ladybug and other friends most of whom are also insects The characters are involved in a storyline that runs throughout the issue but they also comment on the articles above them They define difficult words draw attention to unusual facts and otherwise annotate the magazine s content On the last page of each issue is the Old Cricket Says column in which Old Cricket offers a bit of wisdom cracks a witticism or introduces themes to be explored in the upcoming issues of Cricket This recurring column has been ghostwritten by a number of authors and editors who worked for Cricket but a preponderance of them were written by author Lloyd Alexander until his death in 2007 4 In 2003 Cricket Books published Celebrate Cricket 30 Years of Stories and Art a retrospective that republishes stories from the magazine and includes interviews with some of the founders and contributors Founding EditCricket was founded by a group of historically minded writers and their artist and designer friends led by Marianne Carus of Open Court Publishing She had worked on literature based basic readers for the school markets and had learned from teachers that there was a classroom demand for high quality short reading material 5 The time was right for a new St Nicholas Magazine 6 The founding Editorial Board November 1972 comprised Carus senior editor Clifton Fadiman art director Trina Schart Hyman prominent authors Lloyd Alexander Isaac Bashevis Singer and Eleanor Cameron Horn Book Magazine editor Paul Heins Kaye Webb founder of Puffin Books and the doyenne of British publishers for children Virginia Haviland of the Library of Congress and Sheila Egoff Canada s leading authority in the field Fadiman was a well known literary personality a New Yorker book critic and a Book of the Month Club judge 6 The inaugural issue went on sale January 1973 with a launch party in New York City One guest later told Carus If a bomb had gone off during your party the entire children s book world would ve been wiped out 7 Cricket Media children s magazines EditCricket inspired a line of literary magazines for children of different ages Babybug Ladybug Spider for newly independent readers Cricket and Cicada for young adults In turn Cricket Media now publishes 15 children s magazines including the five insects Most of them are issued nine times annually 8 Ages 14 Cicada literary magazine out of print Ages 9 14 Cobblestone from 1980 American history Cricket from 1973 literary magazine Dig archaeology without all the dirt out of print Faces people around the world how they live Muse STEAM science technology engineering arts and math Ages 6 9 Ask science history inventors artists the most curious people Spider literary magazineAges 3 6 Click science art nature one topic each issue Ladybug literary magazineBabies 3 years Babybug board book style magazine See also Edit Children s literature portalOpen Court Publishing Company Carus Publishing CompanyReferences Edit Anita Silvey 1995 Children s Books and Their Creators Houghton Mifflin Harcourt p 430 ISBN 0 395 65380 0 Retrieved October 26 2015 Interview with Deborah Vetter Flyway October 31 2011 Retrieved December 5 2015 James L Thomas November 1987 Magazines To Use With Children in Preschool and Primary Grades Young Children 43 1 46 47 JSTOR 42725948 Alexander Lloyd Old Cricket s Family Album In Carus Csoma Jessica and Lillian Forman Marianne Carus In Immigrant Entrepreneurship German American Business Biographies 1720 to the Present vol 5 edited by R Daniel Wadhwani German Historical Institute Last modified November 10 2014 a b Marcus 256 Carus p 13 quoted by Marcus p 257 CRICKET Shop for Children s Magazines Carus Publishing Retrieved December 5 2012 Further reading EditCarus Marianne ed Celebrate Cricket 30 Years of Stories and Art Chicago Cricket Books 2003 ISBN 978 0 8126 2695 7 Marcus Leonard S Minders of Make Believe Idealists entrepreneurs and the shaping of American children s literature New York Houghton Mifflin 2008 ISBN 978 0 395 67407 9 External links EditOfficial website Carus Publishing Company home page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cricket magazine amp oldid 1126075314, wikipedia, wiki, 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