Beware of dragons lurking in this month’s Cricket.

Start the New Year right with two funny stories about dragons, a ghostly story set on the misty moors of England, an adventure in ancient Roman Britannia, and a true science mystery about tracking down the surprising cause of a cholera epidemic in old London.

There’s a new story contest about surprising friendships, and the bugs start the New Year with an adventure on ice—as Ladybug stars in her very own ice-fishing reality TV show. (Pass the remote, please.)