Start off your summer with a rip-roaring reading adventure! In this issue you'll find a wild rebel queen, fire-breathing dragons, buckin' broncos, and the next episode in the fantasy serial "The Star Shard." (Don't look now, but Ladybug has discovered chatting online. H'm, was she inspired by the Chatterbox?)

Want to know how "The Star Shard" was created? Ask the author and the illustrator. They will be responding to questions and comments from Cricket readers all summer!