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Cover of Cricket, the Magazine for Children, October 1990

Cricket, the Magazine for Children, October 1990

October 1990

Editor Editors of Cricket, the Magazine for Children
Cover art Troy Howell
Publisher Carus Corporation
Price $2.95
Pages 84
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  • Magazine is called Cricket on the contents page, but is called Cricket, the Magazine for Children in this magazine's indicia.
  • General content magazine for children 9—14. Only stories with speculative content are listed.
  • Special Halloween issue.
  • "Wind and Fire Wrapped in Paper" is a retelling of a Japanese folk tale.
  • This issue also contains "The Black Thing on the Landing" by Linda Allen and "Bridget's Ghost" by Lynn Bulock. These have a supernatural set-up, but they do not have any speculative content.
  • 7" x 9" stapled magazine.
  • Volume 18, Number 2.
  • Marianne Carus: Editor-In-Chief. Lynn Gutknecht: Editor. Theresa Gaffey: Managine Editor. Deborah Vetter: Senor Editor.
  • ISSN: 0090-6034.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Poem Fiction Phantoms Beverly McLoughland
25 Short Fiction Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost Harvey Watson
33 Short Fiction Fiction Kenji and the Umbrella Ghost April Tipton Lawles
43 Short Fiction Fiction Wind and Fire Wrapped in Paper Lynn Evans
62 Serial Fiction Mountain of Pearl (Part 4 of 4) Peter Dickinson
69 Poem Fiction The Dragon of Grindly Grun Shel Silverstein
70 Short Fiction Fiction Tale of a Tail Chris Conlee

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Cricket, the Magazine for Children - 1990 Editors of Cricket, the Magazine for Children
Cover Art Non Fiction Cricket, the Magazine for Children, October 1990 Troy Howell
4 Interior Art Non Fiction Phantom Timothy Foley
25 Interior Art Non Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost Eric Von Schmidt
26 Interior Art Non Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost [2] Eric Von Schmidt
27 Interior Art Non Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost [3] Eric Von Schmidt
29 Interior Art Non Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost [4] Eric Von Schmidt
30 Interior Art Non Fiction Peter Bottomsly's Ghost Eric Von Schmidt
33 Interior Art Non Fiction Kenji and the Umbrella Ghost Bonnie MacKain
34 Interior Art Non Fiction Kenji and the Umbrella Ghost [2] Bonnie MacKain
35 Interior Art Non Fiction Kenji and the Umbrella Ghost [3] Bonnie MacKain
43 Interior Art Non Fiction Wind and Fire Wrapped in Paper Charles Mikolaycak
45 Interior Art Non Fiction Wind and Fire Wrapped in Paper [2] Charles Mikolaycak
46 Interior Art Non Fiction Wind and Fire Wrapped in Paper [3] Charles Mikolaycak
62 Interior Art Non Fiction Mountain of Pearl (Part 4 of 4) Frisco Henstra
64 Interior Art Non Fiction Mountain of Pearl (Part 4 of 4) [2] Frisco Henstra
65 Interior Art Non Fiction Mountain of Pearl (Part 4 of 4) [3] Frisco Henstra
66 Interior Art Non Fiction Mountain of Pearl (Part 4 of 4) [4] Frisco Henstra
69 Interior Art Non Fiction The Dragon of Grindly Grun Shel Silverstein
70 Interior Art Non Fiction Tale of a Tail Phil Smith
73 Interior Art Non Fiction Tale of a Tail [2] Phil Smith
74 Interior Art Non Fiction Tale of a Tail [3] Phil Smith