Prepare to be outnumbered in this magical, mathematical issue of Cricket! Find out what happens when the numbers on a clock throw a late-night party instead of telling time, and what a worker does when a dragon comes to her magic store searching for its missing scales. Discover the secrets behind seemingly impossible math tricks, and learn why the discoveries of a mathematician who died over 100 years ago inspire scholars today.

And don’t forget to join an epic Cricket Country snowball fight, take a class with Professor Ugly Bird, discover great new books recommended by fellow Cricket readers, and enter a puzzling story contest!