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Calling All Kids #4
This anthology issue contains multiple stories and activities for children. "Marco's Puzzle Page" features Marco asking Bobby about an upside-down animal, with Bobby solving a connect-the-dots puzzle (numbered 1-35) that reveals the answer to be a sloth. A Robinson Crusoe adventure story depicts Crusoe discovering human footprints on his island after twenty-four years of isolation, then witnessing savages capturing a prisoner; Crusoe manages to help the prisoner escape to a creek. The issue also includes Tweedle and Chirpy, characters who encounter a friendly snake named Jinx and take rides on its back down a slide, with Jinx providing entertainment and amusement for the small companions.