Your letters

Hello,
My name is Elsa .I really, really like your magazine.
I made snowy mountain cookies from the December 2019 Issue.
Some of my favourite issues are Cats (March 2020), Micro
Cosmos (September 2020) and What is art? (October 2020) Hi to Iona, a fellow AQUiLA reader.
Goodbye!
Elsa.

Hello Aquila, our mum bought the October 2017 back issue ‘Forest Adventure’ so we had a go at making our versions of The Green Man out of clay.
We hope they will bring us a better crop of raspberries and courgettes next year.

Hi AQUILA,
I know everyone says this (and I know everyone says that too) but your magazine is AWESOME! My favorite issue is probably What is Art (October 2020) because I really like art. My favorite pages are over to you and brain feeders. I like horses and I want to be an architect when I grow up. My favorite book is Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (No.2). Some issue ideas are behind the scenes, space, the titanic and planes. On the debate in the Amazon issue (Jun/Jul 2020) I would just leave them alone. It would just cause problems with them and they are managing well by themselves and always have been. That is my opinion. In the What is art (October 2020) issue, (my favorite one) I decided to make the Islamic geometry. It was really complicated and on step 13 it actually took me a couple of minutes before I realised what I was supposed to do. Here is a picture of it.
P.S: To Verity G, I like your limerick

I painted this picture of how I think planets in Outer Space look. I used watercolour and did the wet-on-wet technique, putting a layer of water on my outline before I added the watercolour. I really like learning about space and all the planets, so please can you do an issue all about Outer Space, I would really love that. I have this passion about dogs too and I am begging my parents to get me a puppy. I am very annoyed that I missed the Discover Dogs issue (I got AQUILA just a month after!) so that’s on my Christmas list! I love experimenting and science and I really want to be a child psychologist when I am older. I got AQUILA in June for the Japan issue, and my favourite issue so far I think is actually this one, What is Art, because another one of my passions is art, as you probably can tell from the painting! I always do the crafting activities, which are very fun! Thank you, and keep going with the fantastic magazines.

I know I am probably breaking the record but your magazines are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome! My Favourite bits Are E.B, Over to you and Ian. Can you do an issue on cars
Please and i even designed the cover.
PS my brother Alex says hi

Hi Aquila I know every one says this but Aquila is AMAZING I got the subscription in December 2019 and I love love it. I love the ‘over to you’ pages lots but my favourite bit is Ian.The best issue I have got is discover dogs but the best animal is probably cat (no offence Pepe)My favourite film is Descendants. I can’t wait for the ‘what is art’ issue! BUT the big question is what are tardigrades?????????I mean I’ve seen lots of snippets about them, please can you make another issue about Microcosmos including tardigrades. This is my first time writing to you, hope you like the Japan manga picture ok so this is goodbye for now bye

Hi. I loooooove your mags! Unlike most people, I don’t like sports much (don’t show Kit), I’m more into Harvey and Calculata. I got 15 back issues, including the Harry Potter one. I noticed two things from it. If you mixed one at at certain point in the pH scale, would it become water? Also, on page 16 you spelled Calculata like c-a-l-c-u-l-a-t-o-r instead of c-a-l-c-u-l-a-t-a. One more thing: is faith from the September 2019 issue able to take a picture of the notes? That would be deeply appreciated, especially as I have access to a trumpet, piano, ukulele and violin. Bye.
P.S. I’m holding the amazon issue in the picture

Hi AQUILA, I really, really love reading your magazines because they are so full of facts! Although I have only been reading them since April 2020, I've already got favourites and they are: Dogs (May 2020) and Japan (June 2020). I really enjoy writing short stories, playing tennis and reading (I've got 75 books on my bookshelf!). I was also wondering if you could please make an issue on Coral Reefs?
PS. Below is a photo of me with all of the AQUILA's I've got so far.
PPS. I am also holding the Flapping-Mouth Fox from the Japan issue
PPPS. Here are 2 jokes:

Q) Why does the ocean roar?
A) You would too if you had crabs on your bottom!

Q) Where does Friday come before Wednesday?
A) In the dictionary!

Hello!
This is my first time writing to you, and I hope this letter gets published in one of your amazing mags. My favourite mags are probably the Amazon and Japan editions. PLEASE do an issue on rodents (when I say rodents I mean please include hamsters) or sloths or birds! I have two Russian dwarf hamsters Nibbles and Squeak. During lockdown Squeak had his eye taken out, but he is fine now! I love Harry Potter! I'm a Griffindor! My favourite animal is a sloth. I really want to inspire kids to look after our planet and donate some money towards all the animals in danger.
AQUILA ROCKS!!!
Bella age 8
p.s. I play the key board!
p.p.s. here is a riddle: there was a red house a yellow house a blue house and a purple house, what colour was the green house? It was see through!

Dear AQUILA,
Thanks for lovely magazine. I have enjoyed making MAGNIFICENT MACAW MASK!
Best wishes
Viyana nearly 9 years old 😊

Hi Aquila,
I really like your magazines, I had a go at manga drawing and I really enjoyed doing it. I hope you like my picture! I am very excited about the next issue that will come in September. I really like art and cats I would love it if you did an issue on cats!
From Madeleine 8
P.S What did the snowman say to the other snowman? Can you smell carrots?

Dear Aquila

Although I haven't read it for long at all,I'm immediately struck by how interesting Aquila is. The amount I can learn in one magazine is off the charts! Aquila has something unique and special to it that makes it even better. I know this isn't a very long letter but you can tick another Aquila lover off. I like a lot of stuff but my three favourite things are: sports, reading,and animals. I know a lot of people would enjoy a sports issue so can you please make one? My Hogwarts house is Hufflepuff and my favourite fact (from my brother's old issues) is that humans are only 2 seconds of a day! Thanks for reading this letter,


Yours sincerely,


Ioan

Hi Aquila, I really like your magazine. My favourite hobbies are drumming, playing the guitar and going to Laser Quest. During the lockdown I have spent a lot of time playing my musical instruments and making up my own songs. I would like to see an issue on drumming including some of the women drummers who have been successful, because as a girl drummer there are very few role models. When I drum, I drum along to a music app called GarageBand. I would also like to see an issue on lasers, showing all the different things they are used for.

Hi Aquila, I love your magazines. I only just started since issue June 2020 to July 2020. Please can you do an issue about the environment, how plastic goes into the sea? From Léa age 8

My grandmother (GG) got me a subscription to Aquila and the Amazon edition was my second one that I received. My dad and I made the Paku-Paku Kitsune from the Japan edition and now we have made the Macaw mask. It was sooo fun! I hope you will print this so that my GG can see the creations that my dad and I have made. I love Aquila!!

I have just started getting Aquila and I loved the Japan issue! We had Oriental Day and I used chopsticks for dinner! I also painted cherry blossom and made an origami face. The Japanese writing by my elbow means "Life".

Hello Aquila, i love the amazon issue and i love panthers. Since i have a computer, i have been
working on the amazon ever since.

joke:
Q : what does 1 loose railing say to another
A: do you need a hand ?

Hello Aquila,
This is my macaw mask and it is the first time I make something following your instructions (and all the other magazines I have ever had)

Bye,

Artem.

Hi Aquila, You're a great magazine and I was inspired by the wizard's castle in the Harry Potter issue (June 2017). Here is a picture of my younger brother Jonas and I with the finished castle. It was fun to make and the papier mache was very messy! My favourite issues are "Fakes and forgeries" (October 2019), "Fantastic Tales" (December 2019) and Japan (June 2020). I would love it if you made an issue about Lego. Bye... Edgar

Hello,
My name is Antonn, I am 8.
My 2 brothers, my sister and I have just received our 1st Aquila magazine, and we already LOVE it!!!
My answer is: the puffin (answer B) is NOT found in the Amazon rainforest.
I love animals, would like to work to help them when I am grown up.
Thanks for your reports and a hug to Pépé (that's funny because it is the nickname of my great grandfather).
Looking forward to getting our next magazine and maybe be one of the winners.
Best regards,

Antonn xx

I did the Extract DNA experiment in the Amazon issue (July 2020) and it was so fun! Here is a photo of me with the sieve, waiting for the liquid to come through. There is also another picture of how the DNA looked in the end (it’s all the white cloudy bit on top) and it was fascinating seeing how they all split into different parts. I used a big strawberry, as you can see, because the mixture is a pinky-red colour. I hope you all like it!
Oh, and I am really new to AQUILA. My parents bought me the gift subscription for my birthday last month, and I am loving it so far!

Hello Aquila,
Our mum bought some back issues of your magazine so we have just enjoyed learning about the Vikings and making the bread. This picture is of the unleavened bread which we cooked in a pan. It was delicious. We are just waiting for the leavened bread to rise....
Shem, Jalani and Malakai

Hello AQUILA, I am Lenni. I have been wanting to write ever since I had my first AQUILA magazine, the January issue, ‘Evolution’ in 2020. After that, I didn’t notice I actually had the December issue! I loved reading it! I didn’t know you were
60% similar to a banana or fruit flies! I like the quizzes, they had me truly stumped! Ian is really weird by writing a story about being seasick, got pi mixed up with pie and ate Vlad’s Christmas dinner! I wrote my own magazine inspired by... YOU! I have some jokes to tell you!
Q: What’s a sheep’s favourite sport?
A: Baasketball!
‘Knock knock!’
‘Who’s there?’
‘B’
‘B who?’
‘Be you, obviously!’
I hope you liked the jokes. My favourite issues are the Amazon (July/August, 2020), Happiness (February, 2020), Magic Maths (March, 2020), and Japan (June, 2020).
Love from Lenni
PS. Can you do an issue on music?

To Aquila,

The answer to the Japan competition is C.Yen.

I should know as I was lucky enough to go to Japan 4 yrs ago. We had a great time and hope to go again in the future. Here is a photo of me enjoying the cherry blossom in Takada Park. My mum and dad lived in Japan for 4 years and really loved cherry blossom season.

Thank you for a great magazine - this was my first copy so I was really pleased it was about one of my favourite places!

From Bea

Dear AQUILA
I went to school and learnt Japanese but wasn’t very good and now I read your magazine I learnt a lot more. I read the Japanese magazine and l loved the mustache story. I love all your facts by the way.

Ok I know you have got this note a lot of time’s but I LOVE AQUILA ! It’s true.
I am 7 years old and I have only read one of your magazines and I love it already. I wish you could do one every week.

Bye.

Indali

My favourite joke:
Why is 6 scared of 7?
Because 7 ate 9!

Dear Aquila,
I am very fond of your mag and have been receiving it since January 2019. My fave issue is CAKE ( I got hungry just looking at it!) and I love the brain-feeders. Reading is my fave hobby and I have read the whole Harre Potter series twice! Please could you do an issue on coding? I have coded a whole website ( with my dad!) and loved it!
Bye!
P.S. Ian you are sooooooo funny!

Hi, my name is Elisabeth, I really like the aquila magazines, I have made the paku-paku kitsune fox, it was really fun, my little sister loves it to. I have only started getting the magazines but I was wondering if you could do a "farm issue" I live on a farm, we have goats, dogs, chickens and cows. It is great and if you did a farm issue other kids could read about the great things that happen on a farm. I really liked the dogs issue. I love dogs 🐕. I love baking just today I baked chocolate chip cookies. I can't wait for the amazon issue, thanks for reading!!!!

Hi! My name is Archie and I really love your magazine (I’m saying it’s my favourite for two reasons: one, because it’s awesome. Two, because it’s pretty much the only magazine I read). I haven’t been getting them for long and I feel like I missed out on a lot, so I’m buying all of the 2018 & 2019 magazines in the shop. Also will the ones that aren’t in the shop (rocket science, money maths, game theory and real world maths) be in the shop at some point? Bye!

Dear Aquila,
I really liked the Japan magazine you did. I really like doing manga after you showed me how to do it. Here is one of my characters that I made, her name is Ella and she is 15. I am a fan of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. I started them over because I am waiting for eight point five to come out. I also like Doctor Who, and I am going to be her for Halloween. Thank you again for doing the Japan Magazine, I really liked it. Bye Aquila.

Hi Aquila, I did the instant noodles activity from the Japan issue and they tasted great! This is me and my little brother having a tasty lunch!

We celebrated Japanese day at our school Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar last year. As part of the celebrations we ordered traditional Japanese sushi and ate it with chopsticks and soy sauce. I got to wear my friend Rina's yukata summer kimono for the day. Her mother Yoko is from Japan. I got to choose the blue kimono with pink and yellow dots. Rina taught the class how to speak Japanese. It was really fun and we had a great day. I look forward to learning Japanese at school next year, in year 4.
From Sophia.

Dear AQUiLA
I love your magazine so much. I have just received the June 2020 Japan issue and it's brilliant. I made the fox puppet straight away. In fact, I did not just make 1 fox, I also made tons more for my family too! I love doing AQUiLA art and have made some fox puppets, (I think I just told you that!), a book safe and a puppy love card. My favourite things to do are drawing, reading, writing stories and playing Roblox. My favourite issues of AQUiLA are Japan, June 2020 and Micro Cosmos, September 2019 I have been subscribed since May 2019 and I have lots of back issues. I am currently writing a “choose your own adventure” story inspired by Fantastic tales (December 2019). It's very fun. My favourite AQUiLA characters are Polly and Harvey. Also, you know how on the cover of AQUiLA you print it as AQUiLA. (well done to the AQUiLAnaut who noticed that). Why is it printed AQUILA when it appears inside the magazine? Well anyway that is all from me.
Byeee.
From your biggest fan, A

Hi Aquila! I have always LOVED your magazine. I was really happy when my Grandparents bought me Aquila at Christmas 2018. I also love origami and I am going to try the fox out in the Japan issue; June 2020 my Sister and my Mum have both done it and it is amazing! See if you can spot all 10 pieces of origami in this picture! My favourite issue so far has been Evolution January 2020. I really like Lego so maybe you could do an issue on that.
From Dilys age 9 & 3/4.
P.S. Hi to my school library!

Dear Aquila,
I have been baking cakes from your Cakes issue (Peach Upside Down Cake) and your Fantastic Tales issue (Snowy Mountain cookies). They were delicious!

Yours faithfully,
Martha Finigan

Hi AQUILA!

My brother, Ernst, and I have been getting your magazine for over a year and a half now, we love it, it teaches us So much!
I have written to tell you about my Grampa, who keeps bees.
A few weeks ago, he gave me two HUGE blocks of beeswax, and with some of it, I made the beeswax food wrap, from The Earth issue, (April 2020) And my brother made some candles too.
I have sent two photos, one of me holding the blocks and one of the food wrap.
From Etta, age 11

P.s here's a joke: Q: What did the German policeman say to his belly?
A: "You are under a vest!"

I like how you have a lot of ideas in your magazine, I have only recently started reading it. I like the illustrations too. I really loved the Japanese edition of Aquila, now I can draw Manga eyes!

Hi AQUILA,
I got my subscription from my granny and granddad at Christmas 2019, its my favorite thing to read! This is from the Viking issue (September 2018) , and I made the flat breads. they were delicious! That was quite a long time ago but I never got the chance to post it! I was also hoping that you could do an issue on tigers or animals. that would be great! my three favorite animals are cats, tigers and llamas!

thank you for reading this.
Poppy age 8 1/2
PS. I have a very lazy cat called Ruffles!
PPS. does anyone else play minecraft?

Hi AQUILA,
You are the best magazine I have read !!!!!! I did the Ancient Greek play from the Ancient Greek issue ( July 2019 ) it was so FUN !!! Me and my cousin both get AQUILA and we love gymnastics I was wondering if you could do an issue on gymnastics. I got AQUILA for Christmas my grandee got it for me and my cousin. Here is me dressed as Rebel the Greek heroine of my play!!!

Ada, Age 8

We had fun making the origami fox and decided to turn it into a frog with a long tongue. Can you see the fly it's caught? Love Martha.

Hi Aquila! You have probably heard loads of people say this but you are my lifesaver in these tricky times! I have been doing an around the world project during lockdown were I choose a country, do some research on it and then make a meal based on the food they eat there! I was thrilled when I got the Japan issue and used loads of pictures and information from it! We had ramen noodles and rainbow veggie rolls for our tea. It was delicious and I learnt how to use chopsticks for the first time!
When I got my first Aquila, my friend told me that I had missed the Harry Potter issue! I was really upset because I am a Harry Potter superfan! I would really like it if you did an issue on mythical creatures like mermaids, unicorns and dragons.

Hi AQUILA. I love receiving your magazine. I made paku-paku kitsune! I named my 🦊 foxy. It was fun to make!

Hi.

Daisy, age 8 absolutely loves foxes, so was mega excited when she saw the Paku-Paku Kitsune origami. She made an orange vixen and male Arctic fox.

Pictures attached with one wearing her 🦊 dressing gown!

Hi Aquila readers and producers,
like everyone else i LOVE aquila!!!
I am new to this magazine (I started at the start of 2020).
in the japanese edition, (june 2020), there was a vending machine page so i made an AQUILA vending machine!!!
the vending machine (or automat) includes Aquila magazines, Aquila plush toys, eg: pepe, calculator, harvey, aquila and polly. But there is more!
It also includes badges and Aquila SUBSCRIPTIONS!
bai bai from Matilda, aged 10!

Hi Aquila!
We made this den from your magazines! We really enjoy reading them and would like it if you made one about the history of Russia.
From Archie age 8 & Aleida age 7

Dear Aquila,
I wanted to write to you in such a long time .
First of all can you please do an issue on Space . I find space really Interesting so then I can learn some cool fact so that I can go to space one day .My favourite issue is Fantastic tales .
Love from,
Anastasia

Hi AQUILA! I love your magazines so much! My favourite issues are Discover Dogs (May 2020) and Detectives (October 2018) Please may you do an issue on Africa? Because at the moment for school (at home) I have a project on Africa. It's a grid with lots of activities to do about Africa. Here is a picture of a model of Victoria Falls (the biggest water fall in the world, and it's in Africa). I thought you might be interested in it, I hope you like it. It is made of rocks from the beach and a hot glue gun for water and to stick it all together, with a plastic container (reused, because every little reused item helps the worlds eco system) for the base. Also there is an image of what I think the cover of an AQUILA magazine on Africa should look like! I hope you like it.

Hi Aquila i loved your April 2020 issue on Earth. I love learning about science and history. I was wondering if you could do an issue on ancient civilisations. I particularly love learning about the ancient Egyptians, I used to live in Egypt and have been inside the great pyramid of Giza! I have also been to the Cairo museum and seen the original king tuts mask! and would also love if you could include some asian culture because I have also lived in Thailand (the Ancient temples are amazing!) I have been to seen the grand palace in Bangkok were the royal family lives. I love to read, my favourite books are The Hunger Games, Divergent series,Fahrenheit 451 and the star trek books (and I also love the star trek TV series). Does anyone else like them? in the fakes and forgeries I found the fossil section really interesting. I have my own rock collection (i found many of the fossils myself) and would love to be a geologist one day!
From: Evie, age: 11

I Ophelia, age 8, I have made a beautiful painting using celery sticks to stamp the paint and make a pattern of 3 flowers

Hello AQUILA and AQUILANAUTS! I have been wanting to write to you for thousands of decades, okay, I started only reading it a few months ago, but it feels like a LONG TIME!!!! I can't say how good Aquila is and it is basically impossible to put into words, it's tooooooooooo goooooood. My favourite issue is JAPAN, I found the samurai story really interesting, I have sent you a Manga drawing. Please please please can you do an issue on the Ancient Romans as I love their battles and armies. My favourite hobby is skateboarding (I have just learnt to do an ollie). Can't wait for your Amazon issue, we have just learnt about it in Geography! Byeeeeee, Freddie

Dear Aquila
Today I got my Aquila magazine on Japan and I loved the front cover so I made a lantern with a picture of the cat on it.

I hope you like it!

Mimi