| Looking for something special for your
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| | bigger pictures and fewer words. Your
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| kids this year? One of the hottest new
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| | younger readers can learn about seasonal
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| kid gift ideas this holiday season is a
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| | crafts and find simple cooking recipes in
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| magazine subscription. Magazines, always
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| | Your Big backyard, follow their favorite
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| a staple with adults, have been moving
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| | sports teams with Sports Illustrated for
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| into the children's markets in droves.
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| | Kids and learn about the world at large
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| Where once there were a couple of
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| | with National Geographic Kids, or
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| magazines aimed at children, there are
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| | Discovery Girls magazine. Teen girls can
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| now dozens to choose from, and they're
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| | now read Cosmo Girl, a slightly bolder
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| aimed at kids in every age group with all
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| | cousin to Seventeen and TEEN, that aims
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| sorts of interests.
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| | to address the issues that girls really
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| When I was growing up in the 60s, there
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| | care about, even when their parents wish
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| was essentially one children's magazine -
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| | they didn't
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| Highlights for Children. As you got
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| | Other new entries into the children's'
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| older, there were a few more choices
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| | magazine market are Nickelodeon magazine,
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| aimed at teens and very gender specific -
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| | complete with interesting facts,
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| if you were a boy, someone was bound to
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| | celebrity interviews, comics, pull-outs,
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| get you a subscription to Boys' Life,
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| | puzzles, activities, and the inside look
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| especially if you were a Boy Scout. If
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| | into Nick TV. National Wildlife
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| you were a girl, you had a wider choice -
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| | Federation publishes a line of magazines
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| Seventeen for the "fashionista" (long
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| | for kids of all ages, including Wild
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| before the term was coined) and Teen for
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| | Animal Babies for toddlers, Your Big
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| us "regular girls". Of course, the
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| | Backyard for preschoolers through the
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| biggest category of magazines aimed at
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| | primary grades and Ranger Rick for kids 7
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| teen girls was the fanzines - Tiger Beat
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| | and up. The publishers of Cricket, aimed
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| and their ilk, featuring interviews with
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| | at 9 to 14 year olds, also offer BabyBug,
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| the hot boys and gatefold posters of our
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| | a sturdy cardboard magazine just for
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| favorite boy bands and teen heartthrobs.
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| | babies so that now, even the littlest
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| Of course, there was Scholastic Magazine,
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| | camper in the house has his or her own
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| delivered to classrooms around the
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| | magazine for reading.
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| country for use in education about
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| | And then there are the special interest
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| current events, but that hardly counted
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| | magazines, most aimed at children in the
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| because, well, it might as well have been
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| | 8 to 16 year old age group. There are
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| a textbook. Other than that, magazines
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| | magazines for young horse lovers, for
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| aimed specifically at the children and
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| | anime collectors and video game
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| youth market were relatively rare - which
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| | enthusiasts, for cheerleaders and
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| may account for the longevity of the good
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| | gymnasts - if there's a special interest,
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| children's magazines - Boys' Life has
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| | there is probably a magazine that
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| been around since 1911, and Highlights
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| | addresses it. Young writers have a choice
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| for Children almost qualifies for the
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| | of magazines that are written "by kids
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| senior citizen discount.
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| | for kids", such as New Moon, a magazine
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| Over the last twenty years or so, the
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| | that features reader submissions from
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| face of children's magazines has
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| | young girls.
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| completely changed. These days, whatever
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| | The old standbys are still at the top of
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| your children's interests, there's
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| | the lists, but there are dozens of new
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| probably a magazine aimed directly at
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| | titles from which you can choose.
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| them. There are magazines for every age
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| | Magazine subscriptions for kids are among
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| group, from six months old on up. The
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| | the smartest gifts you can give - for a
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| older your children are the wider your
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| | birthday, holiday or other special
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| choice of magazines is that they might
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| | occasion. It's a great way to encourage
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| like. The best part about the explosion
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| | regular reading for the kids that you
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| of magazines aimed at children is that
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| | love, and give them an easy way to keep
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| most magazines for children are high
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| | up on news, information, trends and
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| quality, with slick production values and
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| | events in their favorite worlds. If
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| very well written and researched
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| | you're not sure what to get a child on
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| articles.
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| | your gift list this holiday season, take
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| Many of them are adjuncts to an adult
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| | a look at the growing list of monthly
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| version of the same publication - and
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| | magazines aimed at children. A
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| while you can be certain that the motive
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| | subscription to a quality magazine aimed
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| for their existence is to serve as a
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| | at kids can open the doors to a lifetime
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| funnel for the adult publication, they
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| | of learning and fun.
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| are not simply simplified versions with
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