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American Girl

CyberKids

Disney Adventures: The Magazine for Kids

Dragonfly Magazine: Dragonfly links children and scientists in an open community of investigation about our environment and the things within it

Girls Life

Kids World: Great stuff just for kids. Send samples of your writing (you may get published!), enter contests, meet other kids from around the world, learn a little and read all the best stuff from Kids World Magazine

Kids Castle: Smithsonian's Magazine for Kids: Kids' Castle features articles written about the arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos.

National Geographic World Online

National Wildlife Federation Magazines for Kids: Animal Babies, Your Big Backyard, Ranger Rick

Odyssey Magazne: The science magazine for kids

Ranger Rick

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Time for Kids

Weekly Reader Galaxy!

Welcome to Weekly Reader Galaxy!

Wired Owl: A fun magazine for kids 8 and up

World Kid Magazine: World Kid is a fun and cultural printed and web magazine for boys and girls; Topics covered include: science, literature, fashion, languages, sports, games, personality, travel, photography and illustration for kids and by kids, character, cultures, Cool Schools, Works for Kids, performing arts, health and personal care, nature, dogs, cats, bugs, any number of other neat things

Yak's Corner: A weekly magazine for kids from the Detroit Press which contains news articles, craft activities, puzzles and games, and MORE

YES Magazine: The Science Magazine for Kids: Science and technology news, brain bumpers, feature stories, how does that work

ZuZu: A magazine for kids


 

...a magazine is defined as a periodical containing a collection of articles, stories, pictures, or other features printed to inform or entertain a reader?
...only 16 periodicals were published in America before the American Revolution?
...Benjamin Franklin published the first true American magazine, the General Magazine and Historical Chronicle in 1741? His magazine was a flop.
...the first U.S. magazine written especially for children was the Youth's Companion in 1827?
...before radio and television, people had very few sources of entertainment and news? General magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post, were widely read?
...by the mid 19th century over 600 magazines were being printed?
...in the 19th century the federal government passed federal laws which provided inexpensive mailing rates to magazine publishers? This lead to increased circulation for magazines of all types.
...in 1925, The New Yorker magazine was founded, and it became, and still is, one of the best literary publications in the world today?...the first comic book magazines were created in the 1930's, and many of them are still popular today?...T.V. Guide, a weekly magazine, was the first magazine to sell more than a billion copies in one year? It still has the largest circulation in the United States....because the price of magazines is low, publishers have to rely on selling advertising space in order to make a profit?
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