Current Kid's Magazines, physical copy edition?
October 11, 2015 8:38 PM   Subscribe

When I was a kid, I got Ranger Rick and Dynamite and Highlights and Cricket and a bunch of other magazines in my name, and it was thrilling for me. Well, Christmas time is rolling around and I have a couple of new kids in my life, a girl age 5 and a boy age 8, and I'd like to get them actual physical magazine subscriptions because that's fun and exciting. What kids magazines actually still exist today as physical get-in-the-mail products? Im looking for a wide range of interests so I can work from a broad pool of possibilities.
posted by hippybear to Shopping (16 answers total) 24 users marked this as a favorite
 
All of the ones you mentioned, except maybe Dynamite, still exist in print form so you could just go with those.

The people who do Cricket have a bunch of magazines for different ages and interests, so that might be a good place to start looking as well. Just google Cricket magazine.

My almost-5 likes Ladybug and Click. Maybe an 8-year-old would like Ask or Dig? There's also Lego Club which is free.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:43 PM on October 11, 2015 [4 favorites]


Cricket now publishes a host of magazines aimed at different age groups. They are high-quality. "Ask" is probably most appropriate, but check out the range.
posted by ferdydurke at 8:43 PM on October 11, 2015


It's a non-stop ad for a variety of licensed characters, but if the 5yo likes those characters and your goal is 'generate excitement about getting periodicals,' Sparkle World excited my daughter for a while.

Chirp, Chickadee, and Owl are Canadian classics.

National Geographics puts out "Kids" and "Little Kids" editions.
posted by kmennie at 8:47 PM on October 11, 2015 [4 favorites]


For an idea of what's out there now: These are the kid magazines carried by my former library.
posted by bentley at 8:47 PM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Chirp, Chickadee, and Owl are still huge favourites in my library
posted by saucysault at 8:47 PM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


I love the Owl Kids offerings. They're from Canada, but I buy subscriptions for my US niece and nephew.

National Geographic also has kid magazines.
posted by quince at 8:50 PM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Zoobooks is a good one for kids who like animals.
posted by Redstart at 9:12 PM on October 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


New Moon (on Bentley's link) is geared toward girls age 8-14.
posted by brujita at 9:14 PM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


I've been waiting for my daughter to be old enough to read this because it looks amazing. I'm tempted to subscribe for myself tbh.
posted by Wantok at 9:30 PM on October 11, 2015


Chop Chop is a non-profit, no-ads magazine for kids that teaches them about healthy, delicious food and cooking. My kids (6 and 4) ADORE it. Each issue has a variety of types of food (entrees, snacks) and a variety of levels of cooking required, from dumping stuff in a bowl to blenders to full-on cooking. There's always something they want to make.

Ranger Rick remains awesome, we get that too. National Geographic has a nice kids' magazine that's similar to Ranger Rick but has some geography and anthropology type stories in addition to wildlife.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 10:06 PM on October 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


My 5 year old loves High-Five, which is Highlights for a slightly younger age bracket (3-6, I think). Does the boy like Legos? Lego Magazine is free, and my son looooves getting that in the mail. We also like National Geographic Kids.
posted by I_love_the_rain at 10:57 PM on October 11, 2015


We do Sports Illustrated for Kids.
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 3:53 AM on October 12, 2015


The Smithsonian does two: Click for the younger set and Muse for the slightly older.

Also seconding Dig mentioned above.

Skipping Stones is a non-profit literary and multicultural magazine.

Beyond Centauri is a quarterly sf/fantasy publication for age 10 and above.
posted by gudrun at 8:09 AM on October 12, 2015


Cartozia is a fantastic all-ages comic written by some of the best indie comics folks out there. It is on #8 of ten and I think you need to get your grubby hands on them. I love them as an adult and I absolutely gave them to my nephews, who also adore them.
posted by jillithd at 9:40 AM on October 12, 2015


Muse is a good mix of science and art stuff, and they encourage readers to create for the magazine. Ages 9-14, but it could work for the right 8-year old.
posted by mikepop at 10:39 AM on October 12, 2015


There's Anorak - a British magazine for kids that's well designed and packed with illustrations.
posted by Geameade at 9:00 PM on October 12, 2015


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