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[conuly]

Occasionally, people post on book-related communities asking for book advice for a kid of a certain age range. Unless we know what this kid likes to read, though, we can't really suggest books. So I'm going to start suggesting magazines. A year-long subscription to a magazine is like several books a year. Also, for less-eager readers, it's easier to read a magazine because the articles are shorter than books, and because they usually have pictures, but they're supposed to, so it's not like reading a picture book.

Probably the best group of kids' magazines are made by Cricket.

They have a whole series of literary-type magazines, from Babybug (infant board books) and Ladybug, to Spider (6-9) and Cricket (9-14) and Cicada (older, seems to have a lot of reader submissions). They've got an insane number of non-literary magazines, listed here. They don't have advertisements, which is always a good thing, even if it does raise the price somewhat.

Cricket, I dearly love thee. *hugs the memories*

Comments

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! I used to get Cricket! I LOVED it. I loved it so much that my mom saved all of my magazines, and about five years later, I went through and read them all again.

[rachelkachel]

I agree 100%. I get Cicada (or I would if the post office would deliver them in time) and we get Cricket and Spider at home and we got Ladybug for a while too, which is probably part of the reason for Hannah's obsession with ladybugs... And Muse is wonderful too.

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I used to love Cricket!

One of my primary schools libraries had a subscription.

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ladybug! We used to get that when we were little. So fun to read, especially the comics at the back.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

As I read the first two sentences, I thought, "Cricket! She should know about Cricket." And you do, of course. So drat, no suggestions from me unless the child has obvious interests. Zoobooks are nifty for about 6-12 years. I know at least one good kids' horse magazine, "Young Rider."

If you don't mind having a mild Christian moral magazine that's good and not obvious, "Highlights" is like Cricket/Cicada.

Ah yes, Cricket memories. :-)

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! I used to get Cricket! I LOVED it. I loved it so much that my mom saved all of my magazines, and about five years later, I went through and read them all again.

[rachelkachel]

I agree 100%. I get Cicada (or I would if the post office would deliver them in time) and we get Cricket and Spider at home and we got Ladybug for a while too, which is probably part of the reason for Hannah's obsession with ladybugs... And Muse is wonderful too.

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I used to love Cricket!

One of my primary schools libraries had a subscription.

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ladybug! We used to get that when we were little. So fun to read, especially the comics at the back.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

As I read the first two sentences, I thought, "Cricket! She should know about Cricket." And you do, of course. So drat, no suggestions from me unless the child has obvious interests. Zoobooks are nifty for about 6-12 years. I know at least one good kids' horse magazine, "Young Rider."

If you don't mind having a mild Christian moral magazine that's good and not obvious, "Highlights" is like Cricket/Cicada.

Ah yes, Cricket memories. :-)