Magazines

All of these magazines are written just for kids.

Resources in this category:

American Girl Online
http://www.americangirl.com/

Do you like sharing ideas, tips, advice, and stories with other girls? Now, you can do this from your computer with girls around the country.

CRUNCH
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/crunch/

Here is zine for student-created content -- "we invite you to challenge yourselves, explore ideas in new ways, and have fun doing so!" Submissions are accepted for Features, Arts Review ("Choose a book, compact disk, concert, art show, movie, or TV show and explain why others should read, listen to, or view it." ), Tech Review (for games, software or hardware) and Show-Off (fiction and poetry).

dig- The archaeology magazine for kids
http://www.digonsite.com/

"dig brings the excitement, mystery, wonder, and fun of archaeology, paleontology, and earth sciences to children." You can read questions answered by Dr. Dig or send in your own question. Take the archeology quizzes to see how much you know. There is a glossary to help you with words you might not know and fun facts about earth science.

Kids' Castle
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/

Have you ever wanted to visit the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, D.C.? This is the place where you can have a taste of each museum online! You'll find cool stuff about science, art, animals, sports, the world, and more.

MidLink Magazine
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

MidLink is an electronic magazine created for children. Any student aged 8-18 can be a published author.

National Geographic World Online
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/index.html

There are new science-related articles to read here every month. You can also submit story ideas for the magazine and browse through old issues of the magazine.

New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams
http://www.newmoonmagazine.org/home/index.html

This popular magazine just for girls is a great alternative to magazines that focus on boys, clothes, and makeup. Learn about world culture, important issues, and what other girls think about life. The current issue is available online. Check it out!

Odyssey Magazine- Adventures in Science
http://www.odysseymagazine.com/

Read articles all about science topics, visit a virtual classroom to see images of animals, people, weather and space and more on this site.

Parents and Children Together Online
http://reading.indiana.edu/www/indexfr.html

"A Magazine for Parents and Children on the Worldwide Web."

Stone Soup
http://www.stonesoup.com/

The print magazine's website; features a sample issue and links to children's writings and an art collection.

Weekly Reader for Kids
http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/index.asp

This online magazine has lots of fun stuff to do. There are different articles to read, games to play, contests to enter and questions to vote on.

Yak's Corner
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=YAK

The Detroit Free Press presents Yak's Corner, a kids site where news is updated daily along less frequently updated articles on sports, books and authors, animals, crafts people of the world and even recipes. Click "Time Machine," for an archive of past articles.

YES Mag Canada's Science Magazine for Kids
http://www.yesmag.ca/

Science and technical news, projects, puzzles, and more are offered by this magazine.

Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of Animals
http://www.zoobooks.com/

This site is from the animal magazine, Zoobooks, but you can enjoy it without a subscription. Find out tons of information about your favorite animals, like what and how they hunt, where they live, even what they sound like! There are also fun games and activities.