Magazines

All of these magazines are written just for kids.

Sub-headings:

Magazines about Art, Music & Museums

Magazines about Science

Magazines about Sports & Recreation

Magazines about Our World

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.

HighlightsKids.com
http://www.highlightskids.com/

Do you like to play picture games, or learn neat scientific facts? Or perhaps you'd like to hear the orchestra of the future, or read stories. This fun site fits all of your interests.

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.

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."

Smithsonian
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.

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
http://www.yesmag.ca/

Canada's Science Magazine for Kids. 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.