If the name Highlights sounds familiar, it's because you undoubtedly read it as a child. Highlights, which was founded in 1946, continues to live up to its aim of providing "Fun with a Purpose." Every issue is jam-packed with content that is both amusing and educational. Highlights contains stories, games, puzzles, riddles, science experiments, craft projects, and other activities for your children. Goofus and Gallant, who teach kids about right and incorrect behavior, are regular characters.

Highlights was founded on the premise of assisting children in becoming their best selves: curious, creative, caring, and confident. That is why they stay current with children's interests while supporting time-honored values such as respect, etiquette, fair play, kindness, honesty, and others.

Age Group: Kids aged 6-12

Frequency of Publication: 12 issues per year

Subscription Price: $39.96 for 1 year, $82.80 for 3 years

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Muse is the best scientific magazine for children. Muse is a science and arts magazine for kids that is accurate in its facts and off the wall with the jokes. Children who are curious about whether video games destroy brain cells or what a gentleman ladybug is called will discover the answers here, in articles authored by award-winning authors and supplemented by high-quality graphics and photography.

Muse demonstrates that STEM disciplines can be entertaining and educational by presenting science, technology, and math in a fun and informative manner. Each issue is jam-packed with cartoons, stories, and essays presenting fascinating facts about the world of science. A permanent component is also dedicated to real-life stories about scientists at work.

Age Group: Kids aged 9-14

Frequency of Publication: 9 issues per year

Subscription Price: $33.95 for 1 year, $59.95 for 2 years

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If your child's most frequently asked question is "Why?" then Ask Magazine is the answer. Ask Magazine, full of entertaining facts, educational scientific articles, and hands-on activities, sends curious kids on hours of pleasant exploration.

Ask Magazine, like its sister publication Muse, caters to a younger audience. It uses comics, short stories, and games as engaging learning techniques to address all of the most common questions that children ask. If your child has ever wondered why animals sleep, how tides operate, or how the solar system came to be, they'll find the answers to these and other questions in Ask.

Age Group: Kids aged 6-9

Frequency of Publication: 9 issues per year

Subscription Price: $33.95 for 1 year, $59.95 for 2 years

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Chirp is a wonderful magazine for young children that inspires them to play, imagine, and explore. Each issue has stories, drawings, and humor written and illustrated by some of North America's most creative children's authors and illustrators. To discuss content and ideas, the Chirp team collaborates closely with parent advisory boards. They consult with curriculum specialists in the United States and Canada to ensure that the magazine supplements what your children are learning in school.

Chirp's original collection of stories, puzzles, and activities is intended for 3- to 6-year-olds to enjoy on their own as well as with their parents, grandparents, and other loved ones. Chirp's colorful pages, hilarious jokes, fascinating stories, and early-learning activities encourage young children to try their first tries at reading, writing, and creating with age-appropriate content that gives them confidence.

Age Group: Kids aged 3-6
Frequency of Publication: 10 issues per year

Subscription Price: C$29.95 (US$23) for 1 year

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Cricket, founded in 1973, has captivated generations of youngsters with fiction, non-fiction, and short poetry by some of the world's top children's writers. Each story is enhanced by beautiful visuals and humorous comments from a cast of adorable bug characters.

The stories range from classics to contemporary, so your children will find something to their liking in each issue. Cricket's trademark ensemble of rowdy bug characters provides witty comments on the stories while also teaching vocabulary and introducing difficult concepts.

Age Group: Kids aged 9-14
Frequency of Publication: 9 issues per year

Subscription Price: $33.95 for 1 year, $59.95 for 2 years

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