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Astronomy Magazine

This best-selling astronomy magazine includes articles on celestial objects, astronomical history, cosmology, and more. There is also an "Astronomy 101" section for beginning astronomers.

Cicada Magazine

Cicada is a literary magazine for teens and young adults who appreciate terrific writing. Its 128 pages of fiction and poetry provide reading that is thought-provoking, entertaining and often humorous. Cicada also publishes fiction and poetry by its teen readers, who contribute their own unique perspective.

Creative Kids Magazine - The National Voice for Kids

Creative Kids magazine is the nation’s largest magazine by and for kids. The magazine bursts with games, stories, and opinions all by and for kids ages 8–14.

DIG Magazine

DIG is a magazine on archaeology, published with the Archaeological Institute of America, for grades 4 - 9 which lets young people share in the thrill of archaeological discovery while learning about the cultural, scientific, and architectural traits and beliefs of different societies. Recent archaeological developments form the magazine's core subject matter. Each issue focuses on one theme, providing a broad understanding of the topic. Colorful graphics, photos, puzzles, games, and hands-on projects enhance cognitive and critical thinking skills.

Highlights Magazine

This magazine, put out by Highlights for Children, contains mazes, secret codes, hidden pictures, word searches, dot-to-dots, logic puzzles and "What's Wrong" to name a few.

Imagine Magazine

This magazine, published by the John Hopkins University CTY program, is for middle and high school students who want to get the most out of their pre-college years and take control of their education and learning. It covers a variety of topics including sciences, career discovery, cultural studies, contests and competitions, and summer programs.

Muse Magazine

MUSE is a nonfiction magazine for children age eight to 14, sponsored by Smithsonian magazine and featuring much of the Smithsonian's research and vast collections. MUSE has exciting articles on topics ranging from art to zoology. Written and designed to get children to ask questions and think for themselves, MUSE poses problems that don't always have clear answers: Can you "fix" nature?; Do animals think?; What is art?; and, What really happened to the dinosaurs?

New Moon Magazine

Edited by and for girls ages 8 to 14, New Moon is the ground-breaking, imaginative, ad-free magazine that girls, parents and teachers love. (Winner of 6 Parents' Choice Gold Awards.) Girl contributors from around the world give voice to their dreams and intellect through fiction, poetry, artwork, letters, and articles on different cultures and enterprises. New Moon is an international, multicultural magazine which connects girls and celebrates diversity by providing a place for girls to express themselves and communicate with other girls around the world.

Smithsonian Magazine

This magazine is published by the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject matter is eclectic, though mostly centered around history of cultures, art, language, geography, and sciences. Though targeted at adults, many articles are suitable for intelligent children as well.

SPIDER Magazine

SPIDER magazine is fun and challenging for independent young readers. Every issue is filled with lively stories and poems, articles, and intriguing puzzles, games, and projects, all designed to capture the hearts and minds of beginning readers.

The World & I

The World & I is a multifaceted monthly publication that presents a broad range of thought-provoking reading in politics, science, culture, humanity, and more in seven sections– Current Issues, The Arts, Life, Natural Science, Culture, Book World, and Modern Thought. Special features include more than 1,000 Teacher’s Guide activities that meet the National Standards and a Book Review Archive with a search capability of its own. Special Collections feature topics such as Worldwide Folktales, Peoples of the World, Profiles in Character, Millennial Moments, In the Footsteps of Lincoln, The Constitution and the Making of America, and more.

Websites & Other Media: Commercial

Teen Ink

Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine written entirely by teens and distributed to thousands of schools nationwide. Any teen can submit nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art and photos. The online magazine, TeenInk.com, has an archive of 12,000 pieces, all written and created by teen authors and artists, as well as a daily poem, artwork, story, essay, quote, bulletin boards and more than 300 categorized Web resources for teens, such as a summer programs guide and a college guide.

Websites & Other Media: Informational

TIME for Kids

This site is an online version for kids of the popular Time news magazine. It has stories covering some limited current events condensed for younger kids as well as some fun stories about entertainment news.