3peasinapod Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I want my 3rd and 4th graders to start reading more nonfiction educational type magazines. Which ones would you recommend starting a subscription with? I was thinking of ZooBooks possibly. Anything else? They would love to get mail regularly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 My kids like Ranger Rick and Kids Discover. These are the only ones we have tried so I can't compare to any others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom2011 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 My kids like Ranger Rick and Kids Discover. These are the only ones we have tried so I can't compare to any others. :iagree: My girls love these too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I like the magazines from Clarus publications. There was a groupon-type deal not long ago that let you do a subscription for $17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourjourneys Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Our public library subscribes to lots of nice magazines and then we can buy the older editions for .25 :) You might call your local libraries and see if they are near selling any... That is the least expensive way to get the nice magazines without advertisements in them. I still have access to sell magazines, however I can only get magazines like Nat. Geo, Boys Life and American Girl at a deep discount - the advertisements in the magazines are where the companies are getting their money. On the flip side, if money or a budget is not the objective then Cricket, Calliope, Muse, etc are AWESOME at http://www.cricketmag.com I would like to hear other ideas of favorite magazines too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Our public library subscribes to lots of nice magazines and then we can buy the older editions for .25 :) You might call your local libraries and see if they are near selling any... That is the least expensive way to get the nice magazines without advertisements in them. I still have access to sell magazines, however I can only get magazines like Nat. Geo, Boys Life and American Girl at a deep discount - the advertisements in the magazines are where the companies are getting their money. On the flip side, if money or a budget is not the objective then Cricket, Calliope, Muse, etc are AWESOME at http://www.cricketmag.com I would like to hear other ideas of favorite magazines too :) I do think our library gives away old editions of Cricket, etc. Maybe I'll go ahead and check there. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 ZooBooks is nice an in-depth. Anything by Cricket is absolutely worth reading or subscribing to. Kids Discover Magazine is also in-depth and wonderful! Someone on another thread recently mentioned "Time for Kids," but my kids are a little young for that, so you might want to look online or start another thread asking for opinions. Stay away from National Geographic Kids. It is loaded with ads, and doesn't seem focused. If I wanted a magazine of factoids for Ripley's Believe it or Not, NGK would be it. ***Not to be confused with National Geographic Little Kids which is ad-free and very, very nice for tots!*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 We get all the Cobblestone publications - Ask, Dig, Appleseeds, Cricket, etc. These are REALLY great. My daughter also really loves Stone Soup. It's full of stories, poems, book reviews, and pictures, all done by kids. My dd9 has big desires to be published in Stone Soup. A beautiful magazine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks for this discussion! We have been magazine-free for years (happily so!) but after reading this thread, I went hunting, and decided to order MUSE for my boys. We'll see what happens :) I was scared off by all the subscription problems noted on Amazon about Discover Kids. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I like the Carus magazines (ask, click, etc), and a nice quality one but more "fun" looking, with shorter articles but still intlligent, is the ones from Owl Kids. My kids are getting Chickadee right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharmacat Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 On the flip side, if money or a budget is not the objective then Cricket, Calliope, Muse, etc are AWESOME at http://www.cricketmag.com I second these; lovely artwork, well-written articles/ stories and NO ADVERTISING, as with some mags.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundersweet Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I am going to subscribe to Kids Discover and Time For Kids this year. I think both of these look great! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 On the flip side, if money or a budget is not the objective then Cricket, Calliope, Muse, etc are AWESOME at http://www.cricketmag.com I would like to hear other ideas of favorite magazines too :) I subscribe to two of these and check out several of the others from the library. Many libraries subscribe, so one might as well take advantage of their availability! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePW Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for this discussion! We have been magazine-free for years (happily so!) but after reading this thread, I went hunting, and decided to order MUSE for my boys. We'll see what happens :) I was scared off by all the subscription problems noted on Amazon about Discover Kids. Jen Yes, I saw that too, otherwise I think I would have gone for that one. Might try Zoobooks and Time for Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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