Children's Magazines

The Curriculum Department of the Calvin T. Ryan Library has a number of children's magazines available to check out.  These magazines are published for children, but are a good resource for lesson plans, as well.  In addition to this, they are also beneficial for people who are learning the English language.

On this page, you will find a list of all of the children's magazines that the department subscribes to.  The physical copies for the current year/volume can be found near the Curriculum Meeting Room, with the physical copies of the back issues we have being located at the end of the nearby Curriculum Collection.

Included for each title is a link to the physical holdings at the library, links to Electronic Resources information (if applicable) for each title, a link for the magazine's website (if applicable), as well as broad subject areas and recommended audiences for each title.

A number of our magazines are now available thru the Flipster database...and some even have teacher's guides! 

Click on the link below and select the "Family and Kids" category or the "Teen" to see what is currently available.

Additional children's magazines can be found in databases such as these!

Audience: ages 3-6
Subjects: science, nature, technology, and the arts

Audience: ages 9-14
Subjects: theme-related; people, events, and ideas on American history

Audience: ages 9-14
Subjects: general interest; focus on good writing and art

Audience: ages 9-14
Subjects: theme-related; world cultures, human diversity, respect for other cultures

Audience: ages 5-13
Subjects: general interest; science experiments, puzzles, craft projects, word games, math teasers, simple cooking, interactive activities; different subject each issue

Audience: ages 2-12
Subjects: general interest; crafts, verse, short stories, puzzles

Audience: ages 5-7
Subjects: general interest; emphasis on health; games, mazes, puzzles, crafts, recipes

Audience: ages 6-12
Subjects: general interest; emphasis on health, nutrition, fitness;stories, poems, mazes, word puzzles

Audience: focus on girls, ages 5-12 (but website says it can be enjoyed by all)
Subjects: general interest; stories; games; recipes; interviews; experiments; activities;

Audience: ages 9-14
Subjects: wide variety from art to zoology; sponsored by Smithsonian magazine

Audience: ages 8-14
Subjects: natural history, science, outdoor adventure

Audience: ages 9-13
Subjects: nature, science, animals, technology; stories, games, science experiments

Audience: ages 6-12
Subjects: nature, environment, outdoors; animal stories, how-to articles, riddles, crafts

Audience: ages 4-7
Subjects: nature and conservation; animals

Audience: focus on boys, ages 7-18
Subjects: general interests, news, sports, nature, history, fiction, etc.

Audience: ages 6-9
Subjects: stories, poems, activities; forster a love of reading

Audience: ages 8+
Subjects: sports, stories, legens, puzzles, activities