National Geographic Kids

Each issue is packed with genuinely interesting stuff. The writers never preach or talk down to their audience. And just like its parent publication, National Geographic World is full of great photography. The design is first-rate and it avoids the trend chasing that dooms competitors to being virtually unreadable thanks to poor design. In 10 years, each issue will look as fresh and dignified as it does today. This is a superb publication, and with so many kids' magazines glorifying belly baring pop musicians, doling out sex advice to 12-year-olds, and hawking violent video games, this is a wonderful breath of fresh air.

(Be forewarned that this is not a magazine aimed at younger children. I'd recommend it for kids 7-8 and older. Even then, some of the content is geared toward for pre-teens and early teens--although there's nothing that will scare or trouble the younger set.)


my 9 year old loves this magazine   December 16, 2005
 17 out of 23 found this review helpful

OK, the advertisements are a bit much, but the magazine is great. My son has subscriptions to Cricket and Kids Discover, too. He has had many other magazine subscriptions over the years, and this one stands out to me because, unprompted, he has always found fun information that he felt was worth sharing. This magazine was also a favorite with my niece who does not like to read at all. The magazine format is easy to read, yet rich in content.


My son loves it !!!   February 9, 2008
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Kids magazine is my son's favorite. He throughly reads the magazine front to to back and shares the information with me. Cool inventions, Guinness world records, and Funny Fill-in are are his most favorite sections in the magazine.


Wonderful kids magazine   January 12, 2003
 27 out of 41 found this review helpful

This is simply a fantastic magazine for kids. The content is very diverse, ranging form informative articles, jokes, reader interaction, news, amazing animal tricks, cool things kids around the world have done, movie reviews, the environment, games, etc. It is the perfect length for kids to be able to finish each issue. It has a light and friendly layout, and large, colorful pictures. This magazine gets plenty of use at our house.


Awesome Magazine, Forward-Looking, Educational, Cool and Fun   October 12, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I was shocked to see so many bad reviews for this magazine! My 8 year old daughter and I love this magazine - in fact I'm in the process of renewing it! I couldn't believe these people said "fraught" with ads. I went and got my Cat issue to see. I didn't remember seeing any ads - maybe I'm blind to them. But we don't have a t.v. Wonder how many of these parents let their kids watch t.v.??? Behind the cover page, before the table of contents, there's an ad for new Hubba Bubba Gum, then there's an ad for a really cute white fluffy Build a Bear Workshop for $5 off, there's an ad for Dinosaur King Rule the World game (picture of a world map with dinosaurs), there is a sidebar ad for the book Holes, an ad for Crest, an ad for some new Nintendo or Wii game or something Mushroom Men I guess, sidebar ad for the book Eve of Emporer's Penguins, sidebar ad for the book Crossroads, and on the back cover is an ad for a new Disney show (The Suite Deck). The ads are not inappropriate nor intrusive. That makes 9 ads in 45 pages (including cover as pages since there's content and an ad.) Out of these 9, three are for books, one is for toothpaste. Hardly detrimental. And well, the soft white fluffy teddy bear is too cute to leave out. Ok, I could do without the bubble gum ad and the two Nintendo ads, and since we don't have a t.v the Disney show means nothing to us. BUT when we read this - we were blind to the ads. Honestly, they are not intrusive at the least. And please...how many ads do your kids see on t.v.???? And your kids are not dumb. They should know an ad is an ad is an ad. They should know it's someone trying to sell something if they're old enough to look at this magazine, and especially if they're old enough to read it. The articles are complete 21st century kid oriented - fun futuristic science stuff..always interesting animal stories (animal lovers will LOVE this magazine)..jokes..etc...this magazine is for today's kid that finds Highlights and literary magazines incredibly boring. An avid reader may find it short, but so interesting they will still love it. (Quality, not quantity.) Additionally, the reluctant reader will love it because everything is in "snippets" so it's easy to read all or some without a kid feeling like they have to sit down with a whole article. The kids will be reading and learning to grow up with a forward-looking mind, realizing nothing is impossible. It is a lively, colorful magazine. We get National Geographic and National Geographic Kids, we have tons of National Geographic movies so I know their quality. And as a mother of six, 24, 22, 19, 17, 15 and 8 - I have a pretty good inkling of what kids like (and how they're all different). This is a KIDS magazine that is made for today's KIDS. I highly recommend this.