National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids is a children's magazine published by the National Geographic Society.^[1] Its first issue was printed in September 1975 under the original title: National Geographic World (which itself replaced the much older National Geographic School Bulletin, published weekly during the school year from 1919 to 1975).

The magazine was published for twenty-six years as National Geographic World, until the title of the magazine was changed in October, 2001 to National Geographic Kids. In a broad sense, the publication is a version of National Geographic, the flagship magazine of the National Geographic Society, that is intended for children.

They also produce TV shows as well, under the National Geographic Kids Entertainment label. Shows they produced were Toot & Puddle, Geo Kids, Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies and videos from National Geographic Kids Video.

Publication and readers

The name changed in 2001 to National Geographic Kids, shown is a cover of a 2009 edition

National Geographic Kids publishes ten issues annually. As of June, 2006, the magazine reports a circulation of more than 1.3 million in English, with an estimated English language readership of more than 4.6 million. There also are eighteen editions of National Geographic Kids in languages other than English, published in Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Latin America, Belgium/Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa (two editions), Turkey and the United Kingdom. The magazine is written for children between the ages of six and fourteen. It has an advisory board of 500 subscribers and solicits reader feedback after each issue.^[1]

The magazine recently launched a spin-off, National Geographic Little Kids, targeted toward children under kindergarten age.

In 2009 the magazine launched their first almanac called National Geographic Kids Almanac 2010. In 2010 the almanac continued with an updated book,National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011.

Features

These are some of the regular features, most of which appear periodically,

Cover of 1978 edition of National Geographic World, known as National Geographic Kids since 2001 featured a sculpture by Jim Gary from its lead article

• Amazing Animals
• Fun Stuff (formerly called "Kids Express")
• The Inside Scoop (formerly called "World News")
• Kids Did It!
• Go On Safari!
• What in the World (this is one of the two features to appear in every issue)
• Video Game Central (formerly called "The Next Level")
• Weird But True
• Cool Inventions
• Stupid Criminals
• Just Joking (this is the other of the two features to appear in every issue)
• Sports Funnies (comical pictures of people in sports)
• Guinness World Records
• Wildlife Watch
• Unleashed (a comic strip about three house pets that is designed by Strika Entertainment)
• Naughty Pets (funny photos of pets doing something bad)
• The Green List
• Bet You Didn't Know (similar to Weird But True, but issue seasonal)

Anniversary issues

The twenty-fifth anniversary issue in September, 2000 was well publicized. It featured a "Top 25" list of the things readers most enjoyed (the magazine covers were #1) a collection of cards people had sent to the magazine, and a special "Kids Did It" column that featured updates on the lives of celebrities who had been featured in the magazine when they were children, such as Michelle Kwan.

The thirtieth anniversary issue in September, 2005 featured an article describing what life might be like in thirty years (in 2035). It also featured thirty "cool things" of the future.

Shows

• Really Wild Animals (distributed by Warner Bros (1997-2000) & Columbia Tristar (2000-2004))
• Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
• Toot and Puddle
• GeoKids

See also

Children's literature portal

• Science education

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} [1]

References

• [2] National Geographic Kids Media Kit URL accessed on November 16, 2007

External links

• Official website