Summary of Contents: Each issue of Kids Discover Magazine focuses on a specific science or social studies topic, such as the Civil War, Oil Use, the Ice Age, Electricity, Volcanoes, Maps, Matter, the Pioneers, Energy, and Nutrition, just to name a few. What is great about this magazine is that it contains great pictures on the topics that it covers. For example, the Civil War issue had a two page spread that was a timeline explained in detail on a map of the lower part of the United States. This way readers could see where things happened on certain dates. This issue also highlighted notable leaders of both the north and the south so students could learn about key figures during this time. The writers reach out to their youth audience by offering some puzzles at the end of each issue as well.
In the back of each issue there is a list of additional resources on the topic covered separated into categories: books for children, books for adults, websites and films. I also noted that this magazine is very thin, approximately 20 pages, but did not contain any advertisements, which is not the norm, but is great compared to other kids' magazines.
Format: Magazine
Subject/Themes: Science or Social Studies
Issues: Published monthly
Issues: Published monthly
Age Group: Grades 4-7
High Interest Annotation: Great for the student that isn't interested in reading non-fiction books. Since this magazine offers a brief overview of the topics that it covers it's not intimidating to readers. Also, the magazine is simple enough for 4th graders to read while not looking too "young" or simple for older tweens.