We got a Highlights High Five (for preschool/kindergarten age) subscription for my oldest and she loves it. Every time a new magazine comes in we have to read it in full at least three times.

My mom was a “secretary” (read: she was a fucking office manager who ran that entire company while the owner had affairs and did absolutely jack shit). One of the many, many things she did was ordering all the magazines for their office and two other locations.

She got me highlights on the company dime and them sent to our house. Haha

We might’ve had a subscription. I think I mostly read it at pediatric doctor’s and dentist’s offices.

I had one as a kid. My mom got both kids a subscription for Christmas this last year.

Anyone roughly 40-45 remember the Dinosaurs magazine? It came with plastic dinosaur bones. And after so many issues you could build a T-rex skeliton. My mom stopped buying it, and I had a T-tex skull, and part of its spine/ribs.

That Gallant fellow seemed like a smug prick but his friend Goofus always got up to fun stuff.

Oh fuck yeah. Huge fan of the object finding stuff they did back in the day

Good documentary about the history of “Highlights”…

m.imdb.com/title/tt6159734/

If you’re in the states, check to see if your local public library includes access to Hoopla — it’s available to stream there.

Loved these. Had them at my doctors office.

gufus and gallant, yo

Yes! I had Highlights and Ranger Rick. I vaguely remember some of the puzzles that were in Highlights, and also Goofus and Gallant.

Damn, I don’t remember this or any other ones people are talking about in the threads. I vaguely remember a magazine that was more science oriented that was called Hibou or something… Other than that, it was EGM2 and Nintendo Power.

Highlights was good, but I got most excited for Nickelodeon Magazine. There’s still a book in my parents’ collection that’s got a prank cover on it, taken from that magazine. It’s some sort of outdated technical manual, but at far as my parents know they own a real book called “James and the Giant Butt.”

Don’t think I remember that, but for some reason I wanna say I remember some “Which Way USA?” magazine.

I got Boy’s Life and Air and Space since my old man was in the air force and I thought planes were pretty awesome.

Do these no longer exist for kids nowadays??

When I was a kid I thought the cover said “Fun with a porpoise.” And I was always dismayed that said porpoise was never in the damn magazine.

What did you do with the porpoise, Highlights Magazine!?!!?

I just bought my 3 y/o niece a subscription. They have diversified their publications and now have a magazine for 3-5 year olds,, 0-2 year olds, along with the OG highlights that I grew up with. I can’t wait until she is a little older so I can get her zoo books.

This and nintendo power 🥲

I do remember and I loved them. My child now has a subscription. Its very different these days but in many ways a lot better. They are made to be more reusable with activities and such and they have more specific age brackets for different content. Pretty great.

My sister and I actually had a great stroll down memory lane while trying to ensure we weren’t crazy and their TOP SECRET Adventures series. I remember these being in every waiting room kids would have to be in