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Rating:  - If I had to pick just one magazine, this would be it.
If your child is facinated with animals, or likes the outdoors, this is a FANTASTIC magazine for emergent or pre-readers. Very well done, it is crammed with great facts and engaging pictures. When they are old enough, the switch to Ranger Rick is easy since the similar format and excellence in education keep them stimulated and engaged. Magazines are just as useful for promoting literacy as books. In some ways they are even more exciting; a new issue each month has my nephews scrambling to puzzle out the words, and have the stories read to them. After a few short weeks, the glossy magazine is tattered and dogeared, but still holds their interest. If I had to pick just one magazine for young children, this would be it. Great magazine!!!
Rating: - What a GREAT magazine!
I subscribed to this magazine on impulse, mainly because I was looking for something to satisfy my daughter's interest in animals and her desire to read more about them at her own pace. This magazine is PERFECT for her. It's easy to read, has superb photography and illustrations and the subject matter is absolutely in sync with what an industrious little five-year-old is looking for. Also, the activities are unusually creative and engaging. Instead of the typical yarn and straw yawners, the editors seem to spend a lot of time each issue creating activities that grab kids' attention and hold it--sometimes for an entire rainy afternoon. I strongly encourage parents of animal loving kids to give this great magazine a try. Highly recommended!
Rating:  - disappointing
We subscribed to this magazine for a year, but I decided one year was enough. Although the photographs were excellent and some of the articles were interesting, they tended to be very short and superficial, even for young children. I did not like the two page "game" from Playhouse Disney which was really a two page advertisement for a television show. I also did not like the stories and the Bonnie and Chester adventures because the animals did not behave like animals, living in houses like people, wearing clothing, and eating cake. I was looking for a magazine that would encourage children to observe nature in their own backyards and help them understand the natural world.
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