Highlights for Children

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

Started in 1946, Highlights for Children is targeted at little kids, offering them entertainment and education. It features various comics, stories, articles and activities.

Notable sections:

  • Aloysius and…, stories about a wolf who constantly got into trouble. These ran until the 1990s.
  • Ask Arizona, a letters section
  • The Bear Family, a comic (1946–89, 1998–present) about a family of bears
  • Goofus and Gallant, which has its own page
  • The Timbertoes, a comic about a family made of wood
  • What's Wrong?: The back cover always includes intentional goofs for the children to spot.
  • Your Own Pages, drawings and poems submitted by readers

It also includes hidden-picture puzzles, joke and riddle sections, factual articles, craft pages and other features that have come and gone over time.

Tropes used in Highlights for Children include: