Megan Fraedrich, Author at Cricket Media, Inc.

Why Magazines for Kids are Important

In the era of smartphones, kids have an entire world of possibilities at their fingertips. Students are exposed to more text than ever before. So why bother with magazines for kids? It turns out that not all stereotypes about technology-loving youngsters are totally true. Kids Prefer Print According to the 2016 Western Australian Study in […]

5 Creative Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day

Father’s Day is just around the corner! Have you ever wondered how Father’s Day got its start? It didn’t officially become a national holiday until 1972! In 1909, Sonora Louise Smart was sitting in church on Mother’s Day listening to a sermon when she decided that fathers needed a special holiday to honor them, too. […]

Free Kids’ Stories Featuring LGBTQ+ Families

Families come in many shapes and sizes. For our Cricket family, it’s always been important to depict all sorts of kids and families in our magazines. For some kids, it’s valuable to see characters just like them or their friends on the page. For others, it’s just as important to learn that everyone is different […]

8 Tips for Future Scripps National Spelling Bee Champions

It’s one of the few times of the year that your academically-inclined youngster can turn on ESPN and see kids like them celebrated like sports stars. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has been running for over 90 years with no signs of stopping, and children around the country dream of taking home the coveted trophy. […]

4 Amazing Women in American History That You Never Learned About in School

Kids can probably name Harriet Tubman, Sacagawea, Eleanor Roosevelt, and more awesome examples of women in American history, but then there are the women who don’t appear in your daughters’ textbooks. Is your daughter a budding doctor or oceanographer or pilot? See if they’ve heard of any of these famous firsts!

The True Story of the Hot Pink Bunnies

MUSE readers realize pretty much straight away that the magazine’s unofficial mascot is the hot pink bunny, or HPB. Much has been said and written about the HPBs, especially in the popular MUSE Mail section. According to fans, they live inside the “Fan Mail Pit” where rejected mail is laid to rest but occasionally escape […]

Our Science Magazines for Kids

Who says science has to be boring? We have three fun, award-winning science magazines for kids that will entertain as much as they educate. Each title targets children of different ages and approaches STEM in a friendly, engaging manner that fosters long-term interest in scientific fields, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Since technology pervades our 21st […]

3 Kid-Friendly Recipes for a Summer Picnic

Organizing a family picnic sounds like a walk in the park, but sometimes, juggling the demands of picky eaters feels more like a walk in a mosquito-infested quicksand patch. If your kids are anything like ours, though, there’s one secret to holding a family picnic that everyone can enjoy: kids are much more likely to […]

Meet our May/June Magazines!

Getting something in the mail always feels like a special occasion, but we feel just as special about putting our new magazines in the mail! Every month or two, we get excited to share our latest treasure trove. Now that summer is nearly here, our new May/June issues are filled with summer fun and adventure […]

Best Magazines for an 8-Year-Old

If you’re the parent of an 8-year-old child, you know that eight is an amazing—and potentially exhausting—year in a child’s life! Many kids experience a huge growth spurt, both physically and intellectually, around third grade. They’re reading independently, trying more things for themselves, and most importantly, they start developing a more complex sense of identity. Is your child a budding scientist or an aspiring poet or planning a campaign for the 2052 presidential election? Feed their voracious minds with the perfect magazine to fit their passions.