Valentine’s Day: Spread the Love

One of the most beloved features of our magazines are the gorgeous, creative, high quality illustrations that fill up each issue, created by amazing and talented artists. For more than 40 years, we have seen imaginative young readers respond enthusiastically to not only the wonderful stories we feature, but by the world-class illustrations that accompany them.   By including stories, […]

Taking the Challenge Out of Discussing the Challenger Disaster with your Kids

It was thirty years ago today that the space shuttle “Challenger” exploded on lift-off, killing everyone on board. The destruction of the Challenger remains one of those events in history that people talk about with profound reverence. Most people who were alive back then can remember exactly where they were, what they were doing, and […]

Discover Your Very Own Story Generator

Like everyone else on the East Coast, I was snowbound this past weekend. It was really nice to be home with my favorite people with nowhere to be (except outside shoveling). I did discover though, that we were spending a lot of time with the television on. Since we generally adhere to pretty strict screen […]

Cricket Media Releases Digital App Featuring Library of Congress Rare Books

Free new edition of Story Bug App enables adults and children to read the digital editions together, even when they’re apart WASHINGTON, DC – January 27, 2016 – Cricket Media, an education media company and global learning network, announced today a collaboration with the Library of Congress to make freely available four rare 19th and […]

Invent It Challenge Week 2: Explore It!

The 2016 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is finally off and running. This year, kids ages 5 to 21 need to identify a real-world health problem and come up with a solution to the problem. Each entry must follow the seven step invention process spelled out by our partner, the Smithsonian’s Spark!Lab . For the next 7 weeks or so, […]