Children's literary magazine?

[drspouse]

DS is two, so I'm aware I may get recommendations that are way too old for him. When we were young we used to get Cricket which I've discovered still exists, and has two baby siblings, Ladybug and Babybug - an American friend gave me a few copies of Babybug, but it is quite bitty for what it is - especially for the price. And you'd pay overseas shipping on top of that.

I seem to remember Stone Soup being good too, but again expensive plus overseas shipping.

Is there anything similar in the UK at all? All the magazines in the newsagents are full of plastic and are basically an ad from start to finish.

[schmalex]

Stew magazine is good. Aimed at 8-12, but my 2yo likes looking at the pictures and talking about them!

[schmalex]

stewmagazine.co.uk

[drspouse]

That does look good - might be good for my older DNs now in fact.

[mydaftlass]

Story Box is good and you can use tesco vouchers to subscribe www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=4116

[drspouse]

That looks great too, I think he'd be ready for that.

[emmaMBC]

Puffin Post & Anorak are worth looking in to.

[Campaspe]

Another one here who would recommend Story Box. A lovely little magazine, and no adverts.

[Campaspe]

I've had a look on the Anorak website, but it doesn't tell you much about the magazine. What's in it? How good a reader do you have to be?

[emmaMBC]

You may find this article interesting - it reviews a few different magazines for kids more-than-a-mum.com/02/kids-magazine-reviews/