printed on cream-colored paper. In the center: "The Child's Friend and Youth's Magazine. Terms--$1.50 per annum, in advance. Postage--half a cent each No." The words are framed by an elaborate border. Background of the wide border: vines, flowers, and the faces of children. Against the border are 8 vignettes. Top: a white woman sits in a chair with a baby on her lap, listening as a boy standing in front of her reads from a book; behind him two girls are seated. Left, top to bottom: two boys fly a kite; a girl jumps rope; three boys sail a toy boat in a pool of water. Right, top to bottom: a girl watches two girls play with a small hoop; two boys fish; two girls play badminton. Bottom: a boy and girl plant seeds. On either side of the bottom vignette are a globe, books, a kite, a top, a model sailboat, and a cricket bat. Below the bottom border: "Published by Leonard C. Bowles, 111, Washington-street, Boston."

Birthday wishes for Anne Wales Abbott, born #otd in 1808, editor of The Child's Friend (1843-1858)! #bookhistory #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #WomenInHistory #WomensHistory

printed on beige paper. The cover of the magazine for October 1870. A white woman sits in an armchair, with two young boys and a little girl looking at something on her lap. At her feet, a girl and a boy read a book together. They are in a room with a window seat beneath a window through which a tree is visible. On the floor is a toy drum with two drumsticks. The scene is framed by fines and flowers, with the words "The Children's Hour" above the figures. Below the figures are the words "A Magazine for the Little Ones. Edited by T. S. Arthur." It is printed by T. S. Arthur & Sons, 809 & 811 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The illustration is signed by the engraver: Lauderbach. At the top of the page, the original owner's name is handwritten: Miss Clara Kiliam.

for #magazineMonday, The Children's Hour (1867-1874), edited by temperance favorite T. S. Arthur (author, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There) #bookhistory #19thcentury #childrensmagazines

alt: printed on yellow paper. A white man on a cricket pitch prepares to bat the ball. In the background two other men stand; behind them is a house. Printed above the illustration: Vol. III, 8 & 9. Parley's Magazine. Published every fortnight, at one dollar a year. Printed below the illustration: Postage, three quarters of a cent; but if over 100 miles, one cent and a quarter. Publishers in Maine, New York City, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Buffalo, and New Orleans are listed; this copy was printed in Boston, by Samuel Colman.

For spring, the closest Parley's Magazine came to baseball. Unusually, in 1835, each issue apparently had a different image on the cover; here a #cricket player batters up. #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #bookhistory #MagazineMonday

alt: a portrait of Susanna Newbould, a white woman wrapped in a printed shawl and looking at you. Below her portrait is her autograph; above her is written "Woodworth's" in capital letters; below her signature are the words "Youth's Cabinet" in capital letters.

1/2: Happy birthday to Susanna Wilson Newbould, born #otd in 1821. As "Aunt Sue," she delighted in puzzles and the readers of Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet and Robert Merry's Museum. #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #bookhistory #WomensHistory #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth

printed on tan paper. In the center, the words "Parley's Magazine No. 7 Boston Lilly, Wait, and Company. Portland: Colman, Holden, and Co. 1833." Around the words is a border of 14 vignettes, each set in a circular frame. Upper left to upper right: a globe; a man looking at the sky through a telescope; a church; two people pointing at a distant ruin. Right-hand side, below the people pointing at a ruin: travelers entering a stagecoach; a farmer steering a plow drawn by oxen, with a large building behind him; an owl, an eagle, a crow, and an ostrich. Left-hand side, below the globe: a sailing ship; a statue near some ancient ruins; an elephant, a tiger, and a lion. Bottom left to bottom right: a whale spouting; a truly enormous butterfly near a tree; a running horse with a man strapped to its back; several flowers growing in a landscape

Birthday cheers to Parley’s Magazine, launched #otd in 1833! The first cover promised pieces on a variety of subjects; for 11 years, the magazine fulfilled that promise. #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #bookhistory #MagazineMonday

printed on orange paper. Athena, a female figure wearing a helmet and carrying a sword and a shield with stars and stripes, stands in the center, beneath an arch with "Our Young Folks" written on it; an eagle spreads its wings at the top of the arch, with three flags showing stars hung on either side. On each side of Athena are two vignettes in round frames. Left, the vignettes show a white boy and girl ride a sled down a snowy slope and another white girl and boy holding hands while skating. Right, the vignettes show five white boys throwing snowballs around a large ball of snow and a white boy skating and pulling two white girls on a small sled.

Happy birthday Lucy Larcom, born #otd in 1824, one of the editors of Our Young Folks (1865-1873), which in early years had a different cover for each season; this one would have been for March #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #bookhistory

Cover for The Dayspring for January and February 1850. Profile picture of a boy sitting on the ground, reading a book.

Birthday wishes to Selah Burr Treat, born #OTD in 1804; editor of The Youth's Dayspring (1842-1855) #bookhistory #19thcentury #childrensmagazines

Wearing his reading glasses, Abraham Lincoln sits leafing through a book; his young son stands beside him, also looking at the book. Caption: "The Children's Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Published as a Supplement to The Little Corporal."

a president worth honoring; a mezzotint of an 1864 photo by Matthew Brady; for subscribers to The Little Corporal, 1865 #bookhistory #AbrahamLincoln #lincoln #presidentsday #childrensmagazines #littlecorporal #19thcentury

The image for the cover has three sections. Left: a teenaged boy strikes a dramagic pose; below him, a caption reads, "The world is all before me." Right: a teenaged girl presses a book to her heart; below her, a caption reads, "My jewels are faith & virtue." Center: a family listens as an elderly man reads aloud; below them, a caption reads, "How grand in age, how fair in youth, is holy friendship, love & truth."

#OTD 1813, Benson John Lossing was born, engraver turned editor of The Young People’s Mirror and American Family Visitor (Jan 1848-Dec 1848) #bookhistory #19thcentury #childrensmagazines

A boy sits on a chair, listening as a girl reads from a book. They appear on the cover of The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine from 1827.

Birthday wishes to Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist and editor of The Juvenile Miscellany, 1826-1836 #bookhistory #lydiamariachild #juvenilemiscellany #19thcentury #childrensmagazines

Scholastic is offering free interactive issues of Scholastic magazines for children. STEAM subjects. Links are provided.

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Kids in a backyard making homes for wildlife surrounded by backyard wildlife.

Magazine layout showing activities kids can do to celebrate earth day.

Happy 55th Earth Day, earthlings! I illustrated this activity spread for Ranger Rick once upon a time. "Charming" worms out of the ground is something I have not tried. (kids~don't try this on Arrakis!) #earthday #eathdayart #kidlitart #kidlitartist #ecology #childrensmagazines #childrensbooks

Christine French Cully made a remarkable impact in our kids' communities as Editor-in-Chief/board member of Highlights for Children magazine & Highlights Foundation. Saddened by her passing... posting one of my #childrenspoems published in Highlights.
#childrensmagazines #readers #kidsbooks #poem

cover of The Juvenile Miscellany for January 1828: a boy shows a book to his dog, which is sitting attentively at his feet. Printed above the illustration are four lines from William Wordsworth: "Dear innocent childhood, my heart/ For better lore would seldom yearn, Could I but teach the hundredth part,/ Of what from thee I learn."

A little late (it was Feb 11), but birthday wishes to Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist and editor of The Juvenile Miscellany, 1826-1836 #bookhistory #lydiamariachild #juvenilemiscellany #19thcentury #childrensmagazines