include science, history, sports, and activities. Toupi [Spinning Top] is for 2 to 4-year-
olds.
GermanyBy far the most sophisticated magazine in Germany today is Der Bunte Hund [The Motley
Dog] (6–16). It introduces contemporary, young, and established authors and illustrators
and discovers important new ones. The other magazines are Stafette [Horse Messenger],
Bimbo, and Floh [Flea] (10–15), which is the oldest still-existing youth magazine. It was
founded in 1875 and used to be called Jugendlust. Flohkiste [Fleabag] (two editions: 6–7
and 8–9) originated from the same magazine. Both are used in schools. Geschichte mit
Pfiff [History with Pizzazz] (10+) focuses on the history of mankind through the ages and
is very popular in schools. Then there are Mücke [Mosquito] (8–11) and Mücki [Little
Mosquito] (6–8). Surviving magazines from the former DDR are Benjamin, Bummi, ABC
Zeitung [ABC Paper], and Mosaik.
Great Britain: EnglandThe children’s magazine situation in England at present is very disappointing, especially
in view of Great Britain’s long and venerable history in children’s literature. In the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many quality magazines were published, such
as Chatterbox and Aunt Judy’s Magazine. Famous contributors included Lewis Carroll,
George Cruikshank, Randolph Caldecott and of course Juliana Horatio Ewing. A.A.Milne
was an enthusiastic reader of Aunt Judy’s Magazine. Also published were Good Words
for the Young, with which George MacDonald was closely associated, and later the Young
Elizabethan and Puffin Post.
Puffin Post (9–13), founded by Kaye Webb in 1963 as the magazine for the Puffin Club,
includes stories, articles, and illustrations by some of England’s best writers and
illustrators. Puffin Flight replaced the Junior Puffin Club magazine The Egg in 1987. It is
for 5 to 8-year-olds and is based on Puffin paperbacks. Both Puffin magazines are now
available only through schools and the Puffin Book Club. Play and Learn, ‘the monthly
discovery magazine’, is highly educational and claims to keep children informed about
the world around them in a thoroughly entertaining way.
Great Britain: WalesSbondonics (7–11), published by the Welsh Books Council, is written in Welsh. It has
book reviews, puzzles, a cartoon strip, and children’s contributions and letters.
GreeceIn the latter part of the nineteenth century many children’s magazines flourished in
Greece. The most successful and lasting one was I Diaplasis Ton Pedon [Children’s
Formation] which survived for seventy-eight years until 1957. It was considered a bridge
between Greek and foreign juvenile literature, and Greek authors declared that their
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