best in the field and have won many awards and prizes. One of the aims of CLM is to
discover new Chinese writers, poets, and artists. CLM is also the first children’s magazine
to publish foreign children’s literature in translation. Futurity, another literary children’s
magazine, publishes longer stories and short novels. It also pays attention to the
international literary scene and offers translations of foreign works. Orient Juvenile (10–
15) aims at improving children’s language and writing skills and raising their level of
literary understanding. The magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, artwork,
fairy tales, and children’s contributions.
There are also several magazines for very young children, including Baby Pictorial (2–4),
Little Friends (3–8), which is over sixty years old; and Baby’s Pictorial (1–3). 3). Science-
oriented magazines are Science Magazine for Juveniles (10– 15), introducing current
science news to children; We Love Science (10–15), and Children’s Scientific Pictorial (7–
11). A teen magazine, Teenagers in China and Abroad, written in English, reaches out to
teens in other countries.
IndiaThe first magazine for children in India, entitled Digdarshan, was published in the
Bengali language in 1818. It published only twenty-six issues, but was succeeded by
another magazine in Bengali called Balakbandhu. The Bengali language children’s
periodicals continue to be the most energetic among all Indian periodicals. Today there
are about 300 magazines for children published in all the Indian languages and
dialects. There are approximately 200 magazines in Hindi, the best of which are Nandan
(7–16) and Chandamama (9+), with traditional literature and folk-tales. Parag and
Balbharti (both 9+) experiment with contemporary literature and have greater variety.
Champak, supported by UNESCO, offers mostly articles on science and also includes
children’s observations of scientific subjects.
The quality magazines in English are Children’s World (6–16), Cub, Target, and Tinkle
(all 8–14). There are also English versions of Champak and Chandamama. Cub
publishes articles on wildlife and excellent colour photographs.
There are over 100 million schoolchildren in India between the ages of 6 and 17, a
vast readership for so many quality magazines.
JapanA famous literary magazine in Japan published from 1918–1936 was Akaitori [Red Bird],
which had outstanding illustrations and quality stories. Fukuinkan shoten publishes
three magazines: Takusan no Fushigi [A World of Wonder] (8–12) is a general-interest
magazine; Kagaku no Tomo [Children’s Science Companion] (4–7) has articles on natural
science, science, social science, history, geography, and astronomy, and includes
children’s letters; Kodomo no Tomo [Children’s Companion] (4–7), founded in 1956, has
just one literary story with quality illustrations in each issue.
Kobotachi (5–12) focuses on environmental education, good quality stories, book
reviews, and children’s contributions and letters.
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