Highlights For Children

Highlights presents Driving on Mars by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. Bot Spot installment. The robo...

Genevieve Grotjan was a cryptanalist during World War II. She cracked the complicated dip...

Decorator crabs cover themselves in ocean "scraps" to hide from predators and potential p...

Augustus Saint-Gaudens always dreamed of being an artist.

When Zebulon's family is stuck without a horse and offered help only from a crooked swind...

When Wasp needs assistance getting free from a spider's web, she asks Zebra for help and ...

Claudia the groundhog loves to sleep, and she's disappointed and confused when she wakes ...

With Raccoon's help, Rabbit turns his overabundance of plastic bags into a jump rope.

March—Nighttime was wintry with wind making noises and with snow and sleet. But mor...

The Timbertoes build a snow fort. The sun comes out and melts it around them.

The Timbertoes enjoy a day on a raft that Pa built. When a storm comes at night, the duck...

Highlights presents Planting Potatoes by Rich Wallace: The Timbertoes plant potato pieces...

Pa makes a wooden ball and Ma makes gloves. The family played a new game (baseball).

A simple story told from two sisters' perspectives. Initially annoyed by her older sister...

Tommy and Mabel build a block tower and Spot knocks it over while running for dinner.

Based on a Pima legend, this is the tale of a coyote who desires to be as blue as the blu...

When Alex is wrongly accused of taking a bite out of each apple in the fruit bowl, he set...

Sammy and Marcie have a terrible, meaning wonderful, time on Opposite Day.

If Devin's team wins, all of his friends on the opposing team will not advance to the pla...

Rosa is hurt when her best friend, Stephanie, doesn't treat her like a friend, and she wa...

Francis, a lonely dragon, never has a chance to make a friend since everyone is frightene...

The game is tied, and Bryan is at bat. He needs to score.

The narrator describes the smells, textures, and other sensations that make him or her lo...

Bert and Mert are painting their neighbor's living room one evening when they see mysteri...

It's Jed and Mia's turn to do dessert, and they know just what they want to provide. But ...

Able Bloke steps in to help his friend Prune Macaroon, the baker, when Prune is asked to ...

Athena's family's custom of picking and cooking dandelion greens embarrasses Athena. But ...

Arizona is excited to spend the weekend at her friend's house and they have a fun list of...

Arizona does more than her share of the work in a group project.

When Charlie the cat goes missing, Arizona and her family are on a mission to find him.

Arizona is feeling shy when she arrives at a party and realizes she knows nobody other th...

Arizona befriends a new girl from swimming lessons, and Mareya feels left out.

The Valentine's Day surprise that Arizona plans for her parents is foiled when Tex can't ...

All the animals say BOO! on Halloween. Can you say BOO! too?

This short verse describes a game of peek-a-boo played while the baby is getting dressed....

Rhyming poem about all the things Cat found around his home.

This short story narrates the search for a missing teddy bear.

This short verse describes a child learning how to walk.

Springtime sends chicks, bunnies, butterflies, roses, a robin, and apple tree blossoms

Highlights presents Reading Together by Eileen Spinelli. Rhyming story about having a loo...

Highlights presents On the Farm by Amy Houts: Sounds animals make on the farm.

This short verse describes Baby crawling and playing with her red ball.

A monkey baby lives in the trees and is swung to sleep

Child has picture taken beside a snow-covered tree. Picture taken by his mother using a p...

Highlights presents Lullabies All Around by Eileen Spinelli: Sing a lullaby to each of th...

Highlights presents Knock, Knock by Deborah Holt Williams. This rhyming verse describes a...

These engaging books introduce children to the fun and challenge of finding familiar obje...

Inspired by Highlights Hello magazine, Highlights newest magazine for babies and toddlers...

Highlights presents I Can Hop by Marileta Robinson. Bunny tries to hop over a puddle and ...

A young toddler boy revels in his ability to help family members with their chores.