Highlights for Children

Started in 1946, Highlights for Children is targeted at little kids, offering them entertainment and education. It features various comics, stories, articles and activities.

Notable sections:

• Aloysius and…, stories about a wolf who constantly got into trouble. These ran until the 1990s.
• Ask Arizona, a letters section
• The Bear Family, a comic (1946–89, 1998–present) about a family of bears
• Goofus and Gallant, which has its own page
• The Timbertoes, a comic about a family made of wood
• What's Wrong?: The back cover always includes intentional goofs for the children to spot.
• Your Own Pages, drawings and poems submitted by readers

It also includes hidden-picture puzzles, joke and riddle sections, factual articles, craft pages and other features that have come and gone over time.

Tropes used in Highlights for Children include:

• Anti Role Model: Goofus.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Many features have been retired over time as their creators died or retired.
• Early Installment Weirdness:
  • In early years, Goofus and Gallant were more elflike.
  • The magazine got more and more colorful over time. Until the mid-1970s, the covers were rather drab and used only one color.
• Print Long Runners: From 1946 to the present.
• Spin-Off: High Five, targeted at children age 5 and below.