The Week Junior

The Week Junior The Week Junior is a multi award-winning current affairs magazine for eight to 14-year-olds.

The Week Junior explains news and current affairs to young people in a safe, accessible and inspiring way. Engaging, immediate, colourful and inspiring, it offers a weekly opportunity for children to explore their world and develop their now opinions about the things that matter. With content ranging from science, technology, animals and the environment to apps, coding and entertainment, every issue is carefully created to feed curious young minds.

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about th...
18/01/2026

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about the word "nightjar" 🐦‍⬛

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📖 Our is The Monsters at the End of the World by Rebecca Orwin, published by Puffin Books and illustrated by Oriol Vid...
18/01/2026

📖 Our is The Monsters at the End of the World by Rebecca Orwin, published by Puffin Books and illustrated by Oriol Vidal. This is a dystopian story about a 12-year-old girl who befriends a gentle creature looking for his brother.

🪶 Rebecca Orwin tells us about a dream job, the pet rabbits she had as a child and more.

🦜 Also in our pages, children can read about the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch (23-25 January) and zoologist Dr Nick Crumpton's Everything You Know About Birds is Wrong!, a new book about birds.

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The latest episode of is out now!Bex Lindsay from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Joe to discuss:🐨 A koala on a bu...
17/01/2026

The latest episode of is out now!

Bex Lindsay from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Joe to discuss:

🐨 A koala on a bus in Australia
🕵️ Spying devices
🕹️ Whether retro tech is better than modern

And lots more!

⏳ Episodes are around 30 minutes.
🎧 Available via theweekjunior.co.uk/show.

17/01/2026

🗣️ Listen to author Molly J. Forbes talk about the inspiration behind her book Every Body, what she hopes children will get from it and her future writing plans.

📚🌟 Every Body, published by Puffin Books, won the Wellbeing category at The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 in association with charity Place2Be. The award celebrates books that support the emotional, physical and developmental needs of children.

💛 Children can read Molly Forbes' top tips for being body positive in the Wellbeing pages of our latest issue.

16/01/2026

Matt Ralphs shares the sea creature that inspired him to write Beasts from the Deep, which won the Animals & Nature category of The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. 📚🌟

📖 Beasts from the Deep was illustrated by Kaley McKean, and published by Nosy Crow.

🌊 Children can learn more about the deep sea in the feature in our latest issue.

How much do you know about the ocean depths? It's time to show what you know in our latest quiz inspired by this week's ...
16/01/2026

How much do you know about the ocean depths? It's time to show what you know in our latest quiz inspired by this week's magazine feature on the deep sea. 🌊

Get involved individually, or challenge family and friends, and see who can get the most questions right at theweekjunior.co.uk/quiz or via the link in our bio. 🏆

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The latest issue of is out now.📚 Learn all about the , launched by the Department for Education and National Literacy...
16/01/2026

The latest issue of is out now.

📚 Learn all about the , launched by the Department for Education and National Literacy Trust.
🎤 Read an interview with presenter and Children with Cancer UK ambassador Evie Pickerill
⚓ Dive into the murky depths with our feature on the deep sea

And lots more!

Bridget Phillipson Go All In 2026

📚 Our latest is The Not-So Great Escape, by Emma Green (published by Usborne Publishing). This new adventure story is ...
11/01/2026

📚 Our latest is The Not-So Great Escape, by Emma Green (published by Usborne Publishing). This new adventure story is about an angry alpaca that starts a whole lot of trouble for the main character, Hedley.

🦙 In our Q&A, Green tell us about her three alpacas and her New Year's resolution to read more books.

Our pages also include five books to dip into every day, and an interview with Iqbal Hussain about his new book, called The Night I Borrowed Time.

📸 Illustrations by Jack Noel. Copyright © Usborne Publishing Limited, 2024

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about th...
10/01/2026

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about the word "epiphany". 🌠👑

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The latest episode of has landed.This week, Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Kaye to chat about:🏅 Our cove...
10/01/2026

The latest episode of has landed.

This week, Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Kaye to chat about:

🏅 Our cover story for this week, the King's New Year Honours list
❄️ Disruption as snow and ice swept across the UK
💛 Whether dating apps for cows are a real thing

And much more.

⏳ Episodes are around 30 minutes.

🎧 Available via theweekjunior.co.uk/show or via the link in our bio.

The first Week Junior of the new year is out now!In it, children can:⭐ Find out who was on the King's New Year Honours l...
09/01/2026

The first Week Junior of the new year is out now!

In it, children can:

⭐ Find out who was on the King's New Year Honours list
💥 Read an interview with the UK's first Young Comics Laureate
🍴 Learn how to make delicious pesto pasta

And lots more!

🎉 Wishing our readers and parents a very happy 2026. Thank you for another brilliant year. 🌟The wheels keep turning, and...
01/01/2026

🎉 Wishing our readers and parents a very happy 2026. Thank you for another brilliant year. 🌟

The wheels keep turning, and we'll be back with another issue on 10 January. 📰

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The Week Junior magazine explains news and current affairs to young people in a safe, accessible and inspiring way. Engaging, immediate, colourful and entertaining, it offers a weekly opportunity for 8–14 year olds to explore their world and develop their own opinions about the things that matter. With content ranging from science, technology, animals and the environment to apps, coding and entertainment, every issue is carefully created to feed curious young minds.

Launched in November 2015, The Week Junior is adored by its readers, praised by parents and teachers and has won a number of awards in recognition of its editorial excellence.