KAZOO magazine

08/19/2025

NEW ISSUE! It’s our sparkliest yet! 💎 The Razzle-Dazzle issue 💎 is perfect for smart girls, who shine bright. Pick up a #38, & you’ll find:

🔵 A guide to celebrating ALL parts of your amazing self with 25 fun ways to be true to you.

🔵 A maze to solve for some standout advice from two-time Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter

🔵 Flowers that boldly bloom in spectacular ways with botanist Ana Maria Bedoya, Ph.D.

🔵 A comic about the godmother of punk fashion, a designer who broke all the rules: Vivienne Westwood, by

🔵 That you are literally made of stars, and other mind-blowing sky facts from astronomer Quyen Hart, Ph.D..

🔵A story by NYT #1 bestseller Gayle Forman, about a girl whose too-muchness turns out to be just what the world needs now!

🔵 How to make a super-sparkly art project with disco artist Lauren Young

🔵 The feeling of freedom and glee with a DIY jumping girl automata crank toy.

🔵 How to turn three apples into an incredible, edible rose with baker Yossy Arefi

🔵 Plus! A secret code, a drawing how-to, a mystery mosaic, a search-and-find by Ruth Chan , a free tear-out poster, and more! 🖌️ Cover Art: .art

💎 Kazoo’s Razzle -Dazzle issue ships to subscribers in September. To get this issue, subscribe today.

07/31/2025

“There is at least one niche in the world of print that is seeing something of a revival: Children’s Magazines.” Elizabeth Segran, a writer at Fast Company, talks w NPR’s Marketplace about why we’re seeing kids magazines come back. She says, “Over the last 9 years, there a few new entrants into this new world of print magazines: Kazoo is the magazine that arguably launched this new movement. And it’s focused on kids age 5-12 and in particular it really wants to help girls grow up strong and confident.”

Tune in to find out why print—at least for kids—is not dead, and is in fact exploding.

You’ll find shout-outs to long gone (but never forgotten) Sassy magazine 😍 and our pals 👏👏👏

07/31/2025

Hi new followers! Many of you might have just heard about Kazoo magazine from NPR's Marketplace. Here's where it all began, with our launch in 2016. 😍

07/31/2025

Thanks to NPR’s Marketplace & Fast Company for covering some good news!

Elizabeth Segran, a writer at Fast Company, explores why we are seeing a kids' magazines revival. “Kazoo is the magazine that arguably launched this new movement. It’s focused on kids age 5-12. In particular it really wants to help girls grow up strong and confident.”

While all sorts of child- and tween-focused magazines of the previous decades are no more, a new generation of print magazines for kids is emerging.

07/21/2025

"A New Generation of Magazines is Getting Kids to Put Down their Phones" in Fast Company featuring Kazoo magazine's Editor in Chief Erin Bried. https://www.fastcompany.com/91364687/a-new-generation-of-magazines-is-getting-kids-to-put-down-their-phones?mvgt=0s51O594Vkjh

07/01/2025

As parents, when we think of great leaders, we don’t have to consult history books, we can list many from our own lifetime. But, American kids under 12 years old have seen poor examples “winning” twice over. Here’s a little exercise from our latest issue to get readers thinking about what it means to be a good leader.

DRAW A LEADER:
Good leaders come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Follow the steps below to sketch out what one looks like to you and then answer the prompts that go with each.

1. DRAW TWO EYES. Good for [check all that apply]:
🔲 Reading interesting books
🔲 Recognizing talent in others
🔲 Staring blankly at the TV

2. DRAW TWO EARS. Used to hear:
🔲 New ideas
🔲 Constructive criticism
🔲 How great you—and only you—are

3. ADD A NOSE. Excellent at:
🔲 Sniffing out new opportunities
🔲 Poking it where it doesn’t belong

4. ADD A MOUTH. Helpful for:
🔲 Inspiring people
🔲 Thanking people
🔲 Calling people mean names

5. PILE ON SOME HAIR.
This one’s totally irrelevant. It’s just fun to draw hair!

6. NOW, TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS LEADER. (CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY.)
Has a kind heart
Takes responsibility
Blames others
Lifts people up
Bullies people
Is fair
Is greedy
Works hard

Which leaders inspire you most? What kind of leader do you want to be?
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From a 37, the Lead the Way issue, on stands now at B&N and select bookstores across the US, or available worldwide in our shop.

06/06/2025

When a kid gets lost in an issue of Kazoo magazine, she finds herself in a world in which girls are celebrated for being scientists, artists, activists, athletes, and more—and suddenly the future feels ✨full of possibility✨.

is an ad-free children’s magazine which has defied the odds, winning the National Magazine Award for General Excellence and expanding its reach to 53 countries worldwide. We are now shipping our 37th issue!

Join us in the movement to raise strong, confident girls. Subscribe or gift at kazoomagazine dot com.

05/15/2025

Introducing Kazoo #37: The Lead the Way issue! 🎉 In this interactive choose-your-own-path magazine, readers will get to: 

🔴 Read an interactive short story & choose the best ending by National Book Award finalist Laurel Snyder beautifully illustrated by

🔴 Get astronaut Suni Williams’ best advice for going far, then take a tour of the International Space Station, where she recently had an unexpectedly lengthy stay

🔴 Learn how to improv with Upright Citizens Brigade’s Nicole Asava

🔴 Do a color-by-dot and turn nature into art with plein air painter Emilie Lee

🔴 Venture into the grasslands with behaviorial ecologist Beth Archie, Ph.D., and find out how animals make decisions

🔴 Build a book that doubles as a hidden treasure chest

🔴 Read a comic about actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr by Sara Winifred Searle

🔴 Get recipes amazing sandwiches and a great life from cook Julia Turshen

🔴 Plus! A secret code, word games, drawing activities, a free tear-out poster, and more! 

🖍️ Cover by

37 will be on the stands in June at and select independent bookstores in the US.

🎉 Also shipping worldwide to subscribers. To get this issue delivered to your door, subscribe now.