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Read. Discover. Think. Grow.

Twelve printed pages of news, science, nature, history and sport — written for young readers, with puzzles, quizzes and space for their own stories and artwork. Let's Build a Smarter, Greener Tomorrow!

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  • Science
  • Create
  • Puzzles
  • Environment

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Why KidsChron?

Children today meet more information than any generation before them.

Very little of it arrives sorted, checked or written for them. KidsChron is not a complaint about that — it is a practical answer to it.

So much information, so little sorted

Children meet more information in a day than any generation before them. Very little of it arrives sorted, checked or explained.

Attention pulled in every direction

A screen is designed to offer the next thing before the last one has finished. Sustained reading is a different skill, and it needs somewhere to happen.

Not everything is written for a child

Language, images and subject matter meant for adults reach children anyway. Age-appropriate is not the same as childish.

Knowledge worth keeping

A fact you looked up and forgot is different from one you read, thought about, and can explain to someone else.

KidsChron is the other kind of reading

Technology is genuinely useful, and KidsChron is not against it. But alongside it, children need something slower: a trusted place where information is chosen carefully, written for their age, and built to be read rather than scrolled. That is what a newspaper made for curious minds is for.

Discover the World

Nine ways in. Start anywhere.

Every subject in KidsChron is a door, not a syllabus. Follow whichever one looks interesting today.

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How KidsChron works

Four things every edition tries to do

Inform, engage, inspire and create — in every issue, and across this whole site.

Learn Every Day

Something worth knowing, every time you visit

Articles from the Knowledge Hub — written to leave a young reader with a question, not only an answer.

A sky graduating from deep blue at the top to warm orange near the horizon
Science

Why Is the Sky Blue — and Why Does It Turn Orange at Sunset?

Sunlight looks white, but it is really every colour mixed together. What happens next is the reason the sky changes colour twice a day.

4 min readAges 9–11 · 6–8Sample content

Today's Curiosity

Why does a cut apple turn brown?

Cutting an apple breaks open its cells and lets oxygen reach chemicals inside that were kept apart. They react and turn brown — the same reason a squeeze of lemon juice slows it down, because the acid interferes with the reaction.

Try it: Cut an apple into four. Leave one piece plain, cover one, squeeze lemon on one, and put one in the fridge. Check them in an hour.

Did You Know?

Nature

Honey found in ancient Egyptian tombs was still edible after more than 3,000 years. Honey barely ever spoils.

Discover Something New

Think & Solve

Thinking, disguised as playing

Quizzes, riddles, logic puzzles and brain teasers. Nothing is scored against you and no result is stored — the explanation is the point.

Challenge Your Mind
A stylised globe surrounded by clouds and leaves5 questions
Environment

Our Planet: The Basics

Ten minutes on Earth, its air, its water and its weather.

Start quiz →Sample content
Logic PuzzleSample content

The River Crossing

A farmer must take a goat, a wolf and a cabbage across a river. The boat holds the farmer and only one other thing. Left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How does everything get across safely?

Need a nudge? Show hint

Nothing says you can only bring things across. You are allowed to take something back.

Had a proper go? Check the answer

Take the goat over. Come back empty. Take the wolf over, and bring the goat back with you. Leave the goat, take the cabbage over. Come back empty, then take the goat over last.

What this teaches: The step most people never think of is going backwards. Many problems only open up once you allow a move that seems to undo progress.

Create & Imagine

Reading is half of it. The other half is making something.

Write a story, draw what you imagined, build something, run an experiment — and send it in. Selected work appears in the Reader Corner and in the printed edition.

Show Your CreativityCreativity Corner

A grown-up helps you send it. Nothing is published without their consent.

  • Stories
  • Poems
  • Drawing & Painting
  • Photography
  • DIY & Crafts
  • Experiments

Positive Minds

Growing up is a subject too

The guidance and counselling pages treat empathy, honesty, decision-making and responsibility as skills that can be learned and practised — not as lectures.

Empathy

Understanding what it is like to be someone else — the skill underneath every friendship.

Speaking up clearly

Saying what you mean, listening properly, and disagreeing without falling out.

Making decisions

Weighing choices, noticing your own reasons, and being able to change your mind.

Responsible citizenship

Understanding that what you do affects people you will never meet — and the planet you share.

People | Planet | Positive Change

Explore Nature

Wildlife, forests, rivers and the habits that look after them. Practical and hopeful — never frightening.

Environment & Nature
A honeybee on a yellow flower with a honeycomb pattern behind it
Nature & Wildlife

The Honeybee That Gives Directions by Dancing

A bee that finds flowers comes home and dances. The angle and the length of the dance tell the hive exactly where to fly.

4 min readAges 9–11Sample content
Yellow, orange and red leaves scattered around a bare branch
Nature & Wildlife

Where the Green Goes: Why Leaves Change Colour

The yellows and oranges were in the leaf the whole time. Autumn just takes away the thing that was covering them up.

3 min readAges 6–8 · 9–11Sample content

This month's edition

September 2026: Water

Where it comes from, where it goes, and why the same drop has been going round for millions of years.

A cover illustration of a river running from mountains to the sea

Issue 12 · September 2026

Water

Current edition

Where it comes from, where it goes, and why the same drop has been going round for millions of years.

12 pages · 6 puzzlesWhat's inside →

In this edition

  • Cover StoryThe Water That Has Been Here Since the Dinosaurs
  • EnvironmentWhat Really Happens After You Drop Something in the Recycling Bin
  • Science & TechnologyWhy Is the Sky Blue — and Why Does It Turn Orange at Sunset?
  • Wildlife & NatureThe Honeybee That Gives Directions by Dancing
  • Historical FootprintsThe Story of Zero
  • Creativity CornerDraw Your Green Tomorrow — competition opens

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Theme of the Month · September 2026

Water

Every drop of water on Earth has been here for a very long time, going round and round the same journey — sea, sky, cloud, river, sea again. This month we follow it, from the monsoon that fills India's rivers to the taps in our homes and the oceans that cover most of the planet.

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What's Inside KidsChron?

Twelve pages. Twelve different reasons to keep reading.

Every edition carries the same spine of sections, so a young reader always knows where to find their favourite part — and always meets something new next to it.

  • Page 01

    Cover Story

    The month's big subject, opened up.

  • Page 02

    Wildlife & Nature

    Animals, birds and wild places.

  • Page 03

    Science & Technology

    How things work and who worked them out.

  • Page 04

    General Knowledge

    Facts worth keeping.

  • Page 05

    International News

    The world, at a readable size.

  • Page 06

    Environment

    The planet, and what helps it.

  • Page 07

    Historical Footprints

    How we got here.

  • Page 08

    Sports & Activities

    Games, records and things to try.

  • Page 09

    Guidance & Counselling

    Growing up, thought through.

  • Page 10

    Creativity Corner

    Stories, art and reader work.

  • Page 11

    Infographics

    Big ideas, drawn to be understood.

  • Page 12

    Puzzles & Quizzes

    Six pages' worth of thinking.

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Competitions & Challenges

Enter something. Win something. Learn something.

Drawing, writing, general knowledge and science challenges run through the year. Where a date or a prize has not been announced yet, we say so rather than guessing.

All competitions
Paintbrushes and a half-finished landscapeOpen for entries

Draw Your Green Tomorrow

Draw or paint the world you would like to live in twenty years from now. Any medium, any style — we want to see the idea.

How to enter →Sample content
A pencil resting on a page of handwritingOpen for entries

The 100-Word Story

Tell a complete story in exactly one hundred words. A beginning, a middle and an end — and not a word to spare.

How to enter →Sample content
A quiz buzzer beside a globeOpening soon

Junior GK Challenge

A general knowledge challenge across science, nature, history, sport and current affairs, run for young readers.

See details →Sample content

Reader Corner

This space belongs to young readers

Selected stories, poems, artwork, experiments and ideas sent in by children — reviewed by the editorial team, published only with a parent or guardian's consent.

  • Young Writers

    Stories, poems and pieces written by readers.

    Selected stories and poems by young readers will appear here.

  • Young Artists

    Drawing, painting, collage and photography.

    Selected artwork and photographs by young readers will appear here.

  • Young Makers

    Things readers have built, folded, grown or invented.

    Selected DIY projects and crafts by young readers will appear here.

  • Young Thinkers & Scientists

    Experiments, observations and ideas worth sharing.

    Selected experiments and ideas by young readers will appear here.

Be one of the first

Nothing here is invented. Every piece that appears will be real work by a real young reader, checked by the editorial team.

Submit Your Creation

Parent & Child Zone

Things to do together, not things to supervise

Short activities built around what is in the edition. Most take fifteen minutes and need nothing you do not already have.

  • 20 min

    The kitchen experiment

    Try the browning-apple test from Today's Curiosity together and write down what each of you predicted first.

  • 15 min

    One map, one river

    Pick a river near you on a map and trace it from source to sea. Where does it start? Who lives along it?

  • 10 min

    Read it out loud

    Take one article from the edition and read alternate paragraphs to each other. Then each ask one question.

  • 10 min

    Puzzle race

    Both attempt the same riddle separately, then compare how you each got there.

  • 15 min

    Fact-check a claim

    Find one surprising claim from the week and run it through the four questions together.

  • 15 min

    Build the recycling habit

    Sort one day's waste together into wet and dry, and count what could have been kept out of the bin.

For parents: the Parent Zone explains what KidsChron supports, how content is chosen, and how submissions and consent are handled.

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For schools & institutions

Bring KidsChron to Your School

Copies for a class, a year group or the library. School competitions, reader contributions and knowledge activities that fit into a reading period. Tell us what you need and we will work out the arrangement with you.

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  • Institutional subscriptions
  • In-school competitions
  • Reader contributions
  • Puzzle & quiz activities
  • Workshops on request
  • Library reading copies

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