Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Boys Quest
Gave this to friends kids. They went crazy for it. It has no adverts in it. No Disney or toy adverts. Pure fun for kids.The magazine has good intentions and worthy goals. The photography is awful. The layout, design and printing is so bad as to be distracting. The writing is good for the target audience which would have to be rather good beginning readers because there's scarce little that is attractive to the non-reader (my boys are 3 and 4 so the level of writing in this magazine would need to be read to them). With that said, the writing is neither personal nor authoritative. You get the sense the authors are simplifying or dumbing down a more authoritative source on their subjects than themselves.This might be good if your kids have never seen a TV set or you're a homesteader, but this isn't designed for today's kids. The themes and stories are very old-fashioned, and the advertised "computer games" are instructions for creating games using DOS. Yup, you heard that right, DOS! I can't even remember the last time I used DOS, the 80's maybe? There are many other good children's magazines out there, I'd recommend spending your money on something else.My oldest son (10) reads every one of these cover to cover and my little guy (7) is starting to read it now, and also enjoying it. The magazine is full of facts and tidbits that are just right for the 8-12 age group, especially the inquisitive ones. Both my kids think it's very funny. And each month has a different 'theme' which keeps it fresh and interesting. We have a hard time justifying the cost of ANY magazine, but this is one that's actually worth the cover price even if we wish it were cheaper. Educational, fun and always interesting.This was bought for my grandsons and they love it. Lot's of things to do.
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