Америкалық балалар журналы «Highlights» тарихы

American children's magazine

Highlights for Children, often referred to simply as Highlights, is an American children's magazine. It began publication in June 1946, started by Garry Cleveland Myers and his wife Caroline Clark Myers in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where the editorial office remains. They both worked for another children's magazine, Children's Activities, for twelve years before leaving to start Highlights. The Highlights slogan is "Fun with a Purpose". The company is now based in Columbus, Ohio, and owns book publishers Zaner Bloser, Stenhouse Publishers, and Staff Development for Educators. Its Boyds Mills Press division was sold to Kane Press in 2019. Highlights has surpassed one billion copies in print. Highlights, High Five, and Hello magazines do not carry any third party advertising or commercial messages. The Highlights Foundation, in Pennsylvania, is a public, not for profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by individuals, several publishing companies, and writers' organizations. Its location is the former home of the founders of Highlights.

Garry Myers earned a PhD in psychology from Columbia University before World War I, providing a basis for the teaching he would do the rest of his life. He and Caroline Myers taught illiterate soldiers for the US Army, with Caroline becoming the first female teacher employed by the Army. This experience led to their pioneering of elementary education. They taught educators and parents for a time at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, during which Garry Myers wrote a nationally syndicated column entitled Parent Problems, and the couple co authored several books. They had become nationally well known in education and wished to share their knowledge so they began to work for Children's Activities. Lecturing across the nation, they informed, discovered, and refined what they knew. Their travels also led to long discussions on what would be appropriate for children, and after finishing with Children's Activities instead of retiring they decided to start their own magazine. Later, they would buy Children's Activities and incorporate it in Highlights.