![]() This children's magazine is for preschoolers ages two through six. Highlights High Five is a younger children's counterpart to Highlights, first published with the January 2007 issue. The magazine launched a new mobile app Highlights Every Day, in April 2017. Highlights circulation numbers declined to about 2 million copies a month by 2015, and the magazine announced that it would move some content onto tablets and mobile devices with the help of San Francisco startup, Fingerprint Digital, led by former LeapFrog Enterprises executive Nancy MacIntyre. In 2006, the United States Postal Service delivered the one-billionth copy of Highlights magazine to a young subscriber in Dallas, Texas. īy 1995, Highlights ' circulation had grown to 2.8 million, with most subscribers still being families. The magazine accepted no advertising and eschewed single-issue sales, but could be found in most doctors' and dentists' offices in the United States. Forty years later, Highlights was the most popular children's magazine in the United States, having close to two million subscribers, with 95 percent of the copies mailed to homes. In June 1946, the first issue of Highlights sold fewer than 20,000 copies. Its February 2017 issue included a family with two dads, the first depiction of a same-sex relationship in the magazine's 70-year history. Highlights' illustrations feature people of all colors and its stories also cover diverse communities. One aim of the magazine is to encourage kids to read and has something for preschoolers in every issue. Highlights is geared mainly to elementary school students it contains stories and puzzles for children ages six to twelve years old. There was only one survivor on either plane, who died the following day. Garry and Caroline Myers tragically lost their son Garry and his wife Mary along with Highlights company vice-president Cyril Ewart, who were all passengers on TWA Flight 266, which collided over New York Harbor with United Flight 826 on December 16, 1960, while the three were on the trip to discuss distribution plans for Highlights magazine. Later, they would buy Children's Activities and incorporate it in Highlights. ![]() Their experience, knowledge and uncompromising methods led to a success for Highlights. 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. Certain business endeavors kept them from publishing what they thought was ideal for a children's magazine. Lecturing across the nation, they informed, discovered, and refined what they knew. They had become nationally well known in education and wished to share their knowledge so they began to work for Children's Activities. 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. This experience led to their pioneering of elementary education. ![]() He and Caroline Myers taught illiterate soldiers for the US Army, with Caroline becoming the first female teacher employed by the Army. 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. Its location is the former home of the founders of Highlights. The Highlights Foundation, in Pennsylvania, is a public, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by individuals, several publishing companies, and writers' organizations that are committed to improving the quality of children's literature by helping authors and illustrators hone their craft. Highlights, High Five, and Hello magazines do not carry any third-party advertising or commercial messages. Highlights has surpassed one billion copies in print. Its Boyds Mills Press division was sold to Kane Press in 2019. The company is now based in Columbus, Ohio, and owns book publishers Zaner-Bloser, Stenhouse Publishers, and Staff Development for Educators. Since its inception Highlights has carried the slogan "Fun with a Purpose". They both worked for another children's magazine, Children's Activities, for twelve years before leaving to start Highlights. It began publication in June 1946, started by Garry Cleveland Myers and his wife Caroline Clark Myers in Honesdale, Pennsylvania (the present location of its editorial office). Highlights for Children, often referred to simply as Highlights, is an American children's magazine. June 2021 cover highlighting the magazine's 75th anniversary
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