RANGER RICK MAGAZINE

1 of 3 people (33%) found the following review helpful:

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  • Kid-Friendly
    
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• Gender: Female
• Age: 35-54
• Parent: Yes
• Magazines: 4-5

24 of 40 people (60%) found the following review helpful:

• • Ad Relevance
  • Content Quality
  • Design Quality
  • Photo Quality
• • Ad-Free
    
    Ad-Heavy
  • Kid-Friendly
    
    For Adults
  • Short & Sweet
    
    Long & In-Depth
  • Sensational
    
    Authoritative

• Pros: Age-appropriate, beautiful photos, good variety of activities
• Cons: none

Our 7-year-old squeals with delight when her issue of Ranger Rick magazine arrives. She abandons all other pursuits and reads it cover to cover and then tells us all the jokes it contains. In fact, she won't let us recycle any of the past issues. She diligently keeps them stored on her bookshelf and refers to them often, especially if she comes across one of the featured animals in another setting (movie, TV, another book, etc). Ranger Rick features beautiful color photos of featured wildlife, fun facts, great craft & food activities, clever little fictional stories about the animals, and book recommendations for kids who are interested in further exploring the topics in the month's magazine. We're big fans of Ranger Rick. We've found the content to be very age-appropriate. It's enough to expand their horizons and expose them to all sorts of wonderful kinds of wildlife, but not so much information that kids get bored. The book suggestions for additional reading are fantastic. It's wonderful to have a publication like this that really attracts their attention - without being full of ads for plastic crap.

• Gender: Female
• Age: 18-34
• Parent: Yes
• Magazines: 4-5

123 of 203 people (61%) found the following review helpful:

• • Ad Relevance
  • Content Quality
  • Design Quality
  • Photo Quality
• • Ad-Free
    
    Ad-Heavy
  • Kid-Friendly
    
    For Adults
  • Short & Sweet
    
    Long & In-Depth
  • Sensational
    
    Authoritative

• Pros: Great stories and wonderful photos
• Cons: None

I am a stay at home mom who home-schools 2 of my children. My son has a learning disability and my daughter is gifted. Even though they have different interests and learning styles they both love this magazine. They look forward to receiving it in the mail and sit down with it together. My daughter will read the stories to my son and they will discuss what they have learned. They love learning about all of the different animals presented in each issue. The stories are short enough to keep my son's attention and the amazing photography keeps him focused and asking questions. I highly recommend this magazine to any parent of children from elementary to middle school.

• Gender: Female
• Age: 35-54
• Parent: Yes
• Magazines: 2-3

131 of 210 people (62%) found the following review helpful:

I teach high school science and although Ranger Rick is written for younger students, my kids also love it. The articles have lots of pictures for the visually-oriented reader and are short and simple enough for the reluctant reader. Another advantage to the short articles in Ranger Rick is that it makes it easy to complete them quickly when you've only got a few minutes to spare. It doesn't hurt that the subject matter is informative and entertaining. All in all, I highly recommend this magazine to anyone around kids from upper elementary to high school.

144 of 223 people (65%) found the following review helpful:

Ranger Rick was my own first magazine introduction to the National Wildlife Federation some 30 years ago; it started me off on a lifetime of caring about the environment, environmental stewardship, and of course all of the Earth's wonderful creatures. With incredible close-up photographs, insightful and appropriately written articles for the beginning and young reader's level, and a rather economical price for the amount of use they get out of it, I would recommend this as one of the best gifts you could give to the child aged 6-14. Only drawback is they love them to death re-reading them; you might consider a 3-ring binder for them.