For well over 60 years, the preadolescent readers of Highlights for Children magazine have gotten regular lessons in morality from Goofus and Gallant, a pair of kids of indeterminate age and relation ...

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In the age of popular culture, each generation tends to have popular archetypical characters who provide guidance and moral authority to those in their formative years. For those who grew up in the ...

Honesdale, Pa. — In waiting rooms all over America, millions of children found something to stave off the impending needles and drills, a magical world of puzzles, games, and stories written just for ...

When I was a child, my mom used to drag me to the dentist. And back then, dentists' offices subscribed to a magazine called Highlights. While waiting to get my mouth poked at, I used to read ...

If Highlights magazine’s Goofus and Gallant and The Timbertoes did nothing else, they provided distraction for a generation of boomer kids awaiting their fates in pediatricians’ or dentists’ offices.

It can be hard to stay relevant in the ever-changing world of children's entertainment, but Highlights For Children magazine has lasted for generations by sticking to the formula of mixing fun with ...

Remember the classic kid’s cartoon ‘Goofus and Gallant’ in Highlights for Children magazine? While ‘Gallant’ models well-mannered elegance, ‘Goofus’ engenders sympathy for rambunctious and emotional ...