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Numerous magazines and annuals for children were published in Britain from the mid-19th century onward. Many of the magazines produced their own annuals, which sometimes shared the name of the magazine exactly, as Little Folks, or slightly modified, as The Boy's Own Paper and The Girl's Own Paper (first-listed below).
Pages in category "Children's magazines published in the United Kingdom" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In Medieval England the first year of life was one of the most dangerous, with as many as 50 percent of children succumbing to fatal illness. During this year the child was cared for and nursed, either by parents (if the family belonged to the peasant class) or (perhaps) by a wet nurse if the child belonged to a noble class.
Beeton's Boy's Own Magazine, published in the UK from 1855 to 1890, was the first and most influential boys' magazine. [3]With the growth of education in the later part of the 19th century (universal education started in England in 1871), demand was growing for reading material aimed at the juvenile market.
A pupil at Abbottswade Girls' School, Betty Woods would dearly love to have her own horse and spends her free time watching other girls ride. Her dream seems to come true when a wild horse appears on the grounds; naming him Copper, Betty sets about making him her own – despite her own lame leg.
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Article Index by Magazine, victorianvoices.net - Collection of excerpts scanned from issues of The Girl's Own Paper (1880-1902). Highlights From The Girl's Own Paper Growing archive of illustration scans and transcripts of articles and "Answers to Correspondents" from Victorian and Edwardian issues of The Girl's Own Paper (1880-1912).
spiteful girls causing trouble for an unsuspecting cousin, foster-sister or classmate; girls becoming unpopular because events keep conspiring to make them appear jealous or selfish; blundering girls getting into one scrape after another; girls pretending to be disabled in order to take advantage of people