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1	Started in 1946, ''Highlights for Children'' is targeted at little kids, offering them entertainment and education. It features various comics, stories, articles and activities.
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3	!Notable sections:
4	* ''Aloysius and X'', stories about a wolf who constantly got into trouble. These ran from 1951 until 1993.
5	* ''Ask Arizona'', (May 2005-present) a letter section where the eponymous character gives readers advice by going on a tangent about when she encountered something similar.
6	* ''The Bear Family'', a comic (1946–89, 1998–2012) about a family of bears
7	* ''Literature/GoofusAndGallant'' (1948-present), which has its own page
8	* ''Headwork'', a page of questions for parents to ask their children
9	* ''The Timbertoes'' (1946-present), a comic about a family made of wood
10	* ''What's Wrong?'': The back cover always includes intentional goofs for the children to spot.
11	* ''Your Own Pages'', drawings and poems submitted by readers
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13	It also includes hidden-picture puzzles, joke and riddle sections, factual articles, craft pages and other features that have come and gone over time.
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16	!!Tropes present:
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18	* AntiRoleModel: Goofus.
19	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Many features have been retired over time as their creators died or retired.
20	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
21	** In early years, Goofus and Gallant were more elflike.
22	** The magazine got more and more colorful over time. Until the mid-1970s, the covers were rather drab and used only one color.
23	* MonochromeToColor: The ''Timbertoes'' comic featured switched to color in spring 2003 with a story about a rainy day (shown in black and white) giving way to a rainbow (turning everything colored in the process).
24	* PrintLongRunners: From 1946 to the present.
25	* SpinOff: ''High Five'', targeted at children age 5 and below.

Context Magazine / HighlightsForChildren