Kids magazines encourage learning and development, and when they're splayed out neatly on a Fisher Price coffee table beside a plastic pink tea set they play a part in impressing visiting play-dates. Help your child become well-read, and give off the impression they are too, with today's WagJag: $21 for a one-year, six-issue subscription to a children's magazine from ReadSave.com (a $36 value).

Reading becomes a colourful adventure with Redan Publishing's kids magazines, jam-packed with short stories, activities, crafts, pull-out posters, contests games and more. Each issue is designed to inspire learning skills while delivering ultimate fun. Kids delight in seeing favourite characters like Curious George and Clifford on the pages of Preschool Friends, and finding out what TV's most lovable canine is up to when he's not on TV inside the official Scooby-Doo! Magazine. Popular children's celebrities Thomas the Tank Engine and Strawberry Shortcake both star in eponymous publications that are sure to excite fans, while appearances from Polly Pocket, My Little Pony and other magical characters create an engaging theme for little girls three years + in Sparkle World.

Magazines:

• Sparkle World
• Preschool Friends
• Thomas & Friends
• Scooby-Doo! Magazine
• Strawberry Shortcake