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Popular Kids Magazine Comes to North America

 

Literature evangelists are introducing a children’s magazine to English-speaking customers that has been a long-standing hit in South America. My Best Friends has a 50-year history and has grown to a circulation of 80,000 in Brazil.

Hoping to reach more families with children between the ages of six and eleven, Tercio Marques, HHES Director for the Review and Herald, dreamed of bringing My Best Friends north of the equator. To make this dream a reality, the Review and Herald Publishing Association partnered with the Brazilian Publishing House to produce the magazine in English.

My Best Friends magazine features six fun characters (and two pets) who show children ways to develop social, intellectually and spiritually. Each of the characters have different personalities and unique God-given talents. By working together, they successfully accomplish different tasks. My Best Friends teaches life skills that embrace everything from nutrition to teamwork. “It’s interactive,” says assistant editor, David Robinson. “It has crafts, experiments, and mini-language lessons. It has a place where kids can submit their pictures and stories. It’s sort of a Bible-based Highlights.”

To find out how you can distribute My Best Friends magazine in your community, contact Juliana Savoy at (301) 393-3104. To order a subscription for a child, call the Review and Herald subscriber services department at 1-800-456-3991, or visit www.mybestfriendsmagazine.com.