Three generations of Americans have shared a common childhood experience: pleasant hours spent reading the children's magazine Highlights for Children. Founded in 1946 by a married couple of teachers, Highlights is a general interest magazine for children aged three to thirteen years. Each issue is filled with science facts, jokes, art, and poetry from children around the country. Each issue also contains old favorites like the Hidden Pictures puzzle and cartoons like the silly "Timbertoes" and the humorously educational "Goofus and Gallant." The magazine's consistently high quality, familiar features, and respectful tone have made it a favorite of both children and parents for more than fifty years.

The founders of Highlights were Garry Cleveland Myers (1884–1971) and Carolyn Clark Myers (1887–1980), two Pennsylvania teachers. The Myerses had spent many years developing methods of teaching children and adults to read and write before traveling around the country teaching classes in parenting skills...