The Week Junior

The Week Junior The Week Junior is a multi award-winning current affairs magazine for eight to 14-year-olds.

The Week Junior explains news and current affairs to young people in a safe, accessible and inspiring way. Engaging, immediate, colourful and inspiring, it offers a weekly opportunity for children to explore their world and develop their now opinions about the things that matter. With content ranging from science, technology, animals and the environment to apps, coding and entertainment, every issue is carefully created to feed curious young minds.

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about th...
30/11/2025

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about the word "vegetable". 🥕🥬🥒🍅

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🪄 Our latest is The Wizard's Guide to Magical Experiments by A.J. Wood, illustrated by Jo Rioux and published by Magic...
30/11/2025

🪄 Our latest is The Wizard's Guide to Magical Experiments by A.J. Wood, illustrated by Jo Rioux and published by Magic Cat Publishing. The author invites children to try a series of 40 "magical" experiments that they can do at home – making a lava lamp, mixing invisible ink, growing their own crystals, and much more! 🧪

✍️ A.J. Wood tells us about her favourite experiment in the book, her favourite subject in school and the best part about writing children's books.

📚 Also in our pages, children can find five new non-fiction books and an interview with Sarah Ann Juckes, whose most recent book, Robin, is themed around nature. ❄️🌿

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💜 Arden Cho, the actress who voiced Rumi in KPop Demon Hunters, talked to the BBC about why the animated film is so popu...
29/11/2025

💜 Arden Cho, the actress who voiced Rumi in KPop Demon Hunters, talked to the BBC about why the animated film is so popular. Cho was born in the US but her family came from Korea and she said she's proud to be a role model for other Korean-Americans.

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The latest episode of is out now.Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Joe and Eve to chat about:💷 Adding extra picture...
29/11/2025

The latest episode of is out now.

Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Joe and Eve to chat about:
💷 Adding extra pictures to bank notes
🎨 A record-breaking painting
🤔 Noisy horses and mobile phone alerts

And lots more!

⏳ Episodes are around 30 minutes.
🎧 Available via theweekjunior.co.uk/show

28/11/2025

🐺🧚‍♀️ Catherine Cawthorne talks about the inspiration behind Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales, published by KidsBloomsbury and illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.

🧪 Big Bad Wold Investigates Fairy tales won the Children's Book of the Year: STEM award at The Week Junior Book Awards 2025, celebrating excellence in engaging children with STEM subjects.

💚 Huge thanks to our sister magazine, The Week Junior Science+Nature, for supporting this category at The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. 🌟📚

The latest issue of The Week Junior is here! Inside, young people can...🏥 Find out about a new medical treatment bringin...
28/11/2025

The latest issue of The Week Junior is here! Inside, young people can...

🏥 Find out about a new medical treatment bringing hope to a three-year-old and his family
🐈 Read about Thai cats getting special status
🕵️ Meet an author finding the facts in fairy tales

Plus, lots more!

🎂🎉 Our magazine recently turned 10 years old, so we have made this issue’s quiz all about birthdays. You can do it as a ...
25/11/2025

🎂🎉 Our magazine recently turned 10 years old, so we have made this issue’s quiz all about birthdays. You can do it as a family or take turns and see who gets the highest score. 📝

🔗 Find it at theweekjunior.co.uk/quiz.

The latest episode of The Week Junior Show has landed. Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Joe to chat about:🎂 ...
24/11/2025

The latest episode of The Week Junior Show has landed. Bex from Fun Kids Radio is joined by Eve and Joe to chat about:

🎂 The Week Junior's 10th birthday issue, including advice for 10 year olds from George Webster and Bobby Seagull.
🚀 Blue Origin’s Mars spacecraft launch
🎨 Whether doctors should prescribe art trips

And lots more!

⏳ Episodes are around 30 minutes.

🎧 Available via theweekjunior.co.uk/show.

Jasmine Mitchell, who has alopecia, won Channel 4's The Great British Bake Off. Alopecia is the medical term for hair lo...
24/11/2025

Jasmine Mitchell, who has alopecia, won Channel 4's The Great British Bake Off.

Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss, which can be cause by lots of different things. Mitchell, who is 23 and from Edinburgh, says she has had the condition since she was 12 and used to wear a wig. However, more recently she decided to embrace her hair loss and stop wearing the wig.

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In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about th...
23/11/2025

In each issue of The Week Junior, 's Susie Dent journeys into the past via our . This week, she tells readers about the word "birthday". 🎂

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📖 Our latest is Rune: The Tale of the Obsidian Maze by Carlos Sánchez, published by Flying Eye Books. 🎨 Sánchez tells ...
23/11/2025

📖 Our latest is Rune: The Tale of the Obsidian Maze by Carlos Sánchez, published by Flying Eye Books.

🎨 Sánchez tells us about how he developed his own art style, whether he enjoys drawing or story building more and which of his characters he relates to the most.

💝 Also on our pages, children can find out how to donate their old books to the Children's Book Project to mark The Week Junior's 10th birthday.

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23/11/2025

🎉🎂 To mark our 10th birthday, we asked some of The Week Junior's friends for the advice they wish they could have given themselves at the age of 10.

Here’s what maths teacher, author and TV presenter Bobby Seagull had to say. 🔢🧠

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The Week Junior magazine explains news and current affairs to young people in a safe, accessible and inspiring way. Engaging, immediate, colourful and entertaining, it offers a weekly opportunity for 8–14 year olds to explore their world and develop their own opinions about the things that matter. With content ranging from science, technology, animals and the environment to apps, coding and entertainment, every issue is carefully created to feed curious young minds.

Launched in November 2015, The Week Junior is adored by its readers, praised by parents and teachers and has won a number of awards in recognition of its editorial excellence.