About Spider: SPIDER magazine is a children’s magazine filled with fun stories, poems, and activities perfectly pitched for newly independent readers and learners. It’s specially written and edited for children who have reached that amazing age when they first get excited about reading on their own.

SPIDER magazine is beautiful. Its full-color pages are illustrated with bright, detailed drawings and paintings by famous children’s artists. Parents appreciate that SPIDER contains no advertising.

SPIDER is overflowing with stories that have all the intriguing plots, engaging humor, and new ideas that kids crave. Plus, SPIDER magazine readers enjoy the infectious fun of the Danderfield Twins, written by Polly Horvath, National Book award-winner.

Each 40-page issue also offers its readers articles, humor, games, activities, puzzles, and projects, plus multicultural folk tales from around the world.  It’s the ideal story and activity magazine for former LADYBUG readers and all 6- to 9-year-olds who love to learn and read. It's even been known to show a reluctant reader how much fun reading can be!

Help a young reader discover SPIDER magazine.

For ages 6 to 9.