Kazoo magazine
@kazoomagazine.com
Quarterly Print Magazine for girls. National Magazine Award-winner. “Smart & beautiful” -NYT. "For little girls who want to grow up to be president” -Vogue. Made in Brooklyn. Ships worldwide. www.kazoomagazine.com
“In addition to 10 hidden artists in the illustration, participants can hunt for Powell’s Books, The Unipiper, a soap box derby car, the White Stag sign and a person in an inflatable unicorn costume, “presumably heading off to a protest.” 3/4
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“In addition to 10 hidden artists in the illustration, participants can hunt for Powell’s Books, The Unipiper, a soap box derby car, the White Stag sign and a person in an inflatable unicorn costume, “presumably heading off to a protest.” 3/4
We’re over here just “bursting w creative ideas & inspiration”
Kazoo magazine made the NYT Wirecutter “Best of” 2025.
Kazoo magazine made the NYT Wirecutter “Best of” 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We’re over here just “bursting w creative ideas & inspiration”
Kazoo magazine made the NYT Wirecutter “Best of” 2025.
Kazoo magazine made the NYT Wirecutter “Best of” 2025.
Every issue of #kazoomagazine contains an original short story featuring a fierce girl. Beautifully illustrated by Jesse White.
Read #1 NYT bestselling author Gayle Forman in our latest issue, no 38.
Read #1 NYT bestselling author Gayle Forman in our latest issue, no 38.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Every issue of #kazoomagazine contains an original short story featuring a fierce girl. Beautifully illustrated by Jesse White.
Read #1 NYT bestselling author Gayle Forman in our latest issue, no 38.
Read #1 NYT bestselling author Gayle Forman in our latest issue, no 38.
Trying every day to inspire young girls (who didn’t ask to grow up in all this mess) & just making silly stuff that will hopefully bring them some joy, too.
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Trying every day to inspire young girls (who didn’t ask to grow up in all this mess) & just making silly stuff that will hopefully bring them some joy, too.
“She felt that if a rule didn’t make the world a better, fairer, more beautiful place, then it was her duty to break it” is maybe not a message you’ll find in other kids magazines, but @kazoomagazine’s comic on the Godmother of Punk, Vivienne Westwood, says all that and more. (🖍️ Katie Skelly)
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“She felt that if a rule didn’t make the world a better, fairer, more beautiful place, then it was her duty to break it” is maybe not a message you’ll find in other kids magazines, but @kazoomagazine’s comic on the Godmother of Punk, Vivienne Westwood, says all that and more. (🖍️ Katie Skelly)
Q: Why print?
A: This FLIP-the-FLAP FUN cover of @kazoomagazine’s Razzle Dazzle issue, that’s why.
(Well, one of the many reasons why kids love physical books & magazines. Subscribe to Kazoo & we’ll show you 272 more.)
🖍️@lydiaburton.art 💡@sah_rah
#printlives #kidsbooks #flipbooks #booksky
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Q: Why print?
A: This FLIP-the-FLAP FUN cover of @kazoomagazine’s Razzle Dazzle issue, that’s why.
(Well, one of the many reasons why kids love physical books & magazines. Subscribe to Kazoo & we’ll show you 272 more.)
🖍️@lydiaburton.art 💡@sah_rah
#printlives #kidsbooks #flipbooks #booksky
When a kid gets lost in an issue of Kazoo magazine, she finds herself in a world in which girls are celebrated for being scientists, artists, activists, athletes, & more—and suddenly the future feels ✨full of possibility✨.
June 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When a kid gets lost in an issue of Kazoo magazine, she finds herself in a world in which girls are celebrated for being scientists, artists, activists, athletes, & more—and suddenly the future feels ✨full of possibility✨.
Strategist’s updated gift guide for kids includes a subscription to Kazoo. nymag.com/strategist/a...
June 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Strategist’s updated gift guide for kids includes a subscription to Kazoo. nymag.com/strategist/a...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stopped by to inspire our young readers in Kazoo magazine’s STRONG issue: “Noisemakers: It takes courage to be stubborn and never give up trying after something in life knocks you down. The act of getting up and trying again is the very definition of bravery.”
May 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stopped by to inspire our young readers in Kazoo magazine’s STRONG issue: “Noisemakers: It takes courage to be stubborn and never give up trying after something in life knocks you down. The act of getting up and trying again is the very definition of bravery.”
More important than ever to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday April 26. Pick up some books (& the latest Kazoo magazine) at an Indie near you. (Kazoo is on stands at these & many fine bookshops all over the the US.) #booksky #independentbookstoreday #kidsbooks
![Two images of Kazoo magazine, The Strong issue, with text: "Independent Bookstore Day. Kazoo magazine on stands at these fine indies+: Powell's Books, Portland, OR; Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY; The Tattered Cover, Denver CO; Kepler's Books, Menlo Park, CA; Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY; Elliot Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA; Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA; The City Reader, Portland, OR; Third Place Books, Seattle, WA; Downtown Bookstore, Riverside, CA." Kazoo [logo] www.kazoomagazine.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:akoh3rss4ujkxyyfso2h7l7i/bafkreicduxqcnesqsm5fabb5jgv6irhzxke2beliinbx7xul7los7tjjpe@jpeg)
April 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
More important than ever to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday April 26. Pick up some books (& the latest Kazoo magazine) at an Indie near you. (Kazoo is on stands at these & many fine bookshops all over the the US.) #booksky #independentbookstoreday #kidsbooks
We LOVE this bookstore poster by @lucyknisley.bsky.social for Independent Boostore Day! (We hear @oblongbooks.bsky.social has prints, on a first come, first served basis.) #booksky #kidsbooks #comics #independentbookstoreday
April 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We LOVE this bookstore poster by @lucyknisley.bsky.social for Independent Boostore Day! (We hear @oblongbooks.bsky.social has prints, on a first come, first served basis.) #booksky #kidsbooks #comics #independentbookstoreday
Enough is enough. We're breaking up with Amazon. And throwing a Spring Break-Up Sale to celebrate. (50% off all magazines on our own website.) Supporting small business & each other can't change everything—but it can change some things.
April 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Enough is enough. We're breaking up with Amazon. And throwing a Spring Break-Up Sale to celebrate. (50% off all magazines on our own website.) Supporting small business & each other can't change everything—but it can change some things.
A message from Kazoo on this Trans Day of Visibility: We see you. We love you. ✌️🏳️⚧️
This poster from a local elementary school. The 8-year-old artist Asa, said: “I want all trans kids to feel safe and to live in peace.”
Get prints of it: justseeds.org/product/peac...
This poster from a local elementary school. The 8-year-old artist Asa, said: “I want all trans kids to feel safe and to live in peace.”
Get prints of it: justseeds.org/product/peac...
March 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A message from Kazoo on this Trans Day of Visibility: We see you. We love you. ✌️🏳️⚧️
This poster from a local elementary school. The 8-year-old artist Asa, said: “I want all trans kids to feel safe and to live in peace.”
Get prints of it: justseeds.org/product/peac...
This poster from a local elementary school. The 8-year-old artist Asa, said: “I want all trans kids to feel safe and to live in peace.”
Get prints of it: justseeds.org/product/peac...
Pastry Chef Caroline Schiff stopped by to teach us how to make Baked Alaska, and remind us that we’re stronger than ppl suspect. Full recipe and feature interview in Kazoo #36, The Strong Issue. #bakedalaska #cookingwithkids #kazoomagazine
March 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pastry Chef Caroline Schiff stopped by to teach us how to make Baked Alaska, and remind us that we’re stronger than ppl suspect. Full recipe and feature interview in Kazoo #36, The Strong Issue. #bakedalaska #cookingwithkids #kazoomagazine
Kazoo magazine 36: The Strong issue. For girls ages 5-12, who won’t back down. Featuring advice from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, comic on civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, artist Kelly Reemtsen, Olympic fencer Lee Kiefer, recipe by Caroline Schiff, story by Lauren Wolk. Shipping now. #kidsbooksky
March 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Kazoo magazine 36: The Strong issue. For girls ages 5-12, who won’t back down. Featuring advice from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, comic on civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, artist Kelly Reemtsen, Olympic fencer Lee Kiefer, recipe by Caroline Schiff, story by Lauren Wolk. Shipping now. #kidsbooksky
Our work as a feminist kids’ magazine is more important than ever.
This is Kazoo’s 7th ASME National Magazine Award nom. We took General Excellence, Special Interest in 2019 & were finalists for the ASME Awards 5x.
We promise to keep on making noise!
#kazoomagazine #ASME #nationalmagazineawards
This is Kazoo’s 7th ASME National Magazine Award nom. We took General Excellence, Special Interest in 2019 & were finalists for the ASME Awards 5x.
We promise to keep on making noise!
#kazoomagazine #ASME #nationalmagazineawards
February 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our work as a feminist kids’ magazine is more important than ever.
This is Kazoo’s 7th ASME National Magazine Award nom. We took General Excellence, Special Interest in 2019 & were finalists for the ASME Awards 5x.
We promise to keep on making noise!
#kazoomagazine #ASME #nationalmagazineawards
This is Kazoo’s 7th ASME National Magazine Award nom. We took General Excellence, Special Interest in 2019 & were finalists for the ASME Awards 5x.
We promise to keep on making noise!
#kazoomagazine #ASME #nationalmagazineawards
You better believe we are celebrating strong girls. W Justice Sotomayor, civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, & a feature on strength—the kind you can see (muscles) & the kind you can’t (kindness, courage, persistence & hope). Kazoo 36, The Strong Issue, ships 3/25. Cover by Naomi Wilkinson. #kidlit
February 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
You better believe we are celebrating strong girls. W Justice Sotomayor, civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, & a feature on strength—the kind you can see (muscles) & the kind you can’t (kindness, courage, persistence & hope). Kazoo 36, The Strong Issue, ships 3/25. Cover by Naomi Wilkinson. #kidlit
FINALLY, someone talking about quokkas on here. You know about RQF? (Part of a whole quokka feature in Kazoo #35.)
January 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
FINALLY, someone talking about quokkas on here. You know about RQF? (Part of a whole quokka feature in Kazoo #35.)
“Joy is always a ___, and often a ___, and these days it can be a ___ ___.” -Anne Lamott
The Secret Code in our latest, The Joy Issue. Anne Lamott helps remind us all how important joy is—even & especially now. #annelamott #kidlit
The Secret Code in our latest, The Joy Issue. Anne Lamott helps remind us all how important joy is—even & especially now. #annelamott #kidlit
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Joy is always a ___, and often a ___, and these days it can be a ___ ___.” -Anne Lamott
The Secret Code in our latest, The Joy Issue. Anne Lamott helps remind us all how important joy is—even & especially now. #annelamott #kidlit
The Secret Code in our latest, The Joy Issue. Anne Lamott helps remind us all how important joy is—even & especially now. #annelamott #kidlit
"What sort of future are we creating? Is it the kind of future you want to live in? If is isn't, what can we do to create a better future?" -Octavia Butler, who didn't just warn us about the future, but implored us to change it. (From Kazoo magazine #26, The Future Issue, art by Alitha E. Martinez)
January 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"What sort of future are we creating? Is it the kind of future you want to live in? If is isn't, what can we do to create a better future?" -Octavia Butler, who didn't just warn us about the future, but implored us to change it. (From Kazoo magazine #26, The Future Issue, art by Alitha E. Martinez)
The absolute grace of this woman, on full display yesterday, on what must have been the hardest day. So wish she had been our president but still glad for her example for our kids. Kamala Harris from Kazoo #31, the Girl Power issue. (Illustration by Janeen Constantino.)
January 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The absolute grace of this woman, on full display yesterday, on what must have been the hardest day. So wish she had been our president but still glad for her example for our kids. Kamala Harris from Kazoo #31, the Girl Power issue. (Illustration by Janeen Constantino.)
Oxford Pennant! This one got us through 2020. Seems it will come in handy again.
December 25, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Oxford Pennant! This one got us through 2020. Seems it will come in handy again.
“Yo, every action has it’s equal opposite reaction.” —Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton on the Election of 1800. (We made this Newton’s Cradle in Kazoo magazine #10, The Action Issue.) Also, is it 2028 yet? #physicsfun #newtonsthirdlaw
December 20, 2024 at 1:40 AM
“Yo, every action has it’s equal opposite reaction.” —Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton on the Election of 1800. (We made this Newton’s Cradle in Kazoo magazine #10, The Action Issue.) Also, is it 2028 yet? #physicsfun #newtonsthirdlaw
Q: What can you make, but never hold or see?
Hint: Our Project 2025 is not to sit down & be quiet. Inspiring our young readers to do the same. (From Kazoo magazine #33, The Clever Issue)
Hint: Our Project 2025 is not to sit down & be quiet. Inspiring our young readers to do the same. (From Kazoo magazine #33, The Clever Issue)
December 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Q: What can you make, but never hold or see?
Hint: Our Project 2025 is not to sit down & be quiet. Inspiring our young readers to do the same. (From Kazoo magazine #33, The Clever Issue)
Hint: Our Project 2025 is not to sit down & be quiet. Inspiring our young readers to do the same. (From Kazoo magazine #33, The Clever Issue)