''The Young Elizabethan'' was a British children's literary magazine of the 20th century.

History and profile

The magazine was founded in 1948 as ''Collins Magazine for Boys & Girls''. It was first published in Canada due to limitations of paper use in the United Kingdom. Production in Britain became possible in 1950. In 1953, two weeks before the

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, the magazine changed its name to ''The Young Elizabethan'' to honour the new queen. In 1958 it changed again to ''The Elizabethan'' (). ''The Young Elizabethan'' generally serialised novels and also contained short stories, book reviews, poems, puzzles, and drawings. It was targeted at

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students. It ceased publication in 1973. One of the magazine's editors was

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, from January 1955 to January 1958.

References

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and Mari Prichard (1984). ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ) s.v. "Young Elizabethan". 1948 establishments in the United Kingdom 1973 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Children's magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1948 Magazines disestablished in 1973 Education magazines {{UK-mag-stub