''READ Magazine'' was a children's classroom magazine for grades 6–10, published by Weekly Reader Corporation. It included a mix of classic and contemporary

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

and

nonfiction Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively ...

, including

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s, personal narratives,

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

, and more to help build reading comprehension and verbal skills. The headquarters was in Delran, New Jersey. It was based in

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, and was published on a biweekly basis at the end of the 1980s. ''READ'' had 15 printed issues and 3 electronic issues per publishing year, and featured the work of a number of illustrators, including Alex Bradley, Noma Bliss, and many others. The final issue was published May 2012, Vol. 61 No. 10. Weekly Reader Corporation was bought by Scholastic in Spring 2012, and thereafter ceased to exist.

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Defunct children's magazines published in the United States Classroom magazines Magazines with year of establishment missing Magazines published in New Jersey Weekly Reader Biweekly magazines published in the United States Magazines published in Connecticut Magazines disestablished in 2012 {{child-mag-stub