Kazoo is published quarterly and features stories on art, nature, science, tinkering and tech, cooking, travel, sports, emotions, writing, citizenship and critical thinking. We also feature comics, short stories and fun activities, including mazes, secret codes, dot-to-dots, spot-the-differences, search-and-finds and more! Check out a few stories we’ve run so far.
Art
Artist Mickalene Thomas gave us an interview and allowed us to adapt one of her works into a color-by-dot.
And cartoonist Alison Bechdel gave us a lesson on how to draw a cat.
Nature
Ornithologist Amanda Rodewald, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology led us on a bird-themed scavenger hunt.
Science
Marine Biologist Christie Wilcox, Ph.D., took us on a journey under the sea.
Tinkering
Aerospace Engineer Ella Atkins, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan explained the principles behind five different DIY flying gizmos, including a napkin parachute, a paper helicopter, a balloon hovercraft, a pyramid kite and a paper airplane.
Cooking
Chef Amanda Cohen of New York City’s award-winning Dirt Candy restaurant shared one of her favorite recipes.
Travel
Artist Libby Vanderploeg took us on a tour of Brazil.
Sports
Ballerina Misty Copeland taught us how to plié.
Emotions
We worked with psychologist Lisa Kentgen, Ph.D., on this flowchart for handling strong emotions.
Writing
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale and the graphic novel series Angel Catbird, talked to us about telling stories.
Citizenship
We accompanied this story on the power of the pen with four tear-out postcards, one of which was pre-addressed to The White House, urging our readers to #makesomenoise.
Critical Thinking
We worked with the News Literacy Project to develop a Fact vs Fiction quiz, so our readers can understand what’s really “fake news.”
Comics
In our “True Tales” comics, we tell the stories of women who’ve made history, like jazz singer Josephine Baker, who doubled as a spy during WWII , by Alitha E. Martinez.
Activities
In every issue, we include an entire section of fun activities and games.
*We love this matchbox crankie from issue 07 (below), but due to a production error in a few copies, you might not have gotten the full experience. Here’s what it should look like.
