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Kid Reporter Alumni Spotlight: Brennan LaBrie

June 1, 2026

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the TFK Kid Reporter program! Applications are due June 15. We’re looking for up to 10 kids to join our team for the coming school year. Brennan LaBrie, from Washington State, joined the…

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Star Power: Bristol Joseph

May 22, 2026

Meet Service Star Bristol Joseph, 13. When Bristol was 11, she started the Magical Milkweed Market, growing and selling milkweed, an important food source for monarch caterpillars. TFK Kid Reporter Hanming Wang spoke with Bristol about her efforts. What inspired…

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Kid Reporter Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Horbacewicz

May 14, 2026

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the TFK Kid Reporter program! Applications are due June 15. We’re looking for up to 10 kids to join our team for the next school year. After becoming a TFK Kid Reporter…

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Summer Movies

May 14, 2026

Grab your popcorn and settle in for a show! TFK Kid Reporters spoke with the people behind some of the season’s top movie releases. Toy Story 5 Woody, Buzz, and their friends return for a story about the battle between…

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Star Power: Isabella Perrone

May 8, 2026

Meet Service Star Isabella Perrone, 16. Isabella started a nonprofit organization, En Pointe Bels, so she could share her enthusiasm for the performing arts with other kids. She gathers theater and dance costumes, which can be expensive. She donates them…

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Friendly Dragons

May 5, 2026

TFK Kid Reporter Aubrey Lamirault read The Last Dragon House and interviewed its author, Liv Mae Morris. Read Aubrey’s thoughts below. The Last Dragon House, the debut novel from Liv Mae Morris, explores themes of imagination, identity, and belonging. After…

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Star Power: Ava Johnson

April 24, 2026

Meet Service Star Ava Johnson, 12. Ava organizes clothing drives focused on socks, underwear, and other essentials for kids in foster care. Her fourth annual fundraiser and donation drive took place on April 11 in Wichita, Kansas, on the anniversary…

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Ruffled Feathers

April 21, 2026

TFK Kid Reporter Maddie Martinez read Mystery on Macaw Mountain and interviewed its author, María José Fitzgerald. Read Maddie’s thoughts below. Mystery on Macaw Mountain is set in Honduras. Twelve-year-old Nico is navigating his parents’ separation when his cousins arrive…

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Kid Reporter Alumni Spotlight: Olivia Branan

April 16, 2026

Would you like to be a TFK Kid Reporter? Now’s your chance! Contest applications are due by June 15. We’re looking for up to 10 kids to join our team for the next school year. Olivia Branan was on…

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Star Power: Brayden Belsky

April 10, 2026

Meet Service Star Brayden Belsky, 12. Brayden refurbishes computers for KindWorks, a nonprofit organization in Bethesda, Maryland. The computers then go to people who don’t have one at home. TFK Kid Reporter Axel Foster spoke with Brayden about his efforts.…

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Space Adventure

April 7, 2026

TFK Kid Reporter Axel Foster read Aku: Journey to Ibra and interviewed Micah Johnson, its author. Read Axel’s thoughts below. Arthur Keaton Underwood, or Aku, is just a “regular” boy who loves video games and baseball, until he happens upon…

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Kid Reporter Alumni Spotlight: Camryn Garrett

April 2, 2026

Every year since 2000, our editors have selected a team of students to report for TIME for Kids. Nothing brings us more joy than seeing former TFK Kid Reporters pursue their goals. Before Camryn Garrett, from New York, joined our…

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Star Power: Queenie Howard

March 27, 2026

Meet Service Star Queenie Howard, 8. Queenie volunteers with Food on the Stove, an organization based in the Washington, D.C., area. The group prepares healthy food for first responders, such as firefighters. TFK Kid Reporter Asha Curley spoke with Queenie…

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Unlikely Teamwork

March 24, 2026

TFK Kid Reporter Ethan Yu read Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page and interviewed its author/illustrators, Supriya Kelkar and Jarrett Lerner. Read Ethan’s thoughts below. In Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page, kids get…

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Paralympic Pro

March 19, 2026

“Being born with a disability, I was growing up in the hospital,” says Zach Miller. The two-time Paralympian spoke with TIME for Kids on March 4, before the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Italy. There, more than 650 athletes, each with…

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Get Animated

March 19, 2026

Aaron Horvath is an animator, a screenwriter, and a storyboard artist. He codirected The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which opens in theaters on April 1. TFK Kid R…

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Kid Reporter Alumni Spotlight: Avery Stone

March 18, 2026

Every year since 2000, our editors have selected a team of students to report for TIME for Kids. Nothing brings us more joy than seeing former TFK Kid Reporters pursue their goals. Take Avery Stone, from Rhode Island. As a…

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Star Power: Jeremiah Vaughns

March 13, 2026

Meet 12-year-old Service Star Jeremiah Vaughns, a volunteer with the Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, in Nashville, Tennessee. His work includes planting, harvesting, and facilitating gardening workshops for kids in his community. TFK reader Tolani Abari spoke with Jeremiah about his…

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