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Child Life [v56 #8, October 1977] ed. Peg Rogers (The Saturday Evening Post Company, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)
Young-adult SF/mystery magazine; subtitled “Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine”. Only fiction listed.

fc. · [photo] · Lee Boltin · cv
4 · The Keynote Clue [Part 1 of 3] · Kristen Randley Morsy · sl; illustrated by Rob Sauber
20 · How About a Hot Dog? · Mary T. Bannan · ss; illustrated by Dave Kuhn
26 · Seven Witches on a Mountain · Robert E. Rubinstein · ss; illustrated by Phil Smith
30 · Kaptain Kool to the Rescue—A Reader’s Story · Steve Maskel · vi
32 · Listen to the Darkness · F. D. Uptain · ss; illustrated by Dave Mankins
42 · Smugglers in Space [Part 2 of 3] · Ila D. Hodgson · sl; illustrated by Len Ebert

Child Life [v56 #9, November 1977] ed. Peg Rogers (The Saturday Evening Post Company, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by George Sears)
Young-adult SF/mystery magazine; subtitled “Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine”. Only fiction listed.

4 · The White Cat · John Steuber · ss; illustrated by Norman Merrit
16 · Loneliness Is Universal · Lynn Cornelius · ss; illustrated by George Sears
22 · Mini-Mystery: The Saliva Solution · George Edward Stanley · ss
26 · The Keynote Clue [Part 2 of 3] · Kristen Randley Morsy · sl; illustrated by Rob Sauber
36 · Murder at Barkley Mansion—A Reader’s Story · Linda Douglas · ss
42 · Smugglers in Space [Part 3 of 3] · Ila D. Hodgson · sl; illustrated by Len Ebert

Child Life [v56 #10, December 1977] ed. Peg Rogers (The Saturday Evening Post Company, 64pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Jan Berkshire)
Young-adult SF/mystery magazine; subtitled “Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine”. Only fiction listed.

4 · The Christmas Ghost · Lena M. Zook · ss; illustrated by Art Wallower
16 · Atlantis Revisited [Part 1 of 2] · William K. Irwin · sl; illustrated by Phil Wishnefsky
21 · The Town Without a Santa—A Reader’s Story · Belinda Castillo · ss
24 · The Coin Collection · Frank Wilson · ss
32 · The Secret Connection · Gary Phillips · ss; illustrated by Marie DeJohn
46 · The Whirly Winds of Wok · Arthur Tofte · ss
56 · The Keynote Clue [Part 3 of 3] · Kristen Randley Morsy · sl; illustrated by Rob Sauber

Child Life [v57 #1, January 1978] ed. Peg Rogers (The Saturday Evening Post Company, 68pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)
Young-adult SF/mystery magazine; subtitled “Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine”. Only fiction listed.

4 · The Secret of Looking-Glass Cottage [Part 1 of 3] · Polly Putnam · sl; illustrated by Phil Smith
10 · The Strange Behavior of Mr. Carue · Frances B. Watts · ss; illustrated by Jim Cummins
20 · An Acute Case of Televisionitis · Linda Borchardt · vi; Contest Winner; illustrated by Vicky Verbarg
38 · A Hint of Hair · George Edward Stanley · ss; Mini-Mystery; illustrated by Art Wallower
42 · Night Rider · Steven Otfinoski · ss; illustrated by Jim Arnosky
52 · A Case of Kidjacking · Don Barron · ss; illustrated by B. B. Sams
60 · Atlantis Revisited [Part 2 of 2] · William K. Irwin · sl; illustrated by Phil Wishnefsky

Child Life [v57 #2, February 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 52pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Dave Mankins)

4 · Expedition from Arreol [Part 1 of 3] · Michael Charles Slaughter · sl
12 · Mayday · Frances Watson · ss
18 · A Grain of Guilt · George Edward Stanley · vi
22 · A Different Kind of Friendship · Doug Selph · vi
32 · Escape from the Frozen Planet · Michael Charles Slaughter · ss
44 · The Secret of Looking-Glass Cottage [Part 2 of 3] · Polly Putnam · sl

Child Life [v57 #3, March 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)
Issue not found.

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Child Life [v57 #4, April 1978] ed. Peg Rogers (The Saturday Evening Post Company, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)
Young-adult SF/mystery magazine; subtitled “Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine”. Only fiction listed.

4 · Chuck and the Turned Intos · Peg Roberts · ss; illustrated by Ed Parker
14 · The Ghost of Pine Grove [Part 1 of ?] · Dorothy Walker · sl
20 · The Wooden Witness · George Edward Stanley · ss; Mini-Mystery; illustrated by Art Wallower
26 · Nothing Ever Happens Around Here · Elspeth Campbell Murphy · ss
32 · We’ll Live · Alicia Clinefelter · ss; Contest Winner
40 · Expedition from Arreol [Part 3 of 3] · Charles Michael Slaughter · sl; illustrated by Edward F. Cortese

Child Life [v57 #5, May 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)
Issue not found.

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Child Life [v57 #6, June/July 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 68pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Jim Scancarelli)

4 · There’s a Piece Missing! · Raye Bush · ss
14 · The Fraudulent Fromage · George Edward Stanley · vi
18 · The Test · Edward Biggs · ss
26 · The Missing Mower · Judith Garcia · vi
38 · The Crevice · J. L. Collins · ss
48 · Ice Planet · Jane Scherer · ss
55 · Custer’s Last Custard Stand · Christopher Hogeboom · vi
60 · Lookout for Murder · Phyllis W. Heald · ss

Child Life [v57 #7, August/September 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 68pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover photo)

4 · Wros-tonne [Part 1 of 3] · Mary Ann Schuller · ss
12 · Warts Upon a Time · Gery Greer · ss
20 · Outside · Joanne Mitchell · ss
28 · The Fatal Flash · George Edward Stanley · vi
38 · The Mystery of the Tortoise and the Hare · Charles Mears · ss
50 · The Laughing Class · James O. Luken · vi
58 · The Attack · J. D. Jones · vi
60 · The Secret of Earthquake Island [Part 1 of 2] · Mae Hurley Ashworth · ss

Child Life [v57 #8, October 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Art Wallower)

4 · A Mask for Ernie · Steven Otfinoski · ss
18 · The Incredible Pumpkin Man · Bob Garner · ss
24 · The Cuspid Conclusion · George Edward Stanley · vi
26 · Wros-tonne [Part 2 of 3] · Mary Ann Schuller · ss
36 · Planetary Quarrel · Linda Mackay · vi
42 · The Secret of Earthquake Island [Part 2 of 2] · Mae Hurley Ashworth · ss

Child Life [v57 #9, November 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by NASA photo)

4 · The Phantom of Spirit School [Part 1 of 3] · Donna Crefeld · ss
16 · Silent Rescue · Becky Ayres · ss
22 · The Cobweb Confusion · George Edward Stanley · vi
24 · The Star and the Lily · Ojibwa Legend · vi 1978
28 · Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind · Lee McCann · vi
30 · The Gridder Love Has No Man Case · Don Barron · ss
38 · Wros-tonne [Part 3 of 3] · Mary Ann Schuller · ss

Child Life [v57 #10, December 1978] (20151031, $7.95 for 10 issues, 64pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Len Ebert)

4 · Merry Krizmuz · Marjorie R. Sheffer · ss
12 · The Telling Terrain · George Edward Stanley · vi
16 · The Alphabet Letter Mystery · Gwen Meshew · ss
28 · Space Bait · Gery Greer · ss
36 · The Phantom of Spirit School [Part 2 of 3] · Donna Crefeld · ss
44 · Bold Mission · Pauline Dorgan Guppy · ss
52 · Son of Sinbad · Daniel R. Houck · vi

Child Life [v58 #1, January 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 64pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Rick Cooley)

4 · Terrors of the Tunnel · Don Barron · vi
8 · On Being Average · Maria Litchfield · vi
16 · The Snike and I · Frances Watson · vi
26 · The Message · Carol H. Behrman · ss
34 · The Lonely Sentinel [Part 1 of 2] · Carl Watson · ss
38 · The Postage Puzzle · George Edward Stanley · vi
40 · The Friendly Sasquatch · Bryn Morgan · ss
54 · The Phantom of Spirit School [Part 3 of 3] · Donna Crefeld · ss

Child Life [v58 #2, February 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover photo)

4 · Case of the Strange Marbles · Jeanie Burris Sailors · ss
16 · A Touch of Worcestershire · Ron Sharp · ss
22 · Brainpower · Suzanne Dubois · vi
26 · The Betraying Backbone · George Edward Stanley · vi
30 · The Thing in the Lake [Part 1 of 2] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
42 · The Lonely Sentinel [Part 2 of 2] · Carl Watson · ss

Child Life [v58 #3, March 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)

4 · Cathy and I and the Creatures · Robert Ruddick · ss
14 · The Counterfeit Color · George Edward Stanley · vi
16 · The Electric Ghost · C. A. Koon · vi
28 · Visit by a Lavender Cloud [Part 1 of 2] · Mary Ann Schuller · ss
34 · A Man and a Wolf · Jeffrey Conrad · vi
40 · The Thing in the Lake [Part 2 of 2] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

Child Life [v58 #4, April 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Jim Scancarelli)

4 · The Light in the Shack [Part 1 of 2] · Frances M. Greene · ss
14 · Aboard SpaceLab · Kathleen Kingsbury · ss
26 · Doom · Margaret A. Walin · ss
32 · Sacrosta 4—A.D. 6000 · Darlene Dralus · vi
34 · The Cerumen Clue · George Edward Stanley · vi
40 · Visit by a Lavender Cloud [Part 2 of 2] · Mary Ann Schuller · ss

Child Life [v58 #5, May 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Phil Smith)

4 · Here’s to Your Health Case · Don Barron · ss
12 · Case 1-84 · Christine Popowits · vi
16 · Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends · Matt Moore · vi
30 · The New Boy · Mary Virginia Fox · vi
34 · The Baffling Blood · George Edward Stanley · vi
40 · The Light in the Shack [Part 2 of 2] · Frances M. Greene · ss

Child Life [v58 #6, June/July 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by Mark A. Kiffer)

4 · Incident in Crazy Joe Woods · Margaret Chittenden · ss
14 · The Boy and Girl Who Cried UFO · Cynthia Wall · ss
22 · Sir Domanick · Paula Talley · ss
24 · The Toxic Tuber · George Edward Stanley · vi
26 · The Locked Library Mystery · Polly Putnam · ss
40 · The Ghost and the Shrimp Wizard · Lloyd Bradley · ss

Child Life [v58 #7, August/September 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover photo)

6 · An Incident at Arrow Lake [Part 1 of 2] · Charles F. Melchreit · ss
16 · Flimsy on the Dilbert · J. Tobias Mochel · ss
26 · Gina Lavetta · Donna Kate Ashe · vi
28 · The Strange New Girl · Mansfield Moore · ss
38 · The Price of Wings · George Florance-Guthridge · ss; given as “The Prince of Wings” in the Table of Contents.

Child Life [v58 #8, October 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s)

fc. · [photo] · Frank Dorland · cv
4 · The Strange Visitor to Cemetary Lane [Part 1 of 2] · Betty Lou Mell · ss
16 · Dangerous Cargo · Ray Jay Wagner · ss
22 · The Mysterious Drummer · Monique Michaelson · vi
26 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar 1906
30 · A Field Guide to Vampires · Paul B. Janeczko · hu
40 · An Incident at Arrow Lake [Part 2 of 2] · Charles F. Melchreit · ss

Child Life [v58 #9, November 1979] (20151031, $8.95 for 10 issues, 48pp, 6½" x 9¼" s/s, cover by George Sears)

4 · The Secret of the Sorceress [Part 1 of 2] · Heather Mitchell Amey · ss
11 · The Thinker · Danny Howard · vi
16 · The Oak Morale · Barabara Porte · ss
26 · The Cottingley Fairies · Burt Liba · ar
33 · The Magnifying Method · George Edward Stanley · vi
40 · The Strange Visitor to Cemetary Lane [Part 2 of 2] · Betty Lou Mell · ss

Child Life [v59 #6, June/July 1980] ed. Beth Wood Thomas (Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, 46pp)
“Children’s Health Publications / For Twixt and Teen / Incorporating Young World” Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org.

fc. · [photo] · NASA · cv
4 · Sasquatch: Creature of the North · Casey Callahan · ss
8 · Louisa May Alcott · Julia F. Lieser · ar [Louisa May Alcott]
10 · The Blazing Buttons · George Edward Stanley · vi
12 · Careers in... Pro Sports · Mike Klodnicki · ar
18 · In My Wildest Dreams · Guin Tuckett · ss
23 · How to Help a Friend Stop Smoking · Dee Burton, Ph.D. & Gary Wohl · ar
25 · Milk a la Goat—A Nutritious Alternative · Elizabeth Hamilton · ar
26 · Herbal Puzzle · Fuchsia Leclair · pz
28 · Great Composers: Ravel · Morris Schulatsky · ar [Maurice Ravel]
30 · Sleeping Like a Log—Impossible · Diane Ratkowski · ar
35 · The Little Red Bobber · Lynn Hill · vi
36 · The Coffin Caper · S. H. Dewhurst · ar
38 · Herbal Lore · Cynthia Van Kirk · ar
40 · The Sheep of Clarens · Dorothea C. Hill · ss
46 · The Health Cupboard: Herb Bread · Betty Winn Fuller · ms
46 · Planet of the Month: Earth · Anon. · ms

Child Lore Magazine (about)

Child Lore Magazine [v1 #7, August 1910] ed. Charles M. Stebbins (Stebbins and Co.; Brooklyn, NY, cover by Herbert E. Martini)
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

199 · The Hat of Babylon: At the North Pole · George C. Edwards · ss
203 · The Waves · Grace E. Mott · pm
204 · The Fairy Ship of Lake Geneva · Marie H. Frary · ss
211 · Robin Hood and Midge the Miller · Charles M. Stebbins · ss
216 · The Touch of Gold · Mildred Stone · ss
220 · The Sunken City · Charles M. Stebbins · ss
227 · Mother’s Lullaby · Mary Davison Myrick · pm
228 · Things Worth Remembering · Anon. · ms
229 · The Little Red Hen · Anon. · ss
231 · The Old Woman and Her Pig · Anon. · ss
234 · Children’s Own Page · [The Readers] · lt

Child Lore Magazine [v2 #1, January 1911] ed. Charles M. Stebbins (Child Lore Company; Brooklyn, NY, cover by Herbert E. Martini)
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

374 · A New Year’s Wish · Charles Maurice Stebbins · pm
375 · John’s Magic Lantern · Louise Hubert Guyol · ss
380 · [untitled] · Charles M. Stebbins · pm
381 · The Hat of Babylon: In Hawaii · George Carlton Edwards · ss
386 · [untitled] · Charles M. Stebbins · pm
387 · How Robin Hood Shot in the King’s Tourney · Charles M. Stebbins · ss
394 · Baucis and Philemon · Mary Alden · ss
399 · New Year’s Resolutions · Genevieve W. Mowrer · ss
403 · Winter’s Acrobats · Frank Dempster Sherman · pm
404 · Polar Reflections · Carolyn Wells · pm
406 · [misc. material] · Anon. · ms
408 · Children’s Own Page · Anon. · ms

Child of Words

Child of Words [#1, March 2014] ed. Bill Olver (Big Pulp, $6.00, 48pp, cover by Ken Knudtsen)
Details taken from magazine website.

Kingcrux · Betsy Dornbusch · ss
Let Us Use That for Which You Have No Use · Stephen Ross · ss
Planting Robert · John F. D. Taff · ss
Killing Time · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss
Spin Cycle · Selina Rosen · ss
The Tavern of the First Village · Michael Andre-Driussi · ss
Attila’s Throne · Fi Michell · ss
Hard Rain · Ian D. Smith · ss
Mad Dog Saves the Damn Day · DeAnna Knippling · ss
Actor’s Resume · Charles Leggett · pm
The Lonely Future of Philip K. Dick · Adele Gardner · pm
Another Season · Adele Gardner · pm
Faded Remnants · W. C. Roberts · pm
Candles Shining in the Night Sky · W. C. Roberts · pm
Birthright · W. C. Roberts · pm
Journey’s End · Neil Weston · pm

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