The Young Elizabethan

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

The Young Elizabethan

Categories	Children's literary magazine
Founded	1948
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
ISSN	0013-6255

History and profile

The magazine was founded in 1948 as Collins Magazine for Boys & Girls.^[1] It was first published in Canada due to limitations of paper use in the United Kingdom.^[2] Production in Britain became possible in 1950.^[2] In 1953, two weeks before the coronation of Elizabeth II, the magazine changed its name to The Young Elizabethan to honour the new queen.^[3] In 1958 it changed again to The Elizabethan (ISSN 0013-6255).^[3]

The Young Elizabethan generally serialised novels and also contained short stories, book reviews, poems, puzzles, and drawings. It was targeted at grammar school students.^[1] It ceased publication in 1973.

One of the magazine's editors was Kaye Webb, from January 1955 to January 1958.

References

1. Simon Webb (1 February 2013). The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain. History Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7524-8936-0. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
2. Alec Ellis (16 May 2014). A History of Children's Reading and Literature: The Commonwealth and International Library: Library and Technical Information Division. Elsevier Science. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4831-3814-5. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
3. Irene Morra (30 September 2016). The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II. I.B.Tauris. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-85772-867-8. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

• Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard (1984). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-211582-9) s.v. "Young Elizabethan".