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British children's literary magazine

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

***The Young Elizabethan*** was a British children's [literary magazine](/source/Literary_magazine) of the 20th century.

## 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](/source/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II) of [Elizabeth II](/source/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](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0013-6255](https://search.worldcat.org/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](/source/Grammar_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom) students.[1] It ceased publication in 1973.

One of the magazine's editors was [Kaye Webb](/source/Kaye_Webb), from January 1955 to January 1958.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-web_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-web_1-1) Simon Webb (1 February 2013). [*The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain*](https://books.google.com/books?id=J4o7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT142). History Press. p. 142. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7524-8936-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-8936-0). Retrieved 16 February 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ale_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ale_2-1) Alec Ellis (16 May 2014). [*A History of Children's Reading and Literature: The Commonwealth and International Library: Library and Technical Information Division*](https://books.google.com/books?id=yRSoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA202). Elsevier Science. p. 202. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4831-3814-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4831-3814-5). Retrieved 16 February 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iro_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iro_3-1) Irene Morra (30 September 2016). [*The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II*](https://books.google.com/books?id=enJ1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT147). I.B.Tauris. p. 147. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85772-867-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85772-867-8). Retrieved 16 February 2017.

- [Humphrey Carpenter](/source/Humphrey_Carpenter) and Mari Prichard (1984). *The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature* (Oxford: Oxford University Press, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-211582-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-211582-9)) s.v. "Young Elizabethan".

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