I'm probably preaching to the converted, but has anyone else heard of First News, the newspaper for kids? I didn't even know it existed until I got an email about the relaunch of their website (I'm a journalist). It's like a really cool and interesting version of John Craven's Newsround (remember that? Or am I the only one old enough?!) It has news, but written in such a way that children grasp it (and not get disturbed by the info), then celeb stuff and science articles too. I'm getting my niece a subscription (she's 12) and soon as my daughter's old enough, she's getting one too.
These days (sorry!) kids are fed so full of irrelevant information I thought this was a real find. The website is www.firstnews.co.uk if anyone's interested.