| Issue | #v1#5 |
| Published | January 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.80 USD school year sub. |
| Pages | 28 |
| Editing | ? |
| Synopsis | Photographer, news van, printing press, teletype, radio towers |
| Genre | fact |
| Synopsis | Puzzle: match holidays with dates |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover |
| Characters | Old Year 1953; New Year 1954; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Harry S. Truman; Georgi Malenkov; R. C. J. Hunt; Charles Evans; Tom Bourdillon; Edmond Hilary; Tenzing Norkey; Queen Elizabeth Windsor; Philip Mountbatten; Prince Charles Windsor; Princess Anne Windsor; General William Dean; Carl Furillo; Hank Bauer; Billy Martin |
| Synopsis | Old Year 1953 tells New Year 1954 about major news events of 1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower's biography and inauguration as President of the USA, Georgi Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union; Edmond Hilary's expedition climbs Mount Everest; Elizabeth Windsor becomes Queen of England; the Korean War ends; and the New York Yankees win the World Series. |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Dwight D. Eisenhower; Georgi Malenkov |
| Synopsis | Multiple choice quiz about news events of 1953 |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Crossword puzzle about news events of 1953 |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover |
| Characters | Mickey Mantle; Queen Elizabeth Windsor; Senator Wayne Morse |
| Synopsis | Vignettes of new events of 1953: first heart-lung machine; Mickey Mantle's 565-foot home run; Queen Elizabeth's coronation coach; Senator Wayne Morse's 22.33-hour filibuster; discovery of a coelacanth |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Back cover |