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The Breakfast Table Times Read today’s paper

A daily paper for kids

The morning news, written at your kid’s reading level.

The Breakfast Table Times gives families one thoughtful morning paper — with the same important stories told clearly for younger readers, middle schoolers, and teens.

This is a pre-launch preview. The sample stories below demonstrate the reading experience and are not live reporting.

The Breakfast
Table Times

Morning sample
Edition No. 1

For curious families Southern Maine

How do we know a story is worth sharing?

A quick preview of how our daily paper turns a big headline into an honest conversation at the table.

Choose a reading level

Before a story goes in the paper, we check the source, look for more than one point of view, and make the difference between a fact and an opinion clear.

A real edition will identify each source and include context for the level your reader chooses.

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Curated every morning

The stories that matter, selected for young people who are learning how the world works.

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Three reading levels

One shared table conversation, with writing that meets every reader where they are.

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Made for the table

Easy to read online and designed to print — because good questions start when people are together.

Inside a daily edition

A preview of the recurring sections that will make the paper feel familiar each morning.

Top story

The one thing worth understanding before school

A clear lead story, with context that helps young readers ask their own smart questions.

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Sports · local

The scoreboard, plus the story behind the score

A quick check on the teams families follow, connected to the people and effort behind the game.

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Science & tech

A discovery that makes the day a little bigger

The kind of science story that can turn a car ride or breakfast into a small experiment.

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Nation & world

What happened — and why it matters here

No overheated headlines. Just enough context to understand the people, places, and choices involved.

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Southern Maine

A closer look at the place we call home

Local stories that connect the wider world to schools, neighborhoods, and the coastline.

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Good news

A reason to carry some hope into the day

People doing the patient, creative, ordinary work that makes a community better.

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The first paper is on its way

Today’s paper is made for the table.

Read a story together, pick the right reading level, or print the PDF and leave it where the conversation starts.