Kids usually loves to read stories. Most are fantasy stories.
When we all were kids we read some famous Malayalam kids stories like :-
Mayavi,
SuperMan,
SpiderMan,
Shaktimaan etc.
Some of our favourate kids magazines were :-
Balarama,
Balabhumi,
Kalikudukka,
Poompatta etc.
These all periodicals are still available and liked by Mallu (Malayali) kids.
The funny fact is that so many matured people also read’s these books.