[1] Smith developed the idea for the magazine with Glenn Meyers, another father and Spanish instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, as they stood outside their children's school discussing ways to further inspire kids towards reading and writing.
[1] Kidz Magazine collected submissions from school children in the form of poems, short stories, puzzles, drawings, invention ideas, and jokes.
At the height of its existence, Kidz Magazine received an average of 1,000 submissions each month, and was distributed in 32 countries with a circulation of 578,009.
[3] Australia Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Czech Republic El Salvador Estonia Guatemala India Indonesia Israel Japan Malaysia Mexico Puerto Rico Scotland Senegal Singapore South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Switzerland Thailand Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States [4] Smith funded the publication by collecting investment and selling ad space in the magazine to classroom-friendly sponsors.
In turn, Kidz Magazine decided to postpone publication in December 2007 while the corporation was restructured to handle its success.