There’s an open secret among the people who run The New Yorker, many of them parents: The literary magazine is for kids too.

Chalk it up to the cartoons. It’s one reason, New Yorker editor David Remnick says, why his own son is a fan:

“It was a happy day in my life when … my kid started ripping The New Yorker out of my hands,” he says.

Aspiring cartoonists ages 6 to 12 will get a chance to draw on the skills of four of the magazine’s pros tomorrowIMAGINE THAT! … 09/28/2002

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Caption: JUNEBUG SYMPHONY actor. Richard Haughton

IMAGINE THAT!

Byline: Barbara Hoffman

One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up to find out he’d turned into a giant cockroach …

Oops! Wrong story.

In “The Junebug Symphony” – which kicks off the season at the New Victory Theater – a man goes to bed and wakes up to a fantasy world where arms and legs spring from flowerpots, platters turn into rhinos and a giant Junebug springs from a closet.

OK, so it’s not Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” but it’s a lot more fun – a fusion of circus, theater, dance and music created by none other than Charlie Chaplin’s grandson, James Thierree.

The cast includes an 18-year-old contortionist, a Swedish acrobat and a Spanish soprano. Catch them today at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m., with additional shows through Oct. 13.

The show’s recommended for kids 8 and older.

Tickets are $10, $20 and $30 at the New Victory box office, 209 W. 42nd St., just west of Broadway. Or call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200.