This study is to construct and compare a high frequency word list of different topis in L1 and L2 children's English newspapers. The Kids Times and My Apple News are selected for L2 children's English newspapers, and CBBC is chosen for L1 children's English newspaper. The chosen children's English newspapers are constructed into text corpus for the analysis of topic-based frequency list extraction. The topics covers five areas: Special Focus, People, Nature & Animals, Sports, International News. The findings are the frequent words concur in both L1 and L2 English newspapers. They are highly co-related to the national curriculum vocabulary list. Discrepancies between L1 and L2 word list can be utilized for inter-cultural awareness learning opportunities.