Discovery Girls – Perfect for Tweens

My 9 year old daughter has been wanting a magazine subscription to a magazine to call her own. She has been getting the American Girl magazine which she loves, but she shares it with her younger sister. We were invited to review the Discovery Girls magazine and to review some of their books – well, let me tell you, my daughter has found that outlet she was looking for!!

The package came in the mail on Wednesday – two magazines and two books (more about the books later – let’s just say they are wonderful). My daughter immediately snatched the magazines and ran to her favorite chair and settled in. She was so in to the magazines that I heard not one word for about an hour and then the silence was over. She had poured through the first magazine and was bubbling over with things to tell me and show me. She asked me to subscribe to the magazine no less than 5 times.

I was curious as to what was in the magazine that clicked with her so much and this is what I found:

• Real girls – the magazine features girls from a different state each issue who model for the photos, help write and edit the content and share their own experiences
• Age appropriate fashion and content – as a Mom I really appreciate the fact that the fashions throughout the magazine are really sensible, but trendy
• Topics that interest girls – from animal adventures to sticky situations that we all have encountered, the stories are relevant and written with tween girls in mind
• Its interactive. The magazine is full of quizzes and other pencil activities that girls love.

The Discovery Girls website is also wonderful. Its fun, age appropriate and very interactive.