Discovery Girls

Title:  Discovery Girls

ISSN: 1535-3230

Media: Magazine

Audience: Girls 8 - 12

Summary

Discovery Girls is a bi-monthly magazine for girl. The magazine's goal, as stated in its website, is "to help girls grow and develop, forming a positive sense of self through solutions that build confidence, resilience and independence. The magazine's contents are up front, favorites, features, quizzes & contests, and entertainment." It tries to help girls to deal with the problems that they might have. Discovery Girls is a magazine created by girls for girls, so the topics of the articles are that matter to tween girls. Topics include, not limited to, fashion, games, idols, braces, and puberty.

Review

The magazine is very great for tween girls. Tween girls that are the same age as their audiences write most of the articles. In order words, the readers are reading something that has similar perspective with them. Readers feel related. They wouldn't feel alone because there is someone out has the same opinions with them.  In addition, readers can submit the opinions/problems to be publish in the magazine, so it can be shared with others. This magazine is also a good resource for tween librarians because it has a book reviews section that the reviews are written by tweens.