Friday, August 10, 2012

American Girl Magazine by American Girl Company

American Girl Magazine
by American Girl Company
Pleasant, 1993-present

GENRE: Periodical: Bi-monthly magazine for tween girls

HONORS: None known

REVIEW: American Girl Magazine comes to us from the American Girl company that brings the American Girl dolls and book series. The intended audience for the magazine is tween girls between the ages of 8 and 14 and features a variety of articles, recipes, advice columns, fiction, arts and crafts, and activity ideas that would appeal to this age group.

OPINION: In my experience with the magazine industry throughout my life, it seems that most are targeted at women across all ages: Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Sassy, YM, etc, and though I take them with a grain of salt, they have always been a guilty pleasure. Periodicals are good because they are constantly changing with the trends and always up to date, and American Girl seems like a good introduction to magazines for women.

IDEAS: Use some of the ideas, recipes, art and craft ideas as programming. For lesson ideas, use articles from the magazine to craft a lesson or assignment.

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