HIT:MID:Magazines for girls 2

[Anne Kellner <librarianne515@YAHOO.COM>]

New Moon is an excellent magazine for girls, written by girls. Teen is
also appropriate for middle schoolers. Teen People is another popular
title with our middle schoolers (grade 7&8). I have a similar problem
with my collection in that I serve grades 7-12. But, I buy titles for
all of the ages, which means that yes, there are inappropriate titles
for middle schoolers. But, I serve all of the grades and feel it is
wrong to not purchase materials which meet the needs of the older
teens. Good luck.

Two magazines I like are New Moon and Girls' Life ( a beauty/fashion
mag aimed for younger girls).

I would recommend New Moon. It's too mature for my elementary school,
but your grades seem more appropriate. It's rather feminist, & edited
by girls.

I'm in the same situation. I only get Girl's Life and American Girl.
Unfortunately, the older girls would like something more like Teen but
when I explain that fifth graders also read whatever is in the library
and ask if they think the articles in Teen are appropriate for fifth
graders, they usually see my point. I'll look forward to your post to
see what others are doing.

We have had Glamour, Vogue, and  Seventeen for some time. This year I
added Jump, Teen People, and Women's Sports & Fitness. You might look
at Jane also. Jump and Teen People are very popular, but the sports one
as not really caught on. (This is from a H.S.library)

American Girl

I have 7,8,9, and Girls' Life seems to be doing well. It replaced Teen,
which was getting way out of hand. Another teacher here LOVES American
Girl, but the ninth graders don't like it.

It's a Living--Careers for girls http://feminist.com/aliving.htm
New Moon Publishing--Hues http://www.newmoon.org/
Girls, Inc. http://www.girlsinc.org/
Girl Zone (webzine) http://www.girlzone.com/
These are personal recommendations. (Resource Center ManagerNational
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I have been really impressed with New Moon Magazine. They're website
address is http://feminist.com/nmoon.html   (Mackin Library Media)

American Girl was very popular with my 5th grade girls.

I like American Girl. It doesn't have any of the "Should I have sex
onprom night?" articles. The girls also enjoy Teen People.

I'm in a 5-8 school too, and we get American Girl, Girls' Life, and New
Moon(I think it's great, but hardly anyone reads it), and Teen. We did
have one parent complain about Teen for her 5th grader, but it seems to
me to be the least offensive of that genre (YM, Seventeen, etc.). I've
also seen the following recommended on LM_NET: Sixteen, and Jump.

I am in an elementary school so I cannot help you too much with your
magazine request. I recommend New Moon, but be careful. The J/F 99
issue had as a theme "coming of age," including a short piece on the
practice of female genital mutilation. Needless to say, I removed this
issue from my K-5 school's magazine rack.

I too am in a 5-8 middle school. I buy Teen, Jet and Girls Life for the
girls in my school.

We have 6-8 grade. I subscribe to "American Girl" and " Teen." I used
to have "YM" but felt uncomfortable with it and also didn't want to
spend money on two magazines that were that similar. Interestingly
enough, I took a vote and more students voted for "Teen" over "YM."
Best wishes.

I cover grades 6-8 in a shared 6-12 facility in an all girls school. We
buy very little in the way of popular magazines, but our favorites are
New Moon, and Girl's Life for MS's, and Jump is very popular, and much
less sensational than Glamour or Seventeen. Our upper schoolers really
wear Jump out--the articles are about relationships (but without the
heavy sex), makeup, nutrition and fitness, self improvement, families,
etc. It also *looks* very inviting. Hope this helps

I would recommend New Moon. It's too mature for my elementary school,
but your grades seem more appropriate. It's rather feminist, & edited
by girls.

I'm in the same situation. I only get Girl's Life and American Girl.
Unfortunately, the older girls would like something more like Teen but
when I explain that fifth graders also read whatever is in the library
and ask if they think the articles in Teen are appropriate for fifth
graders, they usually see my point. I'll look forward to your post to
see what others are doing.

We have had Glamour, Vogue, and  Seventeen for some time. This year I
added Jump, Teen People, and Women's Sports & Fitness. You might look
at Jane also. Jump and Teen People are very popular, but the sports one
as not really caught on. (This is from a H.S.library)

American Girl

I have 7,8,9, and Girls' Life seems to be doing well. It replaced Teen,
which was getting way out of hand. Another teacher here LOVES American
Girl, but the ninth graders don't like it.


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Anne Kellner      :o)Let a smile be your umbrella :o)
Educational Media Specialist
High Mountain School
515 High Mountain Road
North Haledon, NJ 07508

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