And the winner is Give Peas a Chance! She has been notified and has 48 hours to respond to my e-mail!
Congrats to her and Thanks to all the entries!
Are You In Need of a Survival Guide for Your Tween? A Review
June 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Discovery Girls Magazine’s Survival Guide, a collector’s edition of the past ten years of the magazine, is about to hit the newsstand a week from today! I was lucky enough to be given an advance copy to aid in my giveaway going on now. As you can see from the photo above, Miss M. couldn’t wait to get her hands on the magazine as well! This edition is chock full of advice, quizzes, embarrassing moments, and everything else that the tween in your life loves to read and talk about. It is very well organized into the sections that Discovery Girls is known for and neatly shows how girls questions and concerns haven’t really changed over the ten years.
What I really appreciated is the background story of Discovery Girls in the making. It is a truly inspiring story of one mom’s quest to find something better and more meaningful for her daughter to read. The other part of this edition that I really enjoyed reading was the “Girls Changing the World: Role Model Contest Winners” pages. These girls are your average girl doing extraordinary things. What an inspiration for not just a tween to read but truly anyone. I love that! Lastly, I loved the lack of ads blasting a counter message to what Discovery Girls is preaching. If there are any ads, they are truly understated and fit right in.
With this special edition, come two FREE gifts! One is a style guide booklet and the other are stickers. Miss M ran off with the stickers shortly after I had her pose for her picture! I remember loving stickers at this age and older so I am sure they won’t last long in any household. The style guide is a neat item that girls can put in their purse and take with them shopping, etc. It provides photos of real life girls modeling different “looks” and then shows the different clothes that make up that outfit. Some of the looks are “Preppy Perfect” “Beachy Chic” and “Boho Beat.” This guide is really like having your own stylist in your pocket!
Overall, I really liked the Survival Guide and recommend it especially to anyone that may be curious about Discovery Girls Magazine but not quite ready to comment to a subscription. It really is the best of what Discovery Girls has to offer.
Check it out!
Buy It! Available everywhere next Tuesday, June 28th for $9.95!
Win It! Go to my giveaway here and you could win it along with a full year subscription and Fab Girls book series.
Disclaimer: I received the above item free of charge from the magazine but the thoughts are all mine.
Is Your Girl a Discovery Girl? A Review and #GIVEAWAY! CLOSED!
June 9, 2011 146 Comments
Have you heard of Discovery Girls Magazine? It is a magazine geared towards young girls from ages 8 to (about) 14. Although my oldest daughter is only 6 1/2 and haven’t hit this core audience yet, I was curious to take a look since I realize that before I know it, she will be considered a tween. Gasp!
Discovery Girls was started ten years ago by a mom that wanted a magazine for her daughter that wasn’t readily available. One that would address the common struggles her young daughter was facing in an age appropriate way. One that would feature real girls in real life situations with real life answers. One that wouldn’t be “boy crazy” but instead understand the delicate balance between little girl and growing up girl that this age is at. Hence, Discovery Girls was born.
As part of my review I received two magazines. The standard edition for ages 8 and up and the middle school edition for ages 11 and up. First off, I LOVE that they have two magazines. Although these ages aren’t very far apart, they can be light and day in the sense of what these two age groups are interested or focused on. Still, the two magazines are very similar. The only main difference is that in the middle school edition they talk about celebrities, your body changing and the road ahead … after Discovery Girls.
My daughter enjoyed looking at the regular edition. She enjoyed reading (and laughing with) the embarrassing moments section and I appreciated how the voices throughout the magazine are not condescending. There is a real good mix of reader submitted content and adult written articles and all are well written.
A couple things really stood out to me: 1. There are no blaring ads on every page! The ads are there but they are very subtle and are very well placed. 2. The girls on the cover are every day girls. No fashion models here! They pick girls from a particular state and have a photo shoot with them in their home state. Very cool.
So now that you have read my GLOWING review of Discovery Girls, you are probably wondering how you can get your own. Well, you have a couple of ways to do just that!
BUY IT! You can become a subscriber of Discovery Girls Magazine for 1 year (6 issues) for $19.95 or 2 years (12 issues) for $29.95.
WIN IT! A Discovery Girls Prize Package (worth $70!) which includes:
- complimentary one year subscription ($20 value!)
- one complete set of the Fab Girls series books ($40 value!)
- special collector’s edition of the past 10 years of Discovery Girls ($10 value!) avail. June 28th!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!!
MANDATORY ENTRY: Visit Discovery Girls’ website and have a look around. What do you like about this magazine and/or its online features? Please Leave Your E-mail Address with this comment!
EXTRA ENTRIES: To be done only after answering the above question!
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This giveaway is offered to US and CANADA 18 + and will end on June 28th 11:59pm CST. Winner will be chosen through random.org. Winner will be notified via e-mail. If they fail to respond within 48 hours, then a new winner will be picked. Please leave your e-mail address with your comments so that I may contact you if you win. I will not share your e-mail address with anyone, it is strictly for me to notify you of your winnings. GOOD LUCK!
Full Disclosure: I received the above items free of charge from Discovery Girls, but was in no way instructed to give a positive review. My reaction is mine and mine alone. You may find you like the magazine differently and that is okay by me.