New Moon Magazine

Pros: Girl power and positive values, no ads

Cons: Only 6 issues a year and the subscriptions is expensive

The Bottom Line: New Moon is a fantastic magazine for girls ages 7-14.

Review: We recently got this subscription as a gift for my 7 year old daughter. Since the magazine only comes out 6 times a year, the giver also sent along a handful of back issues. On the inside cover page, the issuer describes the magazine: New Moon . . . ...

Pros: No advertising; doesn't force girls to grow up too soon

Cons: Lack of sponsors drives the price up

Review: "Expect the best from a girl...that's what you'll get." -- that applies to their reading material, too.
Teen magazines underestimate young people. Publishers spew out vacant teenybopper magazines featuring articles on the latest boy...

Pros: Educational, entertaining, inspiring

Cons: none

Review: The last decade has brought forth an enormous body of research and writing about girls and adolescence. The book, Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, became the symbol of a new realization about girls and the unhealthy culture that they sometimes...

Pros: positive and thematic

Cons: price

Review: Based on reading an epinion on New Moon Network, I decided to check out the website for the New Moon Publishers. The magazines for girls and adults both looked quite interesting, but I didn't want to pay a hefty price ($50 for both Magazines...

Pros: encourages girls to be themselves, to follow their hearts

Cons: more expensive than most magazines (definitely worth the price though!)

Review: I read New Moon all throughout my teens, and now that I'm 21, I love it so much I just can't stop!

What immediately drew me to New Moon is that it's very different from most other magazines you'll find for pre-teen/teenage girls. It is not...

Pros: advertisement-free magazine, positive material for girls, more substantive than other publications

Cons: It only comes out every other month!

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this magazine! There are so many negative media influences out there - this magazine really gives girls something positive!

Review: This magazine is a fabulous, advertisement-free publication for pre-teen girls. The target age group is girls ages 8-14. The magazine focuses on a wide variety of issues, including things like career, hobbies, poetry, literature, and gender...