American Girl (magazine)

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American Girl is a magazine run by the American Girl company. Aimed towards girls ages 8 through 14, the magazine includes articles, advice columns, and activity ideas. It is published bi-monthly. Each issue has a girl pictured on the cover; the magazine includes a small profile about the girl, including her name and her answers to a few interview questions. It also features "Letters From You", and "Girls Express" which includes a short paragraph on a girl that does an interesting thing, a did-you-know fact, and an interesting "buzzword". Girls Express also includes poems, true stories, a polls, arts and crafts.

[edit] Features

AG Art Gallery (drawing sent in by readers)
Contest section
Heart to Heart (advice on a certain topic)
Friendship Matters (tips and advice on friendship)
A story
Brain Waves (puzzles, crosswords, etc.)
Letters From You
A quiz
Help!
Behind the Scenes
A buzzword
True Story (a letter sent in by a girl about something that happened to her)
AG Poll
Creative Corner
Shining Stars (a story about a girl who did something to help others, the Earth, etc.)
Mini Mag (a small version of the magazine with only about 16 pages for readers to cut, fold, and give to their dolls)

[edit] Former features and departments

Imagine (a famous painting or photograph would be accompanied by a narrative paragraph imploring the reader to imagine herself in that time period and geographic location)

Amelia's Notebook (a "comic strip" that featured a small story about the character Amelia from Marissa Moss' book series)neat

[edit] American Girl Cover

Many people have wondered how to get on the cover of American Girl. Every year in one issue they will have a cover contest. Girls must send in a picture of themselves and write down an article about themselves. Then the next year in the January or December issue they will announce who won. Winners get to go to the American girl place for 1-4 days, get photo shoots, and have fun for free.