The Best Basic Magazine Collections
Jana Fine and Molly Kinney -- School Library Journal, 8/1/2000
If you're starting or recreating a magazine collection in your library, here are recommended titles for younger kids and teens. Some of the magazines listed below in our recommended magazine collections are not reviewed in the accompanying article. Those titles not reviewed are popular magazines whose design and editorial focus have remained consistent in recent years. A Popular Magazine Collection for Elementary-School-Age Children American Girl, published bimonthly by American Girl Co., 8400 Fairway Place, Middleton, WI 53562. $19.95.
Archaeology's Dig (see review)
Cobblestone, published nine times a year by Cobblestone Publishing Co., 30 Grove St., Suite C, Peterborough, NH 03458-1454. $29.95. cobblestonepub.com.
Contact Kids, published 10 times a year by Sesame Workshop (formerly the Children's Television Workshop), 1 Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023. $17.
National Geographic World, published monthly by the National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. $17.95. www.nationalgeographic.com/world/index.html.
Ranger Rick, published monthly by the National Wildlife Federation, 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22184. $17. www.nwf.org/rrick.
Spider, published monthly by Carus Publishing Co., P.O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354. $33. www.caruspub.com.
Sports Illustrated for Kids, published 14 times a year by Time-Warner Inc., Time and Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. $19.95. www.sikids.com.
WOW (Wild Outdoor World) (see review)
ZooBooks, published monthly by Wildlife Education, Ltd, 12233 Thatcher Court, Poway, CA 92064. $19.95. www.zoobooks.com.
A Popular Magazine Collection for Young Adults
16, published monthly by Primedia, 470 Park Avenue South, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10016. $21.95. www.primedia.com/html2/media/consumer/sixteen.html.
Cosmogirl (see review)
Daily Bread, published 8 times a year, P.O. Box 121910, San Diego, CA 92112. $16.00 www.dbmag.com.
Electronic Gaming Monthly, published monthly by Ziff-Davis Media, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016. $19.97. www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/0,10850,6014070,00.html.
Jump (see review)
Mad Magazine, published monthly by E. C. Publications, P.O. Box 52344, Boulder, CO 80323-2344. $24. www.madmag.com.
Seventeen, published monthly by Primedia, 850 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10022. $11.96. www.seventeen.com.
Spin, published monthly by VIBE/Spin Ventures, 205 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016. $9.95. www.spin.com.
Teen, published monthly by eMap.com, 6420 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048. $9.97. www.teenmag.com.
Teen People (see review)
WWF Magazine, published monthly by the World Wrestling Federation, P.O. Box 485, Mt. Morris, IL 61054. $19.97.
YM, published 10 times a year by Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, 375 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-5514. $9.97. www.ym.com.
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