Discovery Girls Fab Girls Guides - Review and Giveaway
From sticky situations to frenemies, the tween years are paved with drama as our children navigate their way from clutching onto our pants leg to spreading their wings and flying through the teen years. The team behind the fabulous Discovery Girls magazine and web site have published a series of books that help girls navigate the tween and teen drama in a fun, frank and age appropriate style. The books give girls an insight into daily situations in a way that makes them feel like they are not alone and helps to keep the parent-child line of communication open.
Fab Girls Guide to Friendship Hardship - Frenemies anyone? This book breaks down the solutions to friendship problems step-by-step, helping girls identify poisonous friendships and showing her how to be the best friend she can be. My daughter and I have used this book a lot as a reference for some of the classroom issues she is dealing with this year. She seems to be caught between two friends who don’t really like each other and she doesn’t always know how to deal with it.
Fab Girls Guide to Sticky Situations - My daughter has read this book cover to cover countless times already! What do you do when your deepest secret is blabbed to the entire school? Or when you tell your crush you like him and he doesn’t like you back? Commonsense and compassionate advice for every sticky situation is given through out this book.
Fab Girls Guide to Getting Through Tough Times - True stories written by girls about their most private struggles—being betrayed by a friend, dealing with their parents’ divorce, a death in the family. The Discovery Girls team do such a great job presenting these tough topics to girls in an easy to relate to way. As much as we hate to see them have to deal with tough topics, it’s part of life and equipped with the right tools and right attitude, girls can emerge even stronger.
Fab Girls Guide to Getting Your Questions Answered - In this collection of real letters to Discovery Girls’ advice columnist, girls find answers to their most troubling questions about everything from family to friendship to school to boys and more.
If you have a tween or middle school age daughter, you really need to check out this series. They are great for conversation starters, helping girls get through the daily drama and laughing about it as they go. The books are $9.95 each or $29.95 for all four, plus shipping and handling. They may be ordered at DiscoveryGirls.com.
BONUS: You can win the complete set of Fab Girls Guides! Leave a comment about Middle School on this post to be entered. Was Middle School fun or traumatic for your or your child? What do you remember most about it? Got any stories of frenemies or sticky situations you’d like to share?
The giveaway will be open until midnight December 18, 2007.
Tags: Fab-Girls-Guides, giveaway
126 opinions for Discovery Girls Fab Girls Guides - Review and Giveaway
Shannon Baas
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33 am
I would like to donate these to the town library.
Angela
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:41 am
Middle school is the worst.. boys, pimples, periods, boobs.. ugg.. I still get worked up thinking about it.
I blogged you too :)
mindy
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:59 am
nice contest thanks
Emmaline Kuebler
Dec 14, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Awesome prize.
Nora Scott-Platt
Dec 14, 2007 at 12:29 pm
adolescents is so difficult and hormonal
Tom Showers
Dec 14, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Hope I win!
sandy
Dec 14, 2007 at 1:12 pm
neat prize
P Hafner
Dec 14, 2007 at 1:47 pm
My Daughters would like these.
amanda
Dec 14, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Middle School was pretty fun for me. I had tons of friends and did well in my classes. It wasn’t until HS that life really changed.
I think these books would be a wonderful gift for my niece. Thank you!
Cindi Hoppes
Dec 14, 2007 at 2:42 pm
“Seasons Greetings!” Middle School was definitely not my favorite. I was taller than most of the other students, even the boys. When you are that age, it is not pleasurable! Then, I was also bashful! If you put together the two of those, middle school was not the best time of my life. Thanks,Cindi
Katherine Frazier
Dec 14, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Middle school was very traumatic.
christopher h
Dec 14, 2007 at 3:39 pm
love to use these as a gift
Shirley Qiu
Dec 14, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Middle school didn’t really have much meaning to me…I was the shy and quiet kind of student x3 It wasn’t until high school that I actually started to try to talk to people more.
Linda Moeller
Dec 14, 2007 at 4:04 pm
GREAT prize.
Staci K
Dec 14, 2007 at 4:37 pm
This would be awesome to have for my daughter!
Joseph
Dec 14, 2007 at 4:53 pm
this would be great to win.
Nikki
Dec 14, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Middle school is fun & my little girl is almost there! :)
Pam Borgos (Moeller)
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I have two granddaughers and the oldest is 10yrs. This would be a great gift for her since she is already going thru some of these things mention in the books. I would be it would be a great help for her and plus she is avid book reader. Thankyou for this great chance to win this for her she would love it and so would I.
Danielle
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Middle School was a nightmare! Zits, training bras, periods, and we moved twice, so I was ALWAYS the new kid with no friends!
Now my niece is in middle school, but shes been in the same school district since kindergarten and is very popular and involved in EVERY activity and Sport, so its a MUCH different experience for her! THANK GOODNESS!
Susan Smith
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Nice prize
Dan
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Nice books
Carol Ezovski
Dec 14, 2007 at 6:03 pm
These would be great for my almost-13 year old. I don’t remember Middle School (aka Junior High) as being particularly enjoyable. High School was an improvement, and College was soooo much better.
bob keck
Dec 14, 2007 at 6:09 pm
my niece would love these books.
Carissa Davis
Dec 14, 2007 at 6:30 pm
These sound great.
Perpugilliam
Dec 14, 2007 at 7:01 pm
The only good thing about middle school (well, actually, JUNIOR HIGH) for me was that I lived right across the street from the school– so if things got too annoying, I could always pop home for lunch. And I did, with great frequency. The combo of several hundred children with surging hormones is awful, and is one of the reasons why my child goes to private school– she will only have to deal with maybe 90 other kids with surging hormones, instead of 200-300 like what you get in public school.
Dodo O
Dec 14, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Please choose me. I would like to have these. I remember my “frenemy” - we became enemies only because we entered middle school, and she wanted to “fit in.” It was so hard for me! I’m glad that I found true friends since then, though
Erica
Dec 14, 2007 at 8:14 pm
neato!
Lara Aleff
Dec 14, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Great prize! Thanks so much!
MaryAnn
Dec 14, 2007 at 9:14 pm
my daughter would love this gift.
Sylvia Belle
Dec 14, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I would like to give the clothes to my granddaughter.
David Bertolo
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:15 pm
My daughter would like this.
Cindi Aylor
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:21 pm
The word traumatic is only the tip of the iceberg!!!
Valerie Mabrey
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:25 pm
love to win
dawn
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:59 pm
These would be great for my granddaughter
Julie Donahue
Dec 14, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Neat books
katelyn
Dec 15, 2007 at 1:22 am
i loved it but it has changed a lot since then!
Kari Follett
Dec 15, 2007 at 2:49 am
I have a 12 yr old daughter who would love these!
Vicky Boackle
Dec 15, 2007 at 2:56 am
these will come in handy.
Tonya Keener
Dec 15, 2007 at 3:15 am
I work as a hotel night auditor. I have hours to sit and do nothing after the audit is done before going home each morning. I would really love these books to read during all the free time at work.
Teresa C
Dec 15, 2007 at 3:34 am
My daughter loves these.
adrienne Gordon
Dec 15, 2007 at 3:38 am
middle school was easy
Jeri
Dec 15, 2007 at 4:00 am
My daughter seems to being following my pattern in middle school. Friend and mediator to several different groups…the peacekeeper. I enjoyed not being part of only one group but a friend to all. She would love these….
Janice Golden
Dec 15, 2007 at 4:49 am
my 9yr old loves to read
kitty
Dec 15, 2007 at 7:11 am
My middle school years were pretty decent. From what I remember. I don’t know if I just repressed all the bad. :p
Tia Carter
Dec 15, 2007 at 8:03 am
i want to win
Jason
Dec 15, 2007 at 8:44 am
What a nice giveaway !! Thanks !!!
Tamara
Dec 15, 2007 at 8:48 am
This is our daughter’s first year in Middle School, what a difference the social dynamics are from elementary for her. These books would probably help her out in some sticky situations.
jamie Harreld
Dec 15, 2007 at 8:58 am
Would love 4 my 10 year daughter and her friends.
Margaret Tokonitz
Dec 15, 2007 at 9:09 am
I have 3 daughters and middle school has to be the worst time ,so many changes fo them.
Deanna Thompson
Dec 15, 2007 at 9:43 am
Junior High was awful for me, but my 13-year-old says, “Middle School is not that bad.”
Jennifer
Dec 15, 2007 at 10:20 am
I really didn’t enjoy middle school. In my opinion it’s one of the toughest stages of life.
Tammy Marshall
Dec 15, 2007 at 10:30 am
Winning books would be great.
Kimberly Pruitt
Dec 15, 2007 at 10:38 am
My child would love these!
Sharon Jones
Dec 15, 2007 at 10:58 am
want badly for great daughter. thanks
Vicki Wurgler
Dec 15, 2007 at 11:55 am
Middle school was the worst for me
Anthony Hedden
Dec 15, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Middle School was fun
Clifton Wade
Dec 15, 2007 at 12:30 pm
My granddaughter would just love this prize. Thank you for all the great contests!
Leslie
Dec 15, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Teriffic
Ginny
Dec 15, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Middle school was pretty middle ground for me, had good times & bad times. 6th grade was hard, lots of homework, just lost all my friends from 5th grade. By 7th, I had a great group of new friends & we had tons of fun in 7th & 8th.
Noreen
Dec 15, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Middle school was horrible!!
Chelsea S
Dec 15, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Lovely Prize!
C Duran
Dec 15, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Middle school is rough!
Ann Marie Walker
Dec 15, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Middle school is where you realize your kid is growing up and start panicking that they soon will be in High School, driving and dating .. UGH :)
Jessica Evans
Dec 16, 2007 at 1:09 am
middle school girls really need positive influences. these books are great!
Judith Rachmani
Dec 16, 2007 at 5:10 am
Middle school was a bore for me because none of the material taught there was relevant to “real” life.
Jennifer Williams
Dec 16, 2007 at 5:32 am
Unfortunately, I did not go to middle school, since I attended a K-8 catholic school. Maybe after reading these books, I will get a better understanding of what my daughter is facing.
Jill Miller
Dec 16, 2007 at 5:47 am
Nice contest!
Kathy Scott
Dec 16, 2007 at 9:17 am
I would love to give this to my niece.
Alecia Gibson
Dec 16, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Thanks for the contest!!
Susan Ledet
Dec 16, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I remember having a good time in middle school and am glad to see that my great niece is enjoying it also. She has recently moved to a different state and has adjusted well (thank goodness).
Tiffany G
Dec 16, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I would like to think that middle school was good to me..but reality I hardly remember it:)
Steve Scott
Dec 16, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Great gifts for the nieces.
Mary B. Isaac
Dec 16, 2007 at 5:08 pm
My daughter would love these books.
Amber
Dec 16, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I remember middle school as being a nightmare, I had just moved to the school, didn’t know anyone, and was dirt poor. I was tormented and picked on, and made fun of every step of the way, every day, for the whole first year. Luckily, I made things easier for the “poodle haired-girl” because they finally let up on her, however, she got the opportunity to fit in, by joining them in picking on me!
have a Merry CHristmas!
Jean Hupke
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:57 pm
perfect for my preteen niece
chris swanson
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:35 am
WOW middle school is the worst. My girls will be going there in 1 yr and I am freaking out. Too many kids in the school!
Marion Burgess
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:40 am
Middle school was not fun for me, hopefully my daughter will have a better time!
Monique Rizzo
Dec 17, 2007 at 9:28 am
Great thing to win! Thanks.
Louis
Dec 17, 2007 at 11:11 am
barely remember my middle school years
Joey Campbell
Dec 17, 2007 at 11:59 am
Yes, MS was so hard, not fun for me at all, either. This is such a cool prize for our daughter - thanks!
Angie P.
Dec 17, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Middle school was a time of change…I remember realizing that the kids I hung out with were not the people I wanted to be associated with. Tough summer after 6th grade, as I “had no friends” due to my choice, but everything worked out for the best. Hopefully my DD will not have the same issues…DS seems to be breezing through.
Jennifer
Dec 17, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Middle school is the most awkward time in anyone’s life. It’s one of the only times that you will go through so many changes all at once. It still makes me shudder to think about it.
Angela Henderson
Dec 17, 2007 at 1:41 pm
my daughter is currently in Middle School and LOVES reading these types of books! I think they are a wonderful help to girls her age!
Rachel Prieto
Dec 17, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Middle school was one of the hardest points of my life.
Patricia Oates
Dec 17, 2007 at 2:34 pm
By golly, wish I’d had these when I was in middle school. They will be of real assistance to my granddaughter.
joni chadwell
Dec 17, 2007 at 5:49 pm
great prize
Paula Strickland
Dec 17, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I have two daughters in middle school and let me tell you, we had it easy until now. Mood swings, boys, and fashion fads are driving me crazy.
Kirsten
Dec 17, 2007 at 6:28 pm
I have a 12 year old. She could use these.
wendy rogers
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:06 pm
My daughter could really use these! I wish they has been around when I was her age
Julie D
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:26 pm
My daughter is just entering her tween years. She is already emotional, moody, and downright nasty sometimes. Maybe reading about this will help me to understand her.
brandy
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Middle school is where the people think they are adults and act like kids.
Heather C
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I went from Catholic school straight into middle school, and wow, what a change. Middle school was a terrible place to be for a young lady. The crude comments by ‘cool’ guys, just to get a laugh, the upper-class people being unnecessarily mean just because they were a year or two older… Silly stuff that makes me shake my head today. I never acted that way, and I sure wish other kids wouldn’t.
Lyn Chomiw
Dec 17, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I loved middle school, had a harder time in high school. Would love to have these for my 13yr old DD.
Amanda morrow
Dec 17, 2007 at 8:29 pm
If I only I could go back to those years now that I think back I know what I would change, I was a bit on the wild side!!! I would love to have these books for my daughter, sounds like they could be great advice guide for both of us! Merry Christmas!
Bobbye F
Dec 17, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Middle school was really bad for me! First I got a perm the day before school started. Instead of looking like the Material Girl, I had a big poofy fro that looked like a bird’s nest was build in it. Then I discovered that there were really cute guys sitting next to me in class and I was so distracted that I failed 7th grade. I could keeping going but I think you got the picture!
Lisa G.
Dec 17, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Middle school was rough for me because I was chubby and wore braces so I got picked on alot. Highschool was alot easier! I would love to win these book for my daughter!
Becky
Dec 18, 2007 at 2:06 am
Middle school is so hard, my 12 year old is a 7th grader and needs these.
Samantha Pruitt
Dec 18, 2007 at 2:25 am
i hated middle school sooo much, i smelled weird, i still do, but at least no one says anything about it, hahahha!
Allegra Ashley
Dec 18, 2007 at 2:44 am
My daughter will be staring middle school soon, and I worry about it, of course.
Letting go is so hard.
Gina
Dec 18, 2007 at 3:17 am
I’m shocked to see some saying they enjoyed middle school! I’ve never known anyone who enjoyed middle school. I found it to be uber traumatic and horrid, and my daughter’s not having the easiest time of it, either.
trudee
Dec 18, 2007 at 3:27 am
my eleven year old would love these
Janet M
Dec 18, 2007 at 3:29 am
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS HARD ON ALOT OF KIDS!
Susan Dase
Dec 18, 2007 at 5:51 am
My daughter and her friends are heading to middle school next year. Already equipted with stories from their other friends already in middle school. This would be so great for her and for her to share.
Jim Cincinello
Dec 18, 2007 at 5:52 am
Thank you for the chance to win.
Sandy M
Dec 18, 2007 at 6:20 am
Great giveaway.
Rosanne Morrison
Dec 18, 2007 at 7:24 am
Such a hard time for these kids. Wish I could whisk them through it
diana
Dec 18, 2007 at 9:06 am
my oldest hated middle school and i now have kindergartner working her way up.
i do love the term “frenemies”
it seemed like we could have used this word often back in the day. could definitely use these books for my baby girl when she gets there
Carol Lambert
Dec 18, 2007 at 10:50 am
Best of times and the worse of times should be the label for middle shool ages.
Erica G
Dec 18, 2007 at 11:15 am
I could use these right now! My step-daughter is going through a rough patch now during her first year of middle school. I try to keep reminding her of who she is and how she views herself rather than what the other kids may thin k today. Tomorrow will probably be different, but to remember how it felt. I don’t want her turning into one of those mean people herself.
P.Harmon
Dec 18, 2007 at 11:39 am
It seems that Middle School is when school is just not fun anymore. They need to make it more interesting….not just -turn to page 58……..
cynthia
Dec 18, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Middle school was the best
Michelle H.
Dec 18, 2007 at 12:33 pm
I think that middle school is the hardest time for most kids. I know that it was for me.
Angela Palmer
Dec 18, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Middle school was terrible for me. I was an outcast. No boobs, then too much boobs, etc. DD seems to be doing better than I did, but she still hates it, I think.
Rita Green
Dec 18, 2007 at 1:40 pm
yepper count me in that is awesome!
Kelly
Dec 18, 2007 at 1:52 pm
My daughter just started middle school and she loves it. The frienemy thing is always prevalent though… girls that age are very fickle. It would be great to be able to share these books with her.
Debbie Criss
Dec 18, 2007 at 3:04 pm
All schools are our children’s future, if they would just realize it now.
Gianna
Dec 18, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Middle school was fun.
Angie P
Dec 18, 2007 at 4:08 pm
My daughter started middle school this year. She’d really love this series. I was pretty shy, but I liked being in middle school. I think that I enjoyed it more than high school.
Lily Kwan
Dec 18, 2007 at 6:18 pm
middle school was very boring for me
Veronica Garrett
Dec 18, 2007 at 7:34 pm
These books would be a Godsend. My daughter is in middle school and it is a constant battle. Middle School is very difficult for both my daughter and for me
Donna Kozar
Dec 18, 2007 at 7:53 pm
My daughter will be in middle school soon, so I really need these.
Brian E.
Dec 18, 2007 at 8:10 pm
…every kid needs a guide to navigating middle school; I wish I had had one.
Jill Skoglund
Dec 18, 2007 at 8:23 pm
My daughter had a hard time adjusting to middle school. My son is having a hard time adjusting to middle school too.
Reeva
Dec 18, 2007 at 8:36 pm
great contest, middle school was dull for me
Donner
Dec 18, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I was a terror in middle school. I loved it!
kerri renner
Dec 18, 2007 at 8:38 pm
middle school is very hard its a big change and it is scary for most and it is frustarating being a parent also because their so moody and dont want to talkso it is hard and rewarding when you find youre click
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