 The cover of Boys' Life, December 1924 issue | |
| Editorial Director | Michael Goldman |
|---|---|
| Staff writers | Aaron Derr, Paula Murphey, Michael Freeman |
| Categories | Boy Scouts of America |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Boy Scouts of America[1] |
| Total circulation (2013) | 1,097,968[2] |
| First issue | March 1911 (regular edition) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Irving, Texas |
| Language | English |
| Website | https://www.scoutlife.org |
| ISSN | 0006-8608 |
Scout Life (formerly Boys' Life) is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its target readers are children between the ages of 6 and 18. The magazine‘s headquarters are in Irving, Texas.[3][4][5]
Scout Life is published in two demographic editions. Both editions often had the same cover, but are tuned to the target audience through the inclusion of 16–20 pages of unique content per edition. The first edition is suitable for the youngest members of Cub Scouting, the 6-to-10-year-old Cub Scouts, and first-year Webelos Scouts. The second edition is appropriate for 11-to-18-year-old boys and girls, which includes second-year Webelos through 18-year-old Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts and Venturers.[6] If the subscription was obtained through registration in the Boy Scouts of America program, the publisher selects the appropriate edition based on the scout's age.
In June 2007, Boys' Life garnered four Distinguished Achievement Awards conferred by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), including Periodical of the Year.[7]
The magazine's mascot is Scout the Maileagle, who answers readers' letters and is the subject of a comic strip. In 2018, the BSA announced a pending title change to reflect the addition of girls to Scouts BSA, the renamed program that now accepts scouts of both sexes. The title was changed to Scout Life beginning with the January 2021 issue.
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- ^ "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013". Alliance for Audited Media. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ "Who We Are". Boys' Life. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ Laura Robb (2000). Teaching Reading in Middle School. Scholastic Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-590-68560-3. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "Children's Magazines". Book Market. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ "BSA at a Glance". Fact Sheet. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "Boys' Life Wins No. 1 Periodical Of 2007". Scouting. Boy Scouts of America: 10. November–December 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
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