Valerie Tripp, author, American Girls books on historical characters
Resources
The best resources is to LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN – engage with them
Read ALOUD together. Pay attention to your child’s interests.
Share old things in your own family with your child –
Photos, albums, scrapbooks; visit homes of authors that are open to the public
Reading suggestions for young girls:
Nonfiction
- Read about real women of long ago, such as biographies of Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott, etc.
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- And look for other books about girls who have struggled or survived difficult circumstances.
Our Eleanor, by Candace Fleming – about Eleanor Roosevelt
Fiction
Look for books with characters who have strength and integrity
Try books by Beverly Cleary and E.B. White
- Anne of Green Gables
- Pippi Longstocking
- Little Women
- Heidi
Avoid books on dystopia, magic, vampires
