Reading Stories

In my family, growing up, I was the one who read "brave girl stories" - that's what my father called the books I read - the ones about sailing alone around the world, escaping from Germany in WWII, and climbing the Himalayas.

Now my five-year old is ready for some brave girl stories of her own. Her world is getting more complicated as she gets ready for kindergarten in the fall, and we are both finding reading together to be a great way to get at some of the new challenges she is facing. We are working on a strong, confident girl campaign at home - and since bedtime is the coziest time of day for us, where we talk about hard stuff, I thought some books that can help us talk about growing up, friendship, and life might really help.

This blog will be about the stories we are reading as well as the stuff we are learning while we read. We've read lots of great books together over the past years, but we've started looking for new ones. I've been looking for books about brave girls, strong girls, and girl friendship. These don't have to be anti-Princess, but definitely pro-girl...