i'm looking for something for my nephews and neices...
characters that have girl-heroines. girl-power books! they have to be age-appropriate though. and NO JUDY BLOOM-- please!
thanks for your recommendations. also, any books about minorities or other cultures/ or their myths/folklore? especially native american, african, or specifically ancient egyptian, etc. thanks!
2007-01-03 18:23:07 · 7 answers · asked by eo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Tut, Tut by John Sciezka and Lane Smith was my favorite book when I was littler - it's about three boys who travel through time a lot, and in this one they end up in Ancient Egypt. There's some girl-power in there, too - there's a strong little sister in there.
Caddie Woodlawn - I don't know who it's by. It's a nice, homey, story about at a very headstrong girl during the Civil War era.
Anything by Peg Kehret, although that might be more a bit too old for them.
The Hunting of the Last Dragon (?) by Sherryl Jordan - an adventure story set in medieval Europe about an orphan and a kidnapped girl from China.
Well, good luck!
2007-01-03 18:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by Cedar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the Ramona books from Beverly Cleary, the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, and Amelia Bedelia (don't remember the author on those) were favorites of mine as a child.
2007-01-03 19:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by instantkarmma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorites at that age were The Secret Garden and A Little Princess, both by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
2007-01-03 18:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by DC N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Becaue of Winn Dixie. In fact all of Kat DiCamillo books are wonderful. I am an adult and have read everything by her because the stories are so great. I should warn that the Tale of Desperaux, while my favorite, is a bit dark.
2007-01-03 20:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by fifimsp1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew was always crazy about the Junie B. Jones books. The author is Barbara Park.
2007-01-03 20:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by Virginia S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-01 19:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by gagliano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lawrence Yep ~! He writes very cultural books and they're interesting and suspensful as well as Katherine Patterson. J.K. Rowling Harry Potter series is wonderful too.
2007-01-03 22:13:49 · answer #7 · answered by Kala J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋