Tuesday, May 25, 2010

30 Great Books for Girls!

With the school year coming to a close, here are 30 great books for young girls to enjoy over the summer months!

We like these classic stories and modern tales especially because they’re all about girls who are Strong, Smart, and, Bold...not to mention funny, brave, and adventurous!

Happy Reading:)

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

The Secret School by Avi

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Eleven by Lauren Myracle

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Isabel of the Whales by Hester Velmans

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

Gaia Girls by Lee Welles

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick

The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath