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Romantic Conversationalist
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 Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:05 am
The American Girl series were quite popular among my peers when I was younger, and considering the new characters, books, and even a movie, I'm assuming they're still pretty popular today.
I like the books because they include historical aspects of the times, but they don't really stop the story to explain things. Instead, each book has a section in the back that describes what things were like for young girls in the time period of the book; what clothes they wore, what jobs they had, what games they played, etc.
The great thing about them is that children can see that even though circumstances may be different, everyone goes through the same kinds of struggles growing up, whether you live in 1774 or 1974.
I'm sure other book-lovers have fond memories of these books. What are some of yours?
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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:33 pm
I know what you mean. I have the hard back book containing the complete Molly MacIntyre series. She is my favorite American Girl. My husband has promised me he'll get me the doll before she retires. but that's another story.
I think the Pleasent Company that owns American Girl does a good job of writing stories that help little girls take an interest in history. I give Kudos to them. Infact, I just got done watching Samantha: An American girl Holiday.
And the movies don't replace the books either, which I'm glad of. Too many people use movies to replace reading books for book reports and you can't do that with these movies. They are more of an "in addition to" rather than replacement for the stories in the books.
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