500 Great Books By Women discussion

I have a few of these here and there, although they're probably more young adult/teen than children's:

I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
The Death of Bees - Lisa O'Donnell
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky - Heidi W. Durrow

Or I may reread something by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We'll see.

Selma Lagerlöf has several wonderful works that would fit in this category, including The Wonderful Adventure of Nils.

I may just read something YA and call it complete. Brown Girl Dreaming is one I’ve wanted to read and haven’t gotten around to.

Amina wrote: "I have two shelves of children's books, both focusing on authors and characters of color (though neither exclusively women), because I work at a daycare. Zum Vorlesen (which means to read aloud in ..."

Thank you, Amina - the Rainbow Room list is exactly what I wanted to see to get inspired.

I recently finished the graphic adaptation of Anne Frank's diary with my daughter - Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. It was wonderful and brought so much of the story to life through the visuals. We had wonderful discussions.

But now I'm struggling a bit with the 'Children's' label (and what the intention is behind that prompt). I consider my 9 year old a child and we read this together, so I'll interpret it as working here.

Jen wrote: "I recently finished the graphic adaptation of Anne Frank's diary with my daughter - Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. It was wonderful and brought so much of the story to ..."

I would, too, for whatever that’s worth.

I bought The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, at the recommendation of a GR friend and wil probably use that to meet this task. I read another Nesbit last year, and am looking forward to RC.

Carol wrote: "Jen wrote: "I recently finished the graphic adaptation of Anne Frank's diary with my daughter - Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. It was wonderful and brought so much of t..."

You've reminded me of E. Nesbit! I'm going to check out which titles my library has for my kids, thanks.

Here’s some classics:
Mary Poppins
All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Nancy Drew
Little House books
And I’d argue that A Tree Grows in Brooklyn would have been considered ya in its time.

I have three girls ages 8-12 so I go out of my way to have them read age appropriate books written by women if possible. I also have a list of contemporary if that’s more people’s taste.

Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter
Esperanza Rising
Echo
How to Speak Dolphin
Anything by Jacqueline Woodson, Nikki Grimes, and Rita Williams-Garcia.

Hope this helps. I’ll add to it if I think of more things.