Books for girls and young women on the theme of Family

For young girls growing up in our society, it is important they know how valued they are in the world and read books where females are strong, central characters to the stories. It is also important that there are seen to be female authors on the shelves to inspire young girls to read them or to take up writing or illustrating themselves.

This week we’re looking at the theme of Family, suggesting some books from our collection and seeking donations which we can add to the lending library.

The books chosen to promote this theme and that are available in the library are:

• Mog’s Christmas Calamity by Judith Kerr (ages 2-11)
• Katie Morag by Mairi Hedderwick (ages 3-8)
• The borrowers by Mary Norton (ages 7-10)
• Double act by Jaqueline Wilson (ages 9-12)
• The railway children by Edith Nesbit (ages 9-12)
• Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yeh Mah (ages 9-12)
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (teenage/young adult)
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (teenage/young adult)

The books we would like to add to our collection are:

• More More More said the baby by Vera B. Williams (ages 0-4)
• Daisy and the Egg By Jane Simmons (ages 1-6)
• Keesha and Her Two Moms Go Swimming by Monica Bey-Clarke and Cheril N. Clarke (ages 2-5)
• Real sisters pretend by Megan Dowd Lambert (ages 4-7)
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (ages 3-8)
• My Two Grannies by Floella Benjamin (ages 5-8)
• Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Clear (ages 6-9)
• Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley (6-9)
• Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell (ages 8-10)
• The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (teenage/young adult)
• Luna by Julie Anne Peters (teenage/young adult)

If you’d like to donate any of these books, we’d be absolutely delighted!

Any other books centred around strong female characters and books written by women would be very welcome in our collection.  Please get in touch if you have any suggestions.