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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Books for girls recommended by American Girl author Valerie Tripp:

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"Understood Betsy" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. A city orphan finds herself on a Vermont farm.

"The Secret Garden" and "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Tales of girls using imagination to survive hard times.

The "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A frontier epic through a girl's eyes.

"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri. A Swiss orphan charms her grumpy grandpa.

"The Sherwood Ring" by Elizabeth Marie Pope. A young girl becomes entangled with ancient spirits in a mysterious estate.

"Pippi Longstocking" by Astrid Lindgren. Feisty, fascinating Pippi amazes her Swedish village.

"Ballet Shoes," "Theater Shoes" and "Dancing Shoes" by Noel Streatfeild. Children come of age in three American eras.

"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. A 17th-century teen fights the constraints of Puritan society.

The "Beezus and Ramona" books by Beverly Cleary. Beezus Quimby's world is one of the most popular in children's fiction.

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. The March sisters endure the Civil War in New England.

"Gone-Away Lake" by Elizabeth Enright. Two siblings on summer vacation discover a secret community.

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