![]() ![]() Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Ready for another book-fueled trip down memory lane? Here are 12 Dear America books we read all the time as kids. Now, the ladies of the series seem to have gotten a bit of a makeover recently - those grainy, sepia-tinted portraits on the covers (you know, the ones you totally imagined were the real girls back in 4th grade) have been replaced with some gals who look a little more put together… but on the bright side, at least poor Remember Patience Whipple got to trade in her handkerchief bonnet for some windblown curls instead. She tells of her day at school, taking her dog. The first is straightforward enough it is the account of a young girl called Lucy. There are seven different diaries in Dear Diary, each telling the events of one busy day from a different point of view. (When you realize a young girl on the Mayflower had some of the same questions about life and love that you do, it kind of puts things into perspective.) An extraordinary fictional diary by a great picture book artist. Not only did they tell the stories of a diverse group of girls who were all sorting through some of the same feelings and experiences, they made history relatable for girls like me, who were growing up 50, 100, or even 200 years later. Beyond their hardcovers, crinkly pages, and color-coordinated ribbon bookmarks - all of which I was totally obsessed with, BTW - the Dear America Diaries were just great reads. What ‘90s gal doesn’t remember the Dear America series? These books were must-haves every time Scholastic Books order forms were passed out, and there were tons of Dear America books we read over and over again as kids. ![]()
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