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Be the girl with her nose in a book ...or her eyes on a tablet. Devour the classics. Download the new release. Discover worlds within words. Be the girl who reads everything.
Authors Our Age!
Sky's the Limit by Sky Brown
Born Just Right by Jordan Reeves
Bee Fearless by Mikaila Ulmer
Raise Your Hand by Alice Paul Tapper
Marley Dias Gets It Done by Marley Dias
A Young Innovator's Guide to STEM: 5 Steps To Problem Solving For Students, Educators, and Parents by Gitanjali Rao
Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls. Real Stories. Real Confidence by Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, JillEllyn Riley
BFF Favs
Timelines from Black History Published by DK Children and Foreword by Mireille Harper
Girl Mogul by Tiffany Pham (Founder & CEO of Mogul)
Girls Who Run The World: 31 CEOs Who Mean Business by Diana Kapp
The Confidence Code For Girls (Book & Journal) by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
Play Like A Girl by Kate T. Parker
Meet Marley Dias
Author of Marley Dias Gets It Done, Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and Host/Executive Producer of #BookmarksNetflix
We were so enthralled by Marley's vision that we emailed her the following question. Check out her advice to Être:
Ê: “Sometimes we feel too small to make a mark on the world. People underestimate girls our age and think we don’t really care about things. But we do. We want to make the world way better. What’s your best advice for middle school girls who want to be listened to and make a difference before we grow up?”
M: "My best advice for middle school girls is that you don't have to wait until you 'grow up' to make a difference. The concept of 'grown up' automatically limits you. If you have frustrations about what's happening in the world around you, share those ideas with those around you. Share online (responsibly). Talk to your teachers and classmates. Doing these things will allow you to connect and possibly collaborate to create a community. This community can help you create social change."
Meet Mikaila Ulmer
Who Do You Want To Be? “Bee Fearless!”
What 15 year-old CEO, Philanthropist and Author Mikaila Ulmer Wants Young Entrepreneurs To Know
Meet Mikaila Ulmer, CEO of Me & The Bees Lemonade, founder of the Healthy Hive Foundation and author of brand new release, Bee Fearless. Her rise to fame has been fast. Her energy is palpable. And her vision is…limitless.
Launched as a small lemonade stand when she was four after a series of bee stings and a decision to overcome her fear of “anything flying,” Mikaila’s company Me & The Bees has grown by nearly 500 percent in ten years. With five flavors of lemonade sold in 1,800 stores nationwide, including giants like Whole Foods and The Fresh Market, her brand has surpassed even her wildest dreams.
What makes Mikaila such a dynamic founder?
It’s not just that she won Shark Tank at the age of nine and was named one of Time’s Most Influential Teens at 13. Or that she insists on donating ten percent of net profits to protect the bee population. Or even that, while balancing school and activities, she briefs legislators on youth entrepreneurship issues.
Looking for more interviews?
Susie Orman Schnall
One of our high school Board members interviewed extra amazing author Susie Orman Schnall and learned all about developing a writer's "voice," her favorite childhood books and how 2 stay balanced!Aundrea Tabbs-Smith
Also...Don't miss another Board Member interview with author Aundrea Tabbs-Smith, about writing For The Quiet Black GirlFor our younger Êtregirls
Ara the Star Engineer by Google Engineer, Kamal Singh
Ada Lace Series by Emmy-nominated science TV host and Executive Producer, Emily Calandrelli
Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales Of Black Girl Magic
From our friends at American Girl!
Love the Earth: Understanding Climate Change, Speaking Up for Solutions, and Living an Earth-Friendly Life by Mel Hammond
A Smart Girl’s Guide: Making A Difference – Using Your Talents and Passions to Change the World by Melissa Seymour
And now...
THE LIST!
So, our dream Saturday mornings involve pajamas, no plans and a brand new book. We were the girls who read late at night by flashlight...now we're the ones reading early in the morning on a tablet. We've linked some of our favorite reads for you below; what are some of yours?
ÊtreNote: While lots of these books have appeared on school or retail YA reading lists, stay true (as in all things) to your own preferences & household guidelines.
Must-Reads
Unleash Your Girl Power
By Lindsey Turnbull
Born Just Right
By Jordan Reeves & Jennifer Reeves
Girl Mogul
By Tiffany Pham
Raise Your Hand
By Alice Paul Tapper
Brave, Not Perfect
By Reshma Saujani (High School +)
Ara the Star Engineer
By Komal Singh (ages 5-9)
Lights, Music, Code!
By Jo Whittemore
(forward by Reshma Saujani)
Crack The Code: Activities, Games and Puzzles That Reveal the World of Coding (Girls Who Code)
By Sarah Hutt
Dare To Be You
by Marianne Schnall
Enough As She Is
By Rachel Simmons
Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!
By Marley Dias
Fierce: How Competing For Myself Changed Everything
By Aly Raisman (High School +)
This Is How We Rise
By Claudia Chan (High School +)
Girls Who Code: Learn To Code
and Change The World
By Reshma Saujani
Women In Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played To Win
By Rachel Ignotofsky (also author of Women In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World)
Geek Girl Rising
By Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens (high school age+)
Strong Is The New Pretty
By Kate T. Parker
The Confidence Code For Girls
By Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
Ignite Your Spark
By Patricia Wooster (12+)
I Got This
By Laurie Hernandez
The Other Einstein
By Marie Benedict
(high school +)
Classics To Revisit
A Wrinkle in Time (Book 1 in Time Quintet)
By Madeleine L'Engel
Anne of Green Gables (Book 1 in Anne of Green Gables series)
By L.M. Montgomery
Diary of A Young Girl
By Anne Frank
Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott
National Velvet
By Enid Bagnold
Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austin
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird
By Harper Lee
The Miracle Worker
By William Gibson
Tuck Everlasting
By Natalie Babitt
Rock-Star Female Heroines
A Girl Named Digit (Book 1 in Digit series)
By Annabel Monaghan
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
By Tanya Lee Stone
Divergent (Book 1 in Divergent series)
By Veronica Roth
Dot. (middle school & younger)
By Randi Zuckerberg
Edge of Yesterday (interactive!)
By Robin Stevens Payes
Ella Enchanted
By Gail Carson Levine
Esperanza Rising
By Pam Munoz Ryan
Hattie Big Sky
By Kirby Larson
Hidden Figures
By Margot Lee Shetterly
I Am Malala
By Malala Yousafzai
I Am Unique
By Jennifer Vassel
Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O'Dell
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX
By Karen Blumenthal
Rad American Women: A - Z
By Kate Schatz
Relic (Book 1 of the Books of Eva series)
By Heather Terrell
Rook
By Sharon Cameron
Style Engineers (Series of 3!)
By Kristen O. Bobst
The Hunger Games (Book 1 in Hunger Games series)
By Suzanne Collins
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
By Avi
Women in Blue: 16 Brave Officers...
By Cheryl Mullenbach
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
By Kate Andersen Brower
Speaking of classics...
If your reading list includes any #Shakespeare...don't panic! While you obviously should read the original plays that made Will the most famous playwright in...um, ever...we found some hilarious versions to ease you into it! Just imagine if all the characters had cell phones... #newspinontheclassics
Oh, and one last thing...
we have even more recommended reading from our friends at the National Coalition of Girls' Schools! Their educators put together an awesome curated reading list for girls exactly your age...take a look! Thank you 2 #NCGS!