Meet Kaya, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about Native American life and the Nez Perce tribe through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and worksheets.

Meet Josepina, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about Spanish culture and the settlement of America's Southwestern frontier through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and...

Meet Molly, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about cooperation, resourcefulness, and World War II through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and worksheets.

Meet Rebecca, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about life in New York City during the peak immigration period through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and worksheets.

Meet Julie, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about equality, facing change, growing up in the 1970s, and protecting the environment through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's...

Meet Addy, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about her courageous struggle over slavery during the Civil War through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher guide and worksheets.

Meet Samantha, a character in the American Girl series, and discover how she learns to be thoughtful about making changes, and to be both respectful of traditional ways and open to what is new. Features a collection of stories, games,...

Meet Kit, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about life during the Great Depression through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and worksheets.

This site, created by Deidre Johnson, provides information on series reading about girls in the 19th century. You can find information about noted authors of these series, such as Jacob Abbott and Sophie May, and many selections from...

Image gallery of American folk artist Henry Darger's work. Learn about Darger's masterpiece, "The Story of the Vivian Girls," and the Henry Darger Study Center.

The media has latched on to the story that American boys are falling behind girls academically and are increasingly outnumbered in college. But what do the numbers show? Referencing more than 30 years of test scores and current research,...

Lewis and Clark traveled for two years and covered 4,000 miles to reach the Pacific Ocean. They had the help of a young Native American girl, Sacagawea, who carried with her a small baby! Students will learn about the Lewis and Clark...

Some of the African-American writers and poets who spoke out eloquently about their experiences of slavery in the 1700s and 1800s are featured in this section of Literature & Life. Read powerful first-person accounts of Harriet...

Many folktale resources are offered here. Texts of stories, "extras" including music and audio files, posters and background information can be found for some stories.

Read the story of a young Japanese-American girl whose family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor.

This is an online study guide/notes for the children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This novel is...

Maya Angelou recounts her coming of age story as a mature but apprehensive girl in the American South and California during the Jim Crow era. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 7-10) to pair with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by...

Text of the short story "The School Girl" by T.S. Arthur, a 19th-century American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "One of the Old Girls" by American author Edna Ferber. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Read the short story "Christmas Every Day" by William D. Howells about a young American girl whose wish that Christmas would come daily is granted for an entire year.

A young Native American child wearing ceremonial clothing.

Interesting stories of immigration in the 21st century. Read the accounts of three young girls and their families as they start their lives over in America.

Tells the story of Lowell Mill factory and the "capturing" of poor white females to "work" in the factories. From "Voice of Industry," January 2, 1846.

This site is Joseph Bruchac's homepage. It provides links to his biography, a listing of his major works, and other online resources for the author. It also provides links to several of his poems to open or download on mp3.