Our Australian Girl
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Our Australian Girls is the best Australian series of
books for children, especially for girls.
They are brilliantly written and each girl is a well developed character
for girls to read about. They are
historical fiction and similar to the American
Girl series which has been popular around the world for many years.
Each character has four books to chronicle their journey in a
different time period. Each book has
some easy to understand historical contend at the back for children to learn
more about Australia’s vast history.
They have the most beautiful covers I have ever seen on Australian children's books.
I grew up reading My Story, and My Australian Story. These
had female diary writers of course but they lacked something special. Our Australian Girl is a series that I wished
had been around when I was a child. I
absolutely love the series now, but I would have loved them even more growing
up. My Australian Story has some very
good female characters, my favourites being Sophia (A Marathon of her Own) and
Charlotte (A Different Sort of Real) but Our Australian Girl is written
differently and it’s more personal and enjoyable. I hope more of these books are written and I
hope that at least one of them is a Tasmanian girl. There was no Tasmanian story in the My
Australian Story (that I am aware of). This always bothered me.
The official site for this lovely series is www.ouraustraliangirl.com.au
#1 Meet Poppy #1 Meet Letty
#2 Poppy at Summerhill #2 Letty and the Strangers Lace
#3 Poppy and the Thief #3 Letty on the Land
#4 Poppy Comes Home #4 Letty’s Christmas
Grace – Sofie Laguna
Rose – Sheryl Clark
#1 Meet Grace
#1 Meet Rose#2 A Friend for Grace #2 Rose on Wheels
#3 Grace and Glory #3 Rose’s Challenge
#4 A Home for Grace #4 Rose in Bloom
Nellie – Penny Matthews Alice
– Davina Bell
#1 Meet Nellie
#1 Meet Alice#2 Nellie and the Secret Letter #2 Alice and the Apple Blossom Fair
#3 Nellie’s Quest #3 Alice of Peppermint Grove
#4 Nellie’s Greatest Wish #4 Peacetime for Alice
I am currently reading the Nellie and Alice books which
haven’t all been published yet. So far
my favourite Australian Girl has been Rose.
I think this is because her story is set during Australia’s
Federation. I was just a little bit
younger than Rose is when Australia celebrated 100 years since our Federation.
I remember the special school assembly and every student being given a
commemorative coin to mark the occasion. I still have mine. Boys were biting on them and then hurt their
teeth. It was an exciting time but
uncomfortable because it was raining and the whole school was shoved outside
underneath the small shelters near the school office.
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