Books about great women- HELP?!
Sep. 12th, 2005 02:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalOkay, so I've been trying to figure out what to get my boss' daughter for her Bat Mitzvah. I'm going to Iowa next week so I need to shop this week if I'm shopping. I'm torn between:
1. A small check for her and a donation for an equal amount in her name to a charity (possibly something animal-related) since she's a VERY generous girl and has a very loving heart.
2. The donation alone (an adopt an animal program, possibly)
3. A book and either a check or donation depending on the cost of the book.
Does anyone have any recommendations for books about great/strong/amazing women? I'm not looking for a chicken soup for the soul type... and I don't want to bore her with a biography about just one woman or a set of biographies (I have a bunch of those I've read that I can choose from already) but something a little more interesting. Possibly fictional. But not *too* long (i.e. not as long as Little Women) as she doesn't have a lot of time to read. Something enjoyable and interesting and which will impart some great life lessons without being boring. I have exactly one possibility on my list at the moment (Anne of Green Gables) and I'm not sure about it.
She gets bored so easily, this girl. I'm almost tempted to get her a good book of puzzles or something...
Does anyone have anything they could recommend in the great women category? I'm asking now so I can rush out to the library and read through it before I buy it. If I decide to buy a book, that is.
Anyone?
1. A small check for her and a donation for an equal amount in her name to a charity (possibly something animal-related) since she's a VERY generous girl and has a very loving heart.
2. The donation alone (an adopt an animal program, possibly)
3. A book and either a check or donation depending on the cost of the book.
Does anyone have any recommendations for books about great/strong/amazing women? I'm not looking for a chicken soup for the soul type... and I don't want to bore her with a biography about just one woman or a set of biographies (I have a bunch of those I've read that I can choose from already) but something a little more interesting. Possibly fictional. But not *too* long (i.e. not as long as Little Women) as she doesn't have a lot of time to read. Something enjoyable and interesting and which will impart some great life lessons without being boring. I have exactly one possibility on my list at the moment (Anne of Green Gables) and I'm not sure about it.
She gets bored so easily, this girl. I'm almost tempted to get her a good book of puzzles or something...
Does anyone have anything they could recommend in the great women category? I'm asking now so I can rush out to the library and read through it before I buy it. If I decide to buy a book, that is.
Anyone?
