Age: 7+
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, by Peter and Connie Roop. Written in 1985. Illustrated by Peter E. Hanson.
Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. What’s better than a story of a young girl who is brave and good? A true story of a young girl who’s brave and good! The year is… Continue reading
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Thee, Hannah! By Marguerite de Angeli, written in 1940.
Hannah is a young Quaker girl who lives with her large family in Philadelphia just before the Civil War. The Quakers, or Friends, wear plain clothes, but Hannah yearns for fancier ones like her friend Cecily wears – hoop skirts and… Continue reading

