A piece of history

Yesterday, I had the chance to go to a book presentation on a new time travel series "Just in Time" by Carol Lynch Williams and Cheri Pray Earl. It's a series designed to highlight different parts of United States history. It was great to hear them talk about how they came up with the concept of the series and the different events in each book.

Fast forward to today, when I read that the American Girl Doll brand is retiring some of their best historic dolls. The American Girl doll books were my favorites! I got the Kirsten doll and I can't remember which one my sister had...but we would play with them for hours. It was great to learn about history through the American Girl stories. (And other great series like "the Time Warp Trio," "Magic Attic," and "Magic Tree House."

Since my undergrad (incidentally, in history) I've wanted to write a children's novel set in the time of Christopher Columbus. While I have yet to accomplish this dream, it's always been there. Hopefully sometime soon, through the inspiration of the presentation yesterday, and the memory of favorite history books past, I can write a similar story.

Rhetorically,

Rebekah