Dear America

[Mindy_M]

I know this book series made a resurgence for a little while, and then it stopped again, however I was curious what everybody thought of them. I grew up loving them. The one on the Titanic will always be a favorite of mine, and I find myself still cringing over the Winter of Red Snow. Lately, as part of my own personal reading challenge, I've been peppering these Dear America books in with all of my others to help shake up my reading. I own every single one, and have been reading them in historical order. With that said, it's astounding how one could be riddled with amazing historical truths and then the next could be...flat. It's a shame, really. I want every one of them to be as superb as the next. Don't get me wrong, I still find myself learning things. I'm 28 years old, and I'm still learning about history through Dear America books. Is that bad? For instance, there's one about the Santa Fe Trail. It's like the Oregon Trail, but mostly for traders who were moving to New Mexico. Fancy that. I'm from Maine, so anything related to the states Mexico once owned is beyond me! I really hope I'm not the only one this applies to though! (Not necessarily about the Santa Fe Trail, but about learning from Dear America books as an adult!)

[Mrshunter+]

Im 27 and also love these books. I am hoping my daughter will like them too. She was reading another diary series so i was like hey these are good too. Im also learing things from these books they sparked my intrest in history.

[Insightsintobooks]

I loved those books as a kid. I think my favorites were the ones where a girl becomes blind and she is learning how to cope. Another of my favorites is one where a girl is captured by native Americans and becomes one of them. I also enjoyed the royal diaries series as well.

[Amagine]

I know this book series made a resurgence for a little while, and then it stopped again, however I was curious what everybody thought of them. I grew up loving them. The one on the Titanic will always be a favorite of mine, and I find myself still cringing over the Winter of Red Snow. Lately, as part of my own personal reading challenge, I've been peppering these Dear America books in with all of my others to help shake up my reading. I own every single one, and have been reading them in historical order. With that said, it's astounding how one could be riddled with amazing historical truths and then the next could be...flat. It's a shame, really. I want every one of them to be as superb as the next. Don't get me wrong, I still find myself learning things. I'm 28 years old, and I'm still learning about history through Dear America books. Is that bad? For instance, there's one about the Santa Fe Trail. It's like the Oregon Trail, but mostly for traders who were moving to New Mexico. Fancy that. I'm from Maine, so anything related to the states Mexico once owned is beyond me! I really hope I'm not the only one this applies to though! (Not necessarily about the Santa Fe Trail, but about learning from Dear America books as an adult!)

I don't think that it is bad at all that you are still learning from those books. There are a lot of children books that I read to this day and that I still learn from. Dear America sounds like a great series that children can learn a lot from. I don't think I ever read them as a child but I wouldn't mind reading them as an adult.