Beacon Street Girls

Awhile back, (as in, uh, LAST SUMMER) someone contacted me from Beacon Street Girls, which is a series of books created to provide positive role models for preteen girls.

The Beacon Street Girls brand was specifically created to empower “tweens,” those girls between the ages of 8 and 13, who are “between toys and boys ™.” Shaped by leading experts in adolescent development and current research on how to positively impact girls’ self-esteem, the Beacon Street Girls offer a fresh media alternative to today’s MTV-style world. Super fans in 75 countries and their parents have embraced the Beacon Street Girls as role models who are “just like me.” The company provides great books, cool gifts, and a safe and interactive online world designed to celebrate the potential in every preteen girl.

They were kind enough to send a couple of books for Kayley to review: Lake Rescue, and Maeve On The Red Carpet. I happily passed them along to Kayley, and she promptly lost them in her black hole of a bedroom. And I forgot about them altogether. Out of sight, out of mind, and all that.

Recently, though, we went through a massive purge of Kayley’s closet and found the books! She was pretty excited by this discovery and read both of them within about a month. I’m pleased to report that she found both books to be engaging and entertaining. She is a pretty picky book reader and if she doesn’t like a book, she won’t even attempt to finish it on principle – she’ll just toss it aside and find something new to read.

If you have a middle school-aged daughter, check out this series of books, and check out the website too. Every book in the series has its own page on the site where you can read the first chapter, post your own book review, and print out a poster of the book’s cover. The website also has games, neat little printable flipbooks and locker posters, and fun contests and giveaways. I just noticed pictures of The World’s Messiest Room Contest! I’m pretty sure Kayley could have won this, hands down!