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Reading List 1 INNER RAINBOW PROJECT © 2017 Carly Mentlik
Activate your Inner Rainbow
READING LIST for Girls 6-12 SERIES 1
Home & Family Life :: Authentic Friendships :: Inner strength & confidence
Self-Love :: Speak your truth ;; calm your mind ;; follow your dreams
+ parenting resources
Reading List 1 INNER RAINBOW PROJECT © 2017 Carly Mentlik
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Reading List 1 INNER RAINBOW PROJECT © 2017 Carly Mentlik
Home & Family Life PICTURE BOOKS Winter Days in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books), Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura helps Ma and Pa make the little log cabin snug and cozy for the snowy days ahead.
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen A gentle, poetic story that lovingly depicts the special companionship of a young child and her father as well as humankind's close relationship to the natural world.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sisters, Raina Telgemeier This graphic novel uses humor and charm in both present-day narrative and flashbacks to tell the story of the author’s relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip.
May B., Caroline Starr Rose A fast-paced novel about a girl learning to survive when separated from her family. Written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love.
The Mighty Miss Malone, Christopher Paul Curtis A story of family connection and perseverance as Deza Malone and her family struggle with the twists and turns of their story through the devastation of the Depression.
Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool Abilene Tucker learns about her father’s role in history when she is sent off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job.
LEARNING/ACTIVITY GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Home & Family Life, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls strengthen their family relationships and home life; includes an accompanying parent guide.
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Understanding her Family, Amy Lynch This American Girl guide helps girls understand and get along with the people they are closest to: their families.
PARENT RESOURCES The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively, Gary D. Chapman & Ross Campbell Discover your child's primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.
Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years, Eliza Reynolds & Sil Reynolds Prepare yourself early with two breakthrough guides in one, created to help you find and protect the unique treasure that is your relationship.
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Authentic Friendships PICTURE BOOKS Gabby and Gator, James Burks When Gabby and Gator meet, their fun and adventures prove that the best friends are those who accept you as you are, teeth and all!
Little Robot, Ben Hatke It's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS 11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel, Wendy Mass A story of friendship and adventure as best friends Amanda and Leo get caught in a time loop where they wake up each morning to find themselves repeating their eleventh birthday.
Roller Girl, Victoria Jamieson In this graphic novel debut that earned a Newbery Honor, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverence, and girl power!
Real Friends, Shannon Hale A graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends―and why it's worth the journey.
Moon Runner, Carolyn Mardsen A quiet, lyrical story that sensitively explores issues of friendship and being true to oneself.
LEARNING/ACTIVITY GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Authentic Friendships, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls build authentic friendships and learn how to be a good friend; includes an accompanying parent guide.
A Smart Girl’s Guide: Friendship Troubles, Patti Kelley Criswell This American Girl guide will help girls deal with the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships, from backstabbing and triangles, to other tough friendship problems.
PARENT RESOURCES Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-proof Girls in the Early Grades, Michelle Anthony MA, PhD & Reyna Lindert PhD An easy-to-follow, 4-step plan to help you become a problem-solving partner with your child, including tips and insights that girls can use on their own to confront social difficulties in an empowered way.
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, Rachel Simmons Gives proven and innovative strategies for navigating social dynamics in person and online, as well as classroom initiatives and step-by-step parental suggestions for dealing with conventional bullying.
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Inner strength & confidence PICTURE BOOKS Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women, Elena Favelli & Francesca Cavallo 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy tale.
My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?, Jennifer Fosberry & Mike Litwin Join Isabella on an adventure of discovery-and find out how imagining to be extraordinary women teaches her the importance of being her extraordinary self.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Tangle of Knots, Lisa Graff Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent’, this book will help your girl explore her own talents.
Strong is the New Pretty, Kate Parker Celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100% themselves.
You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World, Maya S. Penn Provides a creative blueprint, along with the tools she used to build an authentic, exciting, and connected life, and offers creative prompts for cultivating success.
Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke Girl Power! When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet.
LEARNING GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Inner Strength & Confidence, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls explore their strengths and learn how to build confidence; includes an accompanying parent guide.
The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for your Life of Epic Adventure, Caroline Paul From a real-life derring-do woman, exhilarating stories, activities, and tips to inspire girls to pursue a life of adventure and excitement.
PARENT RESOURCES Girls on Track: A Parent's Guide to Inspiring Our Daughters to Achieve a Lifetime of Self-Esteem and Respect, Molly Barker A ten-week self-esteem-building plan that will instill resiliency in young girls and enhance their emotional, social, physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Heroes for my Daughter: Ordinary People Who Achieved the Extraordinary, Brad Meltzer Perfect for anyone looking for inspiration. The sixty featured figures represent the spectacular potential we all have within us to change the world.
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Self-Love PICTURE BOOKS Kathryn the Grape’s Magical Wand, Kathryn Cloward Follow along as Kathryn the Grape discovers that everything magical she experiences comes from within her. Kathryn the Grape is magical by just being herself…and so are you!
Self, Dawn Sinclair Not just a book, it's an experience. It carries an ageless message that is sure to stay with you, about the important and joy of staying connected to your true self.
How Full Is Your Bucket?, Tom Oath & Mary Reckmeyer Felix begins to see how every interaction in a day either fills or empties his bucket. Felix then realizes that everything he says or does to other people fills or empties their buckets as well.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Judy Blume Learn about self-acceptance as you find out, What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids -- and to herself -- that she's only human?
The Girl with the Silver Eyes, Willo Davis Roberts It’s hard to make friends when you’re unusual…but Katie has never done anything to hurt anyone so why is everyone afraid of her? Maybe there are other kids who have the same silver eyes…and the same talents…
The Ugly One, Leanne Statland Ellis Told in an engaging storyteller’s voice, this is a stirring tale of a girl who finds her own strength and self-acceptance.
LEARNING/ACTIVITY GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Self-Love, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls build self-esteem and practice gratitude and self-acceptance; includes an accompanying parent guide.
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Liking Herself, Even on the Bad Days, Laurie Zelinger This American Girl guide gives, tips for trusting yourself, ideas for boosting your self-esteem (or for keeping it up), and how to feel your best in all kinds of situations.
PARENT RESOURCES The Power is Within You, Louise Hay Louise L. Hay expands her philosophies of loving the self through: learning to listen and trust the inner voice, loving the child within, letting our true feelings out, the responsibility of parenting…and much more.
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Brené Brown Ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living—a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.
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Speak your truth PICTURE BOOKS She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, Chelsea Clinton Introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.
A is for Activist, Innosanto Nagara This children’s board book will inspire girls of all ages to stand up for what they believe in.
Isabella: Girl in Charge, Jennifer Fosberry If her family is going to work like a democracy, Isabella knows what she has to do; call an assembly and campaign her way out the door.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Zebrafish, FableVision With a little creativity and out-the-box thinking this garage band is going virtual—and they’re learning that schoolyard fame is a great way to bring in awareness for an important cause.
The Giver, Lois Lowry Be inspired to follow your truth with the haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment.
Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind… until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice… but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.
LEARNING/ACTIVITY GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Speak Your Truth, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls explore their personal voice and learn about honesty and standing up for what you believe in; includes an accompanying parent guide.
Junior Amuse Journey Book, Girl Scouts This guide uses storytelling to help girls explore their voice. Girls will have fun trying on roles and learning about people and the power of real-life action and leadership.
PARENT RESOURCES Kindness Wins, Galit Breen Help your girl speak her truth with kindness with this book that will teach her how to maneuver kindly online.
The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul, Danielle LaPorte Help your daughter learn to express her truth through example by using this holistic life-planning tool that will revolutionize the way you go after what you want in life.
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calm your mind PICTURE BOOKS Tiger-Tiger, Is It True?: Four questions to make you smile again, Byron Katie & Hans Wilhelm Tiger-Tiger realizes that all his problems are not caused by things, but by his thoughts about things; and that when he questions his thoughts, life becomes wonderful again.
What Does It Mean to Be Present?, Rana DiOrio Follow a group of friends at school, at home, and at the beach as they experience just what it means to be present.
The Three Questions [Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy], Jon J. Muth Learn to follow your intuition with this timeless book…What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?
The Lemonade Hurricane: A Story of Mindfulness and Meditation, Licia Morelli Henry is a lot of fun when he's not storming through the house, so Emma decides to teach him how to be still. By showing him how to sit, bow, and breathe, Emma is able to calm the hurricane within Henry.
Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems, Kate Coombs A book of poetry and art for young readers to make mindfulness easy, natural, and beautiful.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom, Booki Vivat Give voice to anxiety with this graphic novel where Abbie Wu is in major need of crisis control. Her fear and anxiety have her constantly freaking out, especially when it comes to sixth grade.
LEARNING GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Calm Your Mind, Carly Mentlik This guide introduces girls to mindfulness tools in a creative way; includes an accompanying parent guide.
Master of Mindfulness: How to be your own Superhero in Times of Stress, Laurie Grossman & Mr. Musumeci’s 5th Grade Class This book gives kids the skills they need to bring up your own superpowers by showing them how mindfulness can help them calm down and deal with things differently.
PARENT RESOURCES Planting Seeds, Practicing Mindfulness with Children, Thich That Hanh Offers insight, concrete activities, and curricula that parents and educators can apply in school settings, in their local communities or at home, in a way that is meaningful and inviting to children.
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their parents), Eline Snel In a simple and accessible way, this book describes what mindfulness is and how mindfulness-based practices can help children calm down, become more focused… and generally become more patient and aware.
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follow your dreams PICTURE BOOKS An Awesome Book, Dallas Clayton Based on the simple concept of dreaming big, written in the vein of classic imaginative tales.
Book, David S. Miles With soft, warm storytelling and stunning, whimsical illustrations, journey through the literary lands of fact and fiction, a world where nothing can stop a young boy's earnest quest for truth.
What Do You Do With an Idea?, Kobi Yamada This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next.
BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Ozma of Oz, Eric Shanower & L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum's magical world comes to life once again as our beloved Dorothy Gale takes yet another unexpected trip to a mystical, faraway land.
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women, Catherine Thimmesh What inspired these inventive women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
Finding Serendipity, Angelica Banks When Tuesday and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday's mother has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from.
LEARNING GUIDES Inner Rainbow Girls’ Empowerment Guide: Follow Your Dreams, Carly Mentlik This guide helps girls expand their imagination and connect with their hopes and dreams; includes an accompanying parent guide.
The Girls’ Doodle Book, Andrew Pinder Expand your imagination with this creative book. ‘No drawing skills are required—just your imagination.
PARENT RESOURCES Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert Teach your daughter through example by expanding your vision of what’s possible for yourself with this inspirational book.
Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration, Meera Lee Patel An interactive journal designed to help nurture creativity, mindfulness, and self-motivation…by taking the time to know ourselves and what those dreams are, we can appreciate the world around us and achieve our dreams.
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Favorites for parenting BOOKS
Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children, Dr. Shefali Tsabary A conscious approach to parenting where children serve as mirrors of their parents' forgotten self.
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn Remains one of the few books on parenting that embraces the emotional, intuitive, and deeply personal experience of being a parent, applying the groundbreaking "mind/body connection.
Daring Greatly, Brené Brown A transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Daniel J Siegel A masterly, reader-friendly guide to helping children grow their emotional intelligence. This brilliant method transforms everyday interactions into valuable brain-shaping moments.
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting, John Gottman & Joan Declaire A groundbreaking guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world; equips parents with a five-step “emotion coaching” process.
The Curse of the Good Girl, Rachel Simmons Exposes the myth of the Good Girl, freeing girls from its impossible standards and encouraging them to embrace their real selves.
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, Peggy Orenstein New York Times bestselling author grapples with where to draw the line for our daughters in the new girlie-girl culture.
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Raising Girls: A mindful approach to raising a strong, confident daughter, Erika Karres & Rebecca Branstetter Smart, comprehensive advice on the trials and triumphs of raising a daughter with patience.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz * Not technically a parenting book, but can change the way you parent *
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Favorites for moms BOOKS Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life, Glennon Doyle Melton A personal story inviting us to believe in ourselves, to be brave and kind, to let go of the idea of perfection, and to stop making motherhood, marriage, and friendship harder by pretending they’re not hard.
Hands Free Mama: A guide to putting down the phone, burning the to-do list and letting go of perfection to grasp what really matters, Rachel Macy Stafford ‘The digital society’s answer to finding balance in a media-saturated, perfection-obsessed world…Discover the joy, power and love of living “Hands Free”
PROGRAMS Living Joyful Courage, Casey O’ Roarty A transformative program grounded in Intentional Parenting, offering group coaching, member’s forum, webinars and more.
Abundant Mama Project, Shawn Fink A three-week experience that guides you on a journey of self discovery to figure out who you are now that you are a mother and what really is most important in your life.
Live Freely Circle, Shannon Kinney-Duh A safe place for women to come together and explore, discover, and create the life that is most inline with their true nature.
Mindful Parenting Course, Hunter Clarke-Fields An 8-week fully supported course to mindfulness and skillful communication for an awakened family.
COMMUNITIES Mindful Mama Movement, Shannon Kinney-Düh & Ashley Walburn A place that celebrates, honors and nurtures women on their own personal journeys as mothers.
Get Grounded, Kerry Foreman Mindfulness brought down from the ethers and into Real strategies to use so you can love your life.
PODCASTS Joyful Courage, Casey O’Roarty
Mindful Mama Movement, Shannon Kinney-Düh & Ashley Walburn
Calm in the Chaos: Manifesting Magic and Miracles with Spirited Moms, Jamie Boggeln
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