There’s a trend in our culture to give girls real life heroes through literature. I love that trend, but I want to encourage you to focus on pointing your girls to women who lived their lives for Jesus. There are some wonderful Christian books for girls that showcase the lives of women God used to the glory of his kingdom.
We want our girls first and foremost to know the women of Scripture. After that, we have 2,000 years of history to choose real life heroes from!
Note: A ‘hero story’ in literature focuses on a person with some redemptive qualities who struggles for good. Not all ‘heroes’ are good all of the time! In fact, none are–all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We know, though, that God chooses to work in those who are weak to his glory–that way we know HE is the great one, not the ‘hero’!
Teaching about real life heroes from Christian history is a wonderful way to expand your daughter’s perspective, and to give her a deeper understanding of the way that godly character changes a woman’s life. She will be able to see a vibrant relationship with Jesus affect the lives of people in history.
I love the Christian history series available today. My boys and I have read so many books about both men and women together. I’m going to highlight some of my favorite!
Do you have boys? You’ll also want to check out Christian Books for Boys: Real Life Heroes.
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Catherine MacKenzie has a wonderful Little Lights Christian history series on real life heroes of the faith that we used with our children when the were young. These little picture books have simple text on one page and a sentence for them to try reading on the next. The stories focus on how God used imperfect children (who became women) to his glory. Ms. MacKenzie has steadily expanded the series and you can now read to your young children about a number of real life heroes.
The Lightkeepers set from Irene Howat was also a popular read in our home. Each book tells the stories of ten girls who served the Lord. They are perfect for bedtime reading! The books include:
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- Ten Girls Who Didn’t Give In
Introduce your young children to real life heroes of the faith with the Little Lights and Light Keepers series.
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Christian Books for Older Girls
Girls from the ages of 7 to 12 can benefit from reading historical fiction, fictionalized biographies, and narrative biographies which introduce them to meet real life heroes of the faith.
Our favorite fictionalized biographies are the Trail Blazers novels from Christian Focus Publications. The books closely follow the stories of the main character, but with fictionalized dialogue. We used the Trail Blazers line as family read alouds with our children from the ages of 7 and 8, and by upper elementary and through middle school, I was assigning them as individual reading for school. I appreciate the fact that Christian Focus has worked to include the lives of heroic women in their line of books, and that their collection of engaging stories grows every few months!
The books below will give you plenty of great options for Christian books for your girls about real life heroes.
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Melissa Litzenberg says
September 10, 2018 at 10:40 amMy oldest loves reading biographies and introducing her to people of great faith at a young age would be wonderful!
Jill Miller says
September 10, 2018 at 10:54 amThese all look fabulous!!
Kelli S. says
September 10, 2018 at 11:17 amMy daughter loves history!
Amanda P. says
September 10, 2018 at 11:19 amWe love hero books, thank you for your giveaway!
Lisa says
September 10, 2018 at 11:32 amThese look like true heroes!
Sweet Sister says
September 10, 2018 at 11:34 amThis would be a great gift for operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, a donation to Children’s Hospital, a local Hospital, or Nursing Home… possibilities are endless!!!
Sarah says
September 10, 2018 at 11:49 amI can’t wait read more abouth these books. They look really good!
Lynnette says
September 10, 2018 at 12:06 pmThese look like wonderful books! I’m not familiar with several of the men and women and would love be to learn about the heroes along with my kids!
Jes says
September 10, 2018 at 12:18 pmI’m new to this site. Very excited to get some of these for my daughter!
Marion says
September 10, 2018 at 12:19 pmWhat a generous giveaway. Thank You.
Marion
Jamie says
September 10, 2018 at 12:33 pmThis is my first time to the site, but I’m very interested in learning more. Our little girl loves to read and I look forward to having christian literature for her to read.
Dawn says
September 10, 2018 at 12:46 pmThanks for offering this giveaway. My daughter has been going through books like crazy…want to get her good ones in her hands.
Melissa Garrison says
September 10, 2018 at 12:53 pmWould love these for my three readers!
Christina says
September 10, 2018 at 1:06 pmThank you for offering this giveaway! My daughters love to read and I would love to read about these amazing real life, Christian heroes together!
Wendy says
September 10, 2018 at 1:12 pmThese books look great for my 8 children!
Amy says
September 10, 2018 at 1:13 pmAs a Homeschooling Mama who is an avid reader, these books look like they would be a fantastic addition to our growing collection! I have two girls and a boy, and I am constantly searching for ways to teach character, discipline and real-life “hero-ship”!!
Dawn C says
September 10, 2018 at 1:15 pmMy kids love true stories!
Lindsay Sastaunik says
September 10, 2018 at 1:24 pmSo excited to read these with my kids!
Christie Kincaid says
September 10, 2018 at 1:33 pmThank you for the giveaway. It would be a great set of books to win for my daughter!
Janet says
September 10, 2018 at 2:08 pmWow these books look great – my 3 book worms would love them 😊
Wendy says
September 10, 2018 at 2:37 pmMy daughter remembers history and morals better when wrapped in a story. The fact these stories illuminate people worthy of being her hero is an added bonus!
Deanna Rice says
September 10, 2018 at 2:42 pmI can’t wait to start these books with my girls. Thank you for the recommendation!
Stacy Milacek says
September 10, 2018 at 3:20 pmThese books look wonderful and I love introducing my daughter to real people who followed Jesus.
Krista says
September 10, 2018 at 5:12 pmMy children love to read and I love when they can read about people of faith who did what was right no mater the cost
Dina says
September 10, 2018 at 5:21 pmMy eight year old loves reading biographies of missionaries and Jesus’ followers. We are going through YWAM Publishing right now, but these will be wonderful for independent reading for her and read aloud for my younger daughter.
Amber says
September 10, 2018 at 6:11 pmThese look great! I love that they offer different age ranges! And lots of girl titles!
Michele says
September 10, 2018 at 7:41 pmI really like that these are good quality stories of real people who kids can look to as heroes and not someone who is just famous that’s not a good hero.
Andrea D says
September 10, 2018 at 7:55 pmBeing able to show my kids the real-life people – imperfect, but still heroic in their actions – is so helpful in showing them what may be possible for their futures! Sometimes it’s easier to relate to more recent figures than those in the Bible, too, though obviously the Bible is our first go-to for heroes!
Melissa Cazares says
September 10, 2018 at 11:12 pmMy kids Love reading so this would be great to win!
September West says
September 11, 2018 at 11:18 amThanks for having this giveaway! It’s always exciting to read about how God has worked in the lives of men and women throughout history.
Teresa Wylie says
September 11, 2018 at 4:59 pmWe love books! We love learning through them. I think these real life stories would captivate my kiddos and would be a great addition to our homeschool.
Lynette W says
September 12, 2018 at 10:26 amThese books will be a great way to encourage my children’s faith—true stories of God’s faithfulness are so powerful.
Kely Burton says
September 12, 2018 at 1:29 pmI love that we are able to find books that help point our girls toward women who lived their lives for Jesus. Thank you for offering this giveaway!
Marci Endres says
September 13, 2018 at 10:37 amWonderful reading suggestions!
Rho says
September 13, 2018 at 8:00 pmWhen Lightning Struck looks great! (It’d be really nice to win it…! 😉
Katherine Kastner says
September 15, 2018 at 5:38 amSo many rich stories of sacrificing saints!
Georgia A Stapleton says
September 17, 2018 at 9:18 amThese books look great.
Tanya says
September 17, 2018 at 7:18 pmWould love to win these books! Thanks for the opportunity! 🙂
aleblanc says
September 18, 2018 at 4:40 amThanks for the giveaway and all the great information you share with us.
Margit CK Hall says
September 18, 2018 at 8:08 pmLooks like some captivating reading for any child’s imagination!
Travel, geography, history, adventure and service for Chist – What a great combination!
Natasha says
September 20, 2018 at 5:46 amThanks for pulling all these great resources together into one spot!
JennieT says
September 21, 2018 at 10:27 pmWhat a wonderful giveaway! My son read the boy book. So excited to introduce my daughter. And this list has other books I am putting on my wishlist ❤️