Our friend Joshua Phillips, of BallantynetheBrave.com, has received many questions on whether boys’ literature is appropriate for girls to read as well. Joshua asked if we could also write something addressing this question, from our own perspective as girls.
Why Girls Should Read Boys’ Adventure Literature
People often ask us to name the most important books we’ve read — books that have influenced our thinking the most. Our inclination is to list the books that educated and informed our already-matured minds (more impressive titles by well-respected thinkers, theologians and historians).
But the truth is that the books that have likely had the strongest effect on who we have become were actually the books we read as children.
Go to Ballantyne the Brave to read the whole thing.
