I recently found a vintage 1936 girl mystery book called "The Adventure Girls at Happiness House" by Clair Blank. Just typing that makes me smile - what a great title! It's about a group of girlfriends who go to college, join the Omega Chi sorority, and solve the mystery of a series of strange attacks on the Dean. I had never heard of this series, but found some info about it on a great
blog (Series Books for Girls) that lists descriptions and images of many vintage series books for girls. I had no idea there were so many series published over the years! I used to read the Happy Hollister series when I was a kid, about a family with five children who solved mysteries. I read them over and over, and still have them all (I hope my daughter will enjoy reading them too). Looking back, I think what I liked most about them, was the fact that these really very young kids (ages 4-12) were able to be so independent and self-confident, and even a little bit pushy about getting out and about, going where they needed to go and talking to the people they needed to talk to, in order to find the answers to solve the mystery. Pushiness is not my strong suit - maybe I should read them again, and it will rub off on me... Anyway, you can find out more about
this book in my
Etsy shop.
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