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Title: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: daffodil101 on July 07, 2020, 06:58:33 AM

Hi guys!  This is a request (story behind in spoiler) 

Spoiler

So, long story short, I have this dream of one day having my own place and taking in women and kids fleeing domestic violence.  I'm not sure HOW it's going to happen, but I've felt for a while now that it's what I'm meant to do with my life, so I believe it will happen somehow :heart:

Anyway, in the meantime, I'm doing little projects like learning about trauma informed care and my current project is collecting some books that kids of different ages might find comforting and helpful for some of the many challenges humans face growing up! 

I've been looking at the set of 'The smart girl's guide to...' books from American Girl, but I'm in Australia, and they cost $20+ per book, which is kinda beyond my budget as there are a few!  They have great topics, like friendship troubles, drama rumors & secrets, liking boys, learning about money, the care and keeping of you, feelings, etc. and I'd love to get a bunch of them cheaply  ^.^

So, I'm wondering if anyone might have some that they don't need anymore, or happen to live near second-hand book shops, or get them cheap on craigslist or something, and be able to send them to me in Australia (I could pay your costs over paypal) 

I do have ponies as well, so if you'd like to trade a pony for some books, I'd be happy to do that as well!  :)

This is a link to the series I'm thinking of

http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/product-category/online-catalogue/advice-activities/advice/ (http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/product-category/online-catalogue/advice-activities/advice/)


Thanks so much in advance to anyone who might be able to help :heart:

Title: Re: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on July 07, 2020, 09:53:02 AM

some are available as free PDFs from AG for a limited time:

https://www.americangirl.com/explore/articles/onlinelibrary

Title: Re: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: daffodil101 on July 07, 2020, 09:37:29 PM

Oh that's really cool, thanks for sharing :) 

It doesn't seem to have the series I'm after though, they look like the stories, I'm after the non-fiction 'A smart girl's guide to' series

Title: Re: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on July 07, 2020, 11:19:53 PM

there are some of the "self-help" books in there too

Title: Re: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: daffodil101 on July 08, 2020, 04:31:39 AM

Thanks Squirmy!  I've been reading through the stories, they're lovely :heart:  Thank you for sharing!


I'd still really love to find some hard copies of the titles from that particular series, if anyone happens to have any, would be much appreciated! 

 :lovey:

Title: Re: American Girl books from the US? - can anyone help?
Post by: banditpony on July 08, 2020, 06:58:37 AM

I wish I could help you, that's a good cause. We have a huge flea market down the road but I'm not doing any second hand searching atm because of the pandemic.

My fear is that shipping for books would cost an arm and a leg. I imagine it would only work out in your favor if you could find them for dirt cheap..

Good luck!