The Children’s Heritage Series – Girl’s Collection (8 volumes)

The Children’s Heritage Series

The Girl’s Collection

Our classic set of 19th-century reprinted stories for girls. These contain some of our most spiritually enriching books for girls ages 8-14, in fascinating stories that have been loved for almost two centuries now. Also very suitable to read aloud with younger children or for family reading. Includes 8 books, all originally published by the American Tract Society in the 1800s.

Some of these will soon be some of your daughter’s favorite and most memorable stories.

Continuing in the tradition of the well-known Grace & Truth Books Children’s Character-Building Collection, these volumes tell stories of young ladies facing challenging dilemmas in life through which they learn to grow in Christian character.  They are also highly gospel-centered stories, which means that they don’t merely promote a life of good behavior, and certainly not any hope of growing up thinking that we are saved by our good works. Rather, they encourage a girl to turn in faith and repentance to Jesus Christ early in life, and run to Him for salvation and then for continual forgiveness of sin.

This set includes all the following books:

• The Little Girl’s Treasury

  • The Little Girl’s Treasury is a compilation of thirity-nine short stories collected during the 1800s by Annie Brooks in her own reading as a young girl. Taking the reader from India to Germany to the New England colonies, with tales of regal queens and families in poverty, each is full of valuable lessons your little girl won’t forget.

    These touching incidents convey truths on a wide range of character traits, winsomely blended into stories about openly talking with your mother, taking medicine patiently, weeping with others who weep, using spare moments well, not forgetting to pray, tender love for pets, never being afraid during a storm, and many, many more.

• I Have a Soul

  • This book is a compilation of six short stories which have proven to be biblically enriching reading for children.  Each story will impress on a child’s mind that it is important to obey parents, strive to keep God’s commandments, and be ever mindful of their never-dying soul and everlasting eternity.  The first story in the book is I Have a Soul followed by five others with equally valuable lessons.

• The Dairyman’s Daughter

  • A child of a poor dairy farmer in England, Richmond met Elizabeth in 1798 upon his arrival as the new minister on the Isle of Wight. He learned from her of a proud past in which she forsook all love of her family, but then of the sweet love of Christ which was formed in her and the shining testimony she became as a witness for Him with her holy life. Richmond regarded Elizabeth as “one of the best-versed persons in the Scriptures” whom he had ever met and considered meeting her one of the highest privileges of his life.

• Behind Mr. Bunyan
  • The story is told by Agnes herself, drawn from original sources, of her life as a twenty-year-old young woman who belonged to John Bunyan’s church. The rich spiritual value of Agnes’ story was recognized long ago and was often reprinted, and she tells her story humbly and winsomely. Behind Mr. Bunyan is a remarkable testimony of faith in Christ even when under fire from one’s own family members, and how Agnes overcomes suspicion and animosity with devoted love.
• Patty’s Curiosity

  • This volume includes three stories from the 19th century.   First is the story of Patty’s Curiosity.  Patty is a little girl who must learn that her disobedience and idle curiosity (being “nosy”) is causing more trouble than she ever knew.

    In the 2nd story, Wants and Wishes, Charles discovers how selfish he is, through a new friendship with a blind boy.

    The 3rd story is the marvelous and surprising tale, The Stranger at Home. Elvira is a little girl who truly dislikes being told what to do or to listen to instructions. Her parents find a most unique and effective way to get Elvira listening.  She learns to change this habit quickly!

• The Young Cottager
  • Legh Richmond’s The Young Cottager, first written in the mid-1800s, is the touching and true story of young Jane of Brading, a young lady and a member of the church he served. Jane’s strength of faith even during poor health and multiplied sufferings captured her pastor’s notice, as a marvelous and striking example. Jane, also the first convert of his ministry there, is the subject of this beautifully told story.
• Grace Raymond

  • The story of Grace Raymond, titled also The Evil and Cure of A Passionate Temper, is the touching story of a young girl who possessed a sharp temper and a tendency to be harsh. Grace comes to realize, after causing her sister injury, that allowing anger to rule in her heart was harming herself as well as others, and would only grow, leading to worse and worse outbursts of anger and animosity.

    Through the influence of a kind teacher, Grace learns the way of salvation in Christ, and who can save her from her sin, so that she becomes an exemplary model of patience and longsuffering, to her family and all her friends.

• First Impressions of God

  • A charming story about a young girl’s first encounter with the knowledge of God, and the gospel, through the faithful witness of neighbors.

These were originally published by the American Tract Society in the 1800s. During the 1970s through 1990s, the faithful ministry of Triangle Press in Montana kept them in print.  But now, these stories have been republished in their highest-quality editions ever.

Be sure to also see our Children’s Heritage Series Boy’s Collection, a set of eight stories for boys with similar themes and goals – to encourage our children to come to Christ early in life and then to walk faithfully with Him, resisting the world and its temptations.

Age level:

The stories in the Children’s Heritage Series Girl’s Collection are well-suited to be read by girls 10-14 years of age or for reading aloud to girls 7-9 years of age.