I liked the “Whatever Happened...” books when I was in middle school.
Are the “Little Britches” stories as awful as some of the other self-reliant/whatever books I ran into at homeschool fairs? The “Elsie Dinsmore” series was particularly dire.
Try throwing in a couple of Robert Heinlein’s science fiction novels for juveniles (if you don’t know which are for juveniles check since some of his other stuff wasn’t) for flavor, they don’t get much more self-reliant than “Have Spacesuit Will Travel” or “The Rolling Stones”.
I read one or two of the Elsie Dinsmore series, and was increasingly appalled at it, and quite frankly, reappraised the woman who recommended it. I found it to be in support of accepting severe emotional abuse as a way of showing lovingkindness. Certainly not my style.
Little Britches is cut of a different mold. More a higher level and more complex version of Little House on the Prarie. Lots of examples of opportunities taken and creative thinking in difficult situaions. Dovetailed beautifully with Penny Candy and Justice.
I will have to look up some of the heinlin books, some have not aged well in my opinion.
I read one or two of the Elsie Dinsmore series, and was increasingly appalled at it, and quite frankly, reappraised the woman who recommended it. I found it to be in support of accepting severe emotional abuse as a way of showing lovingkindness. Certainly not my style.
Little Britches is cut of a different mold. More a higher level and more complex version of Little House on the Prarie. Lots of examples of opportunities taken and creative thinking in difficult situaions. Dovetailed beautifully with Penny Candy and Justice.
I will have to look up some of the heinlin books, some have not aged well in my opinion.