American Girl Pinterest (1)

Vertical blog graphic composed of a colorful collage of illustrated book covers arranged behind a large translucent white rectangular overlay. The visible covers feature illustrated girls and women wearing clothing from different historical periods, with portions of titles and names visible around the outside edges. At the top center, a burgundy book-cover strip visibly reads “Meet Samantha,” while other partially visible covers around the edges include green, yellow, blue, red, and gold title bands. A large semi-transparent white rectangle extends from near the upper-left portion of the image to close to the bottom, allowing the illustrations underneath to remain faintly visible. Centered text uses several colors and type styles. Purple handwritten-style lettering at the top reads “How.” Large red serif text below reads “American,” followed by a red outlined star symbol and the word “Girl.” Purple handwritten-style text continues with “Helped My Kids Love Reading and History,” stacked over several lines. Smaller purple serif text at the bottom reads “LilyandThistle.com.” Thin white lines from the book-cover grid remain visible through and around the translucent overlay.

Lily & Thistle blog graphic about using illustrated historical books and characters to encourage children’s interest in reading and history. Literature and history can also connect naturally with creative homeschool activities such as drawing, painting, and visual storytelling. Lily & Thistle offers homeschool online art lessons for kids, online watercolor classes, homeschool art curriculum resources, history-inspired art projects, elementary art lessons, and creative educational activities for families learning at home.