Holiday Gift Guide for 10-Year-Old Girls

Your Agonizing is Over!

As a self proclaimed expert on 10-year-old girls (having a 10-year-old half-sister, a 10-year-old step-sister, and a 10-year-old daughter) I’ve made it my mission to search, dig and construct a golden gift guide of twelve wonderful and age appropriate gift ideas for 10-year-girls. However, I did leave one major thing off the list: the pony. A pony is just a given, so feel free to give your girl one despite its omission.

The List

To ensure a well-balanced girl, the list includes both feminine and educational treasures and reads as follows:

1. Akeela and the Bee (DVD, Amazon.com $19.99) Eleven year-old Akeela Anderson is faced with many challenges at home: her father is dead, her mother ignores her and her brother runs with a very bad crowd. She’s a smart girl, but her environment dampens her aspirations. Akeela participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences, and to her surprise (and embarrassment) she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from English professor, Dr. Larabee, for the more prestigious regional bee. She wants her community to be proud of her but can she overcome her insecurities and distracting home life? Can she get past Dr. Larabee’s baggage and the endless faces of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers?

2. American Girl “Just Like You” Doll (By Mattel – www.americangirl.com Starter Doll with outfit, book, and CD $87) Choose one of 25 dolls that stand 18 inches with various combinations of skin tones and hair and eye colors. If you want, you can purchase a gift certificate from the website so that your girl can choose her own doll and “build her personality” herself.