The top ten journals for Mighty Girls of all ages!
There is something about an empty journal that invites you to dive in: all of those blank pages just waiting to be filled! Whether you're keeping a record of special events in your life, investigating your emotional world, experimenting with writing, or even sharing your innermost thoughts with someone special in your life, journals provide a safe space to experiment, explore, and create. It's no wonder that journaling is such a popular activity — for both kids and adults!
In this blog post, we've featured a selection of our favorite journals for Mighty Girls. These journals provide a wide array of journaling experiences, suitable for everyone from beginners to experience journalers. Some of them provide space to reflect about events in her day-to-day life; others encourage girls to explore their feelings around the physical and emotions changes they are experiencing; and still others are designed to help girls connect to important figures in their lives in a new way. Whichever they choose, we're confident that these journals will help get your Mighty Girl's inspiration flowing!
Inspiring Journals for Mighty Girls
Bookworm Journal
A Reading Log for Kids (And Their Parents)
Bookworm Journal
A Reading Log for Kids (And Their Parents)
Even the littlest readers enjoy keeping track of the books they've read! With this clever journal, kids tear off perforated corners of the pages to watch the bookworm "eat" his way through the book. Kids can note the title, author, and their rating of each book, as well as whether they read it themselves or it was read to them. It's a great way to build a life-long habit — and love — of reading! Older readers can check out this Reading Journal: For Book Lovers for ages 13 and up.
Secrets, Dreams, and Wishes Glow in the Dark Diary
Secrets, Dreams, and Wishes Glow in the Dark Diary
Kids love a locking diary — and it's even more fun when it glows in the dark! This diary from Peaceable Kingdom includes 104 double-sided lined pages that are perfect for open-ended journaling. With no prompts included, kids have free rein to write, collect autographs from friends, glue in photos, or doodle, however the spirit takes them. And when the day (and all the writing) is done, the cool glowing features in the cover artwork are sure to be a hit!
Little Me, Big Dreams Journal
Little Me, Big Dreams Journal
Little people have big dreams — and now they can explore them in this journal inspired by the Little People, BIG DREAMS biography series! This write in/color in journal uses simple but thoughtful prompts to encourage kids to define who they want to be, dream big about their futures, and celebrate who they are. Inside, kids will find illustrations drawn from the biographies in the series, as well as quotes from the inspiring people featured in its volumes. It's the perfect first journal for kids who are ready to explore their potential and get ready to dream big dreams!
Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story
Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story
Whether you love to write, draw, or both, there is a story inside you just waiting to be made real! In this guided journal from best-selling author/illustrator Raina Telgemeier, kids will get tips on everything from brainstorming ideas to crafting a good story to how to create your own comic panels, step-by-step from thumbnails to final color. Blank pages provide room to make lists, paste in photos, and more, so that you can build the story that's uniquely you. As an added bonus for fans of Telgemeier's work, she includes pages from her popular graphic novels with behind-the-scenes commentary! It's an encouraging and inspiring journal for anyone who has been dreaming of bringing their creative ideas to life.
Strong Is The New Pretty: A Guided Journal For Girls
Strong Is The New Pretty: A Guided Journal For Girls
Inspired by Kate Parker's bestselling photo book Strong Is The New Pretty, this guided journal is designed to help tween girls discover and celebrate their independent, wild, silly, and mighty selves! Illustrated with photographs from the book, as well as 20 new ones, each page features an inspiring, interactive prompt that encourages girls to learn more about themselves through writing, doodling, and creative self-expression. As girls complete the fun prompts such as "Draw a picture of yourself as a superhero — what is your superpower?" and "Whom do you admire? Draw them here, and write your reasons why", the journal becomes a source of inspiration and motivation to be their most powerful selves.
The Confidence Code for Girls Journal
A Guide to Embracing Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self
The Confidence Code for Girls Journal
A Guide to Embracing Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self
Girls can tackle perfectionism, silence self-doubt, and build confidence with this journal by the authors of the best-selling book The Confidence Code for Girls! In this colorful journal, girls will find prompts, activities, quizzes, and more to help them understand what holds them back from achieving their dreams and goals. Then, they'll develop strategies to help them overcome those obstacles, handle it when things don't go as planned, and reset themselves to try again! Based on in-depth research, this journal is sure to help inspire and empower the next generation of changemaking women.
Just Between Us: Mother and Daughter - A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal
Just Between Us: Mother and Daughter - A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal
This bestselling guided journal helps moms and daughters establish fun, thought-provoking ways of communicating with each other! Meredith and Sophie Jacobs applied their experience sharing a journal to create this fun resource to help other mother-daughter pairs. With thoughtful writing prompts and intergenerational advice woven throughout, this journal helps promote discussions about friends, school, crushes, and many of the other joys and difficulties faced growing up. The same authors have also created two follow-up volumes, Just Between Us: Sisters and Just Between Us: Grandmother and Granddaughter.
I Love Science
A Journal For Self-Discovery and Big Ideas
I Love Science
A Journal For Self-Discovery and Big Ideas
"Do you wake up every day with curiosity and an excitement to learn more about the world? If so, then this journal is for you!" Rachel Ignotofsky created this journal for fans of her New York Times best-selling book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World. Inside kids (and adults) of all ages will find a guided journal that encourages tinkering, discovering, and self-exploration. A mix of writing, drawing, and other creative prompts, plus science infographics, quotes from pioneering female scientists, and more, invite budding scientists to dream big and share their love of science with the world.
Gryffindor Journal
Gryffindor Journal
Write down your thoughts and dreams (without worrying about horcruxes!) with this officially licensed journal from the Noble Collection! This elegant Gryffindor hardcover journal is 9.75 by 6.75 inches and features a hand-enameled metal emblem and gilded page edges. Two ribbons in Gryffindor colors allow you to mark your spot in the 240 wide-ruled pages. Whether you're taking notes in Potions or writing for fun, it's the perfect choice for any Hermione Granger fan.
Doodle Diary
Art Journaling for Girls
Doodle Diary
Art Journaling for Girls
Explore combining images and words in unique and creative ways with this interactive guide to doodling! On each page, author Dawn DeVries Sokol provides a different project to try. Kids will explore different artistic media and experiment with artistic styles, from graffiti to mehndi. But even as they play with these suggestions, there's still plenty of room for open-ended creation, whether you want to write down you goals and dreams, make lists of favorite things, or just doodle for fun.
My Rad Life Journal
My Rad Life Journal
After learning about Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide, girls will be ready to discover their own radness — and this companion journal will help! A mix of blank pages for doodling and lined pages for writing provide different ways for girls to create and reflect, while quotes and paper cut portraits of groundbreaking girls and women — some featured in the books and others new to this volume — will provide inspiration to follow their passions, push through boundaries, and never stop seeking their own rad life
