Join us as our host, Christine French Cully, talks with Valerie Tripp, author of many of the American Girl books of historical fiction, including those about Felicity, Josefina, Kit, Maryellen, Molly, and Samantha. They discuss using historical fiction to spark conversation, how it fosters empathy, sympathy, and compassion in kids, and how reading historical fiction allows you to dwell imaginatively in another person’s life. Tripp also wrote many other books as well as songs, stories, skills book pages, and plays for other educational publishers.