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My first strong female character in a children's book

"When Mary Lennox was sent Misselthwaite Manor to all live with her uncle, she said the most disgusting looking child ever seen." When I read those words as a child, I was petrified. The Secret Garden was the book of my favorite sons. It remains one of the few books that children love to read again every few years. Mary Lennox is a strong fascinating, brave female figure and a girl resource if ever there was one.

It is important for girls and boys, reading books with strong female characters.

Why is it important?

For too long, too many books for children or not, the main characters, the females or included female characters who were passive and not think or act for themselves and have had to play a limited role in society. The world has changed, and the role of women, and it is important to share the books that not only this change, but show more future opportunities for all. Since the books help girls and boys define their places in the world, we have with them children's books, the boys and girls to a variety of ways to see their lives and make the lives of others, rather than to share limited options on grounds of sex.

Find strong female character in children's books

Where are the books like The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables books that girls and kids will enjoy, and that is to strengthen so strong and resourceful, the concept of women, including the girl?

Start with the question of women you find in the books of their favorite sons with girls and / or strong women who can be found in the lists of recommended books and reading lists (see below) and see if the same books are normally and repeatedly mentioned. Check with the children's librarian at your school or public library. Look for books in a variety of genres, from mystery to sports. See sections biography and autobiography in the section of your favorite bookstore or library for children.

Here are some other things you can do to learn more about children's books with strong female characters:

Learn more about Amelia Bloomer Project

Find out all about the project and its feminist Amelia Bloomer reading lists for infants recommended all the way to 18 So take a look at the list of books of the years projects, a great resource.

Read the reviews of the books, to find strong female characters

Find children's literature with strong female characters reading the book reviews. For example, read reviews fiction for children following: Somewhere Goin 'by Patricia McKissack, by Jerry Pinkney, World Ramona and other books in the series by Beverly Cleary Ramona, Rapunzel revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale special with illustrations by Nathan Hale depicted One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, the development of Jacqueline Kelly Tate Calpernia, Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Find out more about some of the strong women who have written the history of these reviews children's books to read nonfiction: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Andrea Davis Pinkney, by Stephen Alcorn, Amelia password illustrates: The life and the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming; A woman in the House (and Senate) by Ilene Cooper, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley, also with archive photographs, which states that women doctors Tanya Lee Stone, by Marjorie Priceman and Librarian of Basra not shown: A? The True Story of Iraq written, and illustrated-by Jeanette Winter. Your public library you borrow and share them with their children.

Use "Women's History Month Book lists to find good books

These are, for example, lists of books History Month "does not mean that women do not years Here are some valuable resources I recommend promoted.:

Read Beyond female protagonists - Female Voices Picture Books

Read the work of Professor Kay E. Vandergrift Rutgers University, illustrating provided literature books available, and a bibliography for adults, with links to some articles. Although it is outdated, it is still a great resource with a lot of books in the public library.