Childrens picture books with strong females 255 books. In simple terms, not even a quarter of the best childrens books of all time are about a female character, let alone a nonbinary character. Via gifclip children s laureate lauren child, author and illustrator of the charlie and lola books has said. I am surrounded by amazing women and i want to see them in the books i read with my kids. If you think girl books are just about princesses, romance, gossipy schoolgirls, and vampires, think. Ive found its easy to come across childrens books with wonderful male heroes, but now that im expecting a little girl, i want more books with female heroines for my daughters sake, as well as my sons. The number of female authors was slightly higher, at 35 percent, for a 16 percentagepoint discrepancy between the number of female authors and the number of female protagonists.
Male and female characters in illustrated childrens books or how childrens literature contributes to the construction of. Children s media and books are packed with gender stereotypes. Books with strong female characters common sense media. Male and female characters in illustrated childrens books or how. This book details what it was actually like as one of the first black kids to integrate the arkansas school system. When it comes to entertainment media, badass female protagonists are having a bit of a moment. Laura ingalls wilder, little house on the prairie series. This list is subjective for sure, and only comprised of.
The children she was in charge of finds out that she has a magical touch to her. Jones one of the funniest characters i read when growing up, pretty much anything by virginia lee burton especially mary anne the steam shovel, and library lil literally a strong female protagonist. Some of my favorite childrens books featuring strong female characters are strega nona she speaks softly and carries a big stick, junie b. Ten empowering female characters in childrens books. Mary poppins is the main character of the mary poppins eight book series written by p. Childrens books featuring bold and brave girls are both becoming easier for parents to find, and also cover a large range of topics. Top female characters from childrens books scholastic parents. Sixteen books in the list showed characters in specific occupations outside of parenthood. In the femaleled stories, protagonists only showed. The paper bag princess by robert munsch, red is the color of.
Study of childrens books reveals gender bias in favor of. Some of my favorite female role models are fictional though im not discounting the real ones. Today, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite strong. Top female characters from childrens books scholastic. For example, mr men in london, published in 2015, for example, features thirteen male characters and two female.
972 686 1076 501 1379 844 1593 1420 428 151 892 241 293 1045 951 80 12 433 237 1453 1648 1451 1005 1184 1049 134 930 30 74 23 1066 427 554 810 630 1238