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[erbie]

Hello flist! I am looking for your book recommendations.

I want to find books for my daughters that have strong female leads. I don't want books where the princess rejects all her suitors or anything else that's just her rebelling against her female role. I don't want that to be an issue. I have plenty of those and frankly, with me as a mother, that's not really a problem. ;) I want books where the female is in the role that is traditionally given to the male. I don't want anything about her being rescued by any man. I want Harry Potter with a female Harry. Or The Phantom Tollbooth with a female Milo.

Remember that my oldest is only seven, so I'd like things that are good for her now. She's just starting to be interested in chapter books. I'd also like things that I can steer her towards as she gets older.

So whaddayagot?

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

I am not so good on books for younger kids, but will scan my shelves when I get home.

For slightly older kids: there's Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books (The Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith).

I quite enjoyed the first Worst Witch book by Jill Murphy. Sort of Harry Potterish, but at a girls' school.

I also really love all my English pony books (for many reasons but including sexism being basically a non-issue) but they are hard to find over here. Josephine Pullein-Thompson, Patricia Leitch, Monica Edwards...

Seconding many of the recs above, btw!

ETA: Jane Yolen has a ton of good stuff.

oooh, another one that I am very fond of is The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye.

also also: I must find this book!

[erbie.livejournal.com]

That last one is perfect! I'm ordering that now.