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Stories for Strong Girls
Ages 3-10:
Big Sister Now. Annette Sheldon
Arlene Sardine. Chris Raschka
The Enchanter’s Daughter. Antonia Barber
Joan of Arc. Gerald Gottlieb
Warm As Wool. Scott Russell Sanders (check libraries)
Princess Furball. Anita Lobel
Katy and the Big Snow. Virginia Lee Burton
The Rag Coat. Lauren Mills
Katie’s Trunk. Ann Turner
I Know A Lady. Charlotte Zolotow
A Beautiful Girl. Amy Schwartz
Dahlia. Barbara McClintock
The Patchwork Kilt. Mabel Watts (grandparent shelves?)
Katie Morag and Katie Morag Island Stories. Mairi Hedderwick
Miss Bridie Chose A Shovel. Lesley Connor
Marie Curie: My First Marie Curie. Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Counting On Katherine . Helaine Becker
Growing Seasons. Elsie Splear
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Alan Schroeder and Jerry Pinkney
Brave Irene. William Steig
New Shoes For Silvia. Johanna Hurwitz
The Country Bunny. DuBose Heyward
The Question Box. Jay Williams (check with grandparents and libraries!)
Feliciana Feydra LeRoux. Tynia Thomassie
Queen on Wednesday by Gabi Swiatkowska
Fancy Nancy, series. Jane O’Connor
The Library and The Garden by Sarah Stewart
Fiona’s Lace. Patricia Polacco
Chicken Sunday. Patricia Polacco
Abuela. (and in Spanish). Arthur Dorros
A Chair For My Mother. Vera Williams
The Bravest Woman in America. Marissa Moss
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women And Girls. Laurie Halse Andersen
The Scarlet Stocking Spy. Trinka Hakes Noble
Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Margaret McNamara
Annushka’s Voyage—An Immigration Story. Edith Tarbescu
Swamp Angel. Anne Isaacs
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch. Anne Isaacs
For Older Strong Girls:
A Gathering of Days. Joan W Blos
Redcoats and Petticoats. Katherine Kirkpatrick
On the Far Side of the Mountain. Jean Craighead George
Caddie Woodlawn. Carol Ryrie Brink
Pegeen. Hilda Van Stockum
The Borrowed House. Hilda Van Stockum
Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren
Betsy-Tacy Treasury. Maud Hart Lovelace
The Green Ember or the 4-Book Series or the 8-Book Series. S.D. Smith
The Cabin Faced West. Jean Fritz
Joan of Arc. Mark Twain
Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine
Anne of Green Gables OR Anne of Green Gables Series. L.M. Montgomery
Rilla of Ingleside. L.M. Montgomery
Emily of New Moon, a series. L.M Montgomery
Pat of Silver Bush. L.M. Montgomery
The Story Girl. L.M. Montgomery
Jane of Lantern Hill. L.M. Montgomery
Charlotte’s Web. E.B. White
Tuck Everlasting. Natalie Babbit
The Penderwicks OR The Penderwicks Series. Jeanne Birdsall
The Princess Academy. Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl. Shannon Hale
The Horse and His Boy and The Silver Chair. C.S. Lewis
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Mildred Taylor
To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee
The Secret Keepers. Trenton Lee Stewart
Chains. Laurie Halse Andersen
The Princess and the Goblin. George MacDonald
Pictures of Hollis Woods. Patricia Reilly Giff
Esperanza Rising. Pam Munoz Ryan
The Breadwinner. Deborah Ellis
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Jonathan Auxier
The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare