Sunday, June 11, 2006
Cool Girls of Children's Literature
Two weeks ago on her blog, Jen Robinson suggested the creation of a list of “cool girls of children’s literature.” Which girls count as cool? Those who are “smart and strong and independent, people who would make good role-models for girls today.” Jen got the ball rolling by naming twelve characters who fit this description then invited input from fellow bloggers aiming for a final list of twenty. In no time she was swamped with suggestions, such is the richness of children’s literature in this respect. She has now posted a final compilation of 200 cool girls of kidlit, with a top twenty based on a bit of informal voting. I didn’t participate in the vote for the top twenty, but I did contribute a number of names to the overall list, including my beloved Betsy Ray of course. Go check out the list! Jen’s done us a real service in putting it together.
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Hi Kate,
Thanks so much for writing about the cool girls list. And thanks again for your contributions. I really think that together we've come up with a great resource. As you said, "such is the richness of children's literature in this respect." What a happy thing! Thanks!
Perhaps someone should compile a cool women post? There'd be some good candidates for that!
They don't get any more badass than Jo March. Good list, thanks for linking.
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