March is Women's History Month, and today we are celebrating our favorite literary ladies! Mine would have to be Harriet from Harriet the Spy; she was the first girl in a book I could really identify with. She was stubborn, smart, VERY curious, loved her friends, and had her own little quirks no one else understood (except Ole Golly).
It's not surprisng Harriet has stuck with me all these years; according to the Kids & Family Reading Report, 43% of kids ages 6–17 say they want books that “have characters I wish I could be like because they’re smart, strong or brave.” After I read Harriet the Spy, I wanted to be Harriet, complete with spy route and notebook. (I'm pretty sure I bought one, and maybe wrote a few things about my family before I gave up on my brief spy ambitions.)
I asked some of our OOM bloggers who their favorite females book characters are; are any of them yours?
- Megan: Anastasia Krupnik – a girl just tryna grow up. LOVE HER.
- Brittany: It’s corny but I’m going to have to go with my favorite Queen of Dragons… Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones! She’s kind, tough, and has overcome so much in this crazy, George R. R. Martin world. Also, she has dragons, which trumps everything.
- Julia: In high school I was so into the Weetzie Bat series. Weetzie Bat was funny, creative, silly and strange. For better or worse, I appropriated some of her offbeat language and went around calling things “slinkster-cool” for several years.
- Morgan: Turtle Wexler from The Westing Game. Kristy Thomas from The Baby-Sitters Club.
- Alex (with more BSC love!): My favorite literally ladies would have to be the girls of the Baby-Sitters Club. As a young reader I really connected with the girls from the Baby-Sitters Club. Whether the ladies faced struggles or celebrated accomplishments each situation was something that any reader could connect with. From Kristy’s Great Idea to Mary Anne Save the Day—these girls were so relatable! And Katniss- DUH! Because she totally kicks-butt. (Ed. note: Agreed.)
