Anti-princess reading list

**Honey** · June 4th, 2009, 07:07 PM

Snow White and Cinderella certainly have their place in all children's hearts. But if you want your kids to grow up believing that girls should dream of more than just kissing the prince, check out these books.

Each of them features strong, smart, spunky girl protagonists that want to eat bugs, get first place in the science fair and grow up to be a teacher, a doctor, a firefighter or even a diva.

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
by Linda Urban
Julia Gillian (and The Art Of Knowing)
by Alison Mcghee
Martha Doesn't Say Sorry
by Samantha Berger

Adventure Annie Goes to Work
by Toni Buzzeo
Free to Be You and Me
by Marlo Thomas
Mabel One and Only
by Margaret Muirhead

Paula Bunyan
by Phyllis Root
I Can Do It Myself!
by Diane Adams
Daisy Dawson Is on Her Way!
by Steve Voake

The One and Only Marigold
by Florence Parry Heide
Becky the Borrower
by Udo Weigelt
Rita and Whatsit! (Rita and Whatsit) (Rita ...
by Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod

Ivy & Bean: Bound to Be Bad (Ivy & ...
by Annie Barrows
Monkey and Me
by Emily Gravett
Ladybug Girl
by Jacky Davis

All Mixed Up! (Amy Hodgepodge, No. 1)
by Kim Wayans
Madam President
by Lane Smith
Princess Pigsty
by Cornelia Funke

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**witchcurlgirl** · June 4th, 2009, 09:08 PM

Free to Be You and Me was great, really popular when I was a kid. My friends and I all had it- the record and book, the songs were great.

Me and my girls still sing 'Williams Doll' occasionaly when drunk.

**chartreuse** · June 4th, 2009, 09:09 PM

yay, love it! great post, honey!

**Tati** · June 9th, 2009, 12:59 PM

Good stuff!

I'd also recommend:

Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England

Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Paper Bag Princess

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

His Dark Materials trilogy

The Balloon Tree

and anything for girls by Neil Gaiman.

**vballchica134** · July 5th, 2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Free to Be You and Me was great, really popular when I was a kid. My friends and I all had it- the record and book, the songs were great.

Me and my girls still sing 'Williams Doll' occasionaly when drunk.

One of my sister's friends recently got the cd for my niece (the friend said it was her fave growing up). We're always singing the songs now, it's hilarious. They are so Broadway/dramatic but great!