From: Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:10:43 -0700

Other favorites:

--all of Sally Watson's books had great female protagonists who were adventurous, political, creative;
--Lucky Trimble in The Higher Power of Lucky
--Meg and Mrs Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (Meg for being whiny and annoying, and Mrs Murry for being a female scientist back in the day)
--Anne of Green Gables
--Scout from To Kill A Mocking Bird
--Joey Pigza
--Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia
--Karana from Island of the Blue Dolphins
--Paddington
--Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore


Nancy Silverrod, Librarian San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94122-4733 nsilverrod at sfpl.org 415-557-4417

Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974)

A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb


-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu [mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth I. Gordon Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:35 PM To: CCBC Net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Character driven...

and never forget Harriet Welch (sp?) from "Harriet, the Spy." What a great girl

Big Grandma
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