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Children's picture books with strong females
Children's picture books with strong, independent, resourceful female characters. For readers who are tired of reading about females only as family caretakers and/or as princesses who are rescued by a prince.
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The Paper Bag Princess
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4.31 avg rating — 52,066 ratings
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Red Is the Color Of...
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Tiffany Haisten (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book
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Andrea Beaty (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 12,782 ratings
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Madeline
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4.26 avg rating — 217,544 ratings
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Olivia (Olivia, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 65,954 ratings
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Dragons Don't Dance Ballet
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Jennifer Carson (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 207,474 ratings
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Mira Forecasts the Future
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Kell Andrews (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Mirette on the High Wire
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4.02 avg rating — 11,499 ratings
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One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
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4.31 avg rating — 3,182 ratings
score: 882,
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Not All Princesses Dress in Pink
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
score: 768,
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Eloise
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4.17 avg rating — 24,808 ratings
score: 765,
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Me... Jane
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Patrick McDonnell (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 13,698 ratings
score: 741,
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Katy and the Big Snow
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4.24 avg rating — 12,552 ratings
score: 693,
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Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
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3.78 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
score: 682,
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Grace for President (Grace Series, 1)
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4.34 avg rating — 2,900 ratings
score: 671,
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Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book
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Andrea Beaty (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 8,623 ratings
score: 660,
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Chrysanthemum
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4.34 avg rating — 56,286 ratings
score: 640,
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Ode to Icky
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Maranda Russell (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 88 ratings
score: 592,
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6 people voted
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Ninja Red Riding Hood
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Corey Rosen Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,394 ratings
score: 586,
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6 people voted
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Miss Rumphius
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4.45 avg rating — 28,354 ratings
score: 585,
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Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
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Ben Hatke (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 18,893 ratings
score: 577,
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6 people voted
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
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4.38 avg rating — 15,278 ratings
score: 573,
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Cinder Edna
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4.15 avg rating — 3,247 ratings
score: 572,
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,082,938 ratings
score: 565,
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6 people voted
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Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest!
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3.76 avg rating — 278 ratings
score: 486,
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5 people voted
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A Girl's Bill of Rights
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Amy B. Mucha (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 156 ratings
score: 485,
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5 people voted
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Blueberries for Sal
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4.22 avg rating — 73,841 ratings
score: 470,
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You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
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4.09 avg rating — 490 ratings
score: 416,
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5 people voted
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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
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4.33 avg rating — 10,660 ratings
score: 388,
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4 people voted
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Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp
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4.40 avg rating — 491 ratings
score: 378,
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4 people voted
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Madicken (Madicken, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 6,641 ratings
score: 373,
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4 people voted
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The Princess Knight
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
score: 373,
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4 people voted
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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
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4.17 avg rating — 3,681 ratings
score: 366,
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4 people voted
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Lotta's Bike
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4.19 avg rating — 815 ratings
score: 363,
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4 people voted
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Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure
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4.09 avg rating — 349 ratings
score: 359,
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4 people voted
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A Chair for My Mother
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4.21 avg rating — 26,229 ratings
score: 344,
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4 people voted
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Ruby's Wish
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4.29 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
score: 343,
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
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4.05 avg rating — 12,324 ratings
score: 337,
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4 people voted
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Boo And Baa Have Company
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3.84 avg rating — 158 ratings
score: 298,
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3 people voted
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Not Just a Princess
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Mary Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 478 ratings
score: 291,
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3 people voted
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Bloom
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3.91 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
score: 290,
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3 people voted
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Giants Beware! (Chronicles of Claudette, #1)
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Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 9,075 ratings
score: 287,
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3 people voted
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Willow (Willow, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 532 ratings
score: 284,
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3 people voted
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The Seven Chinese Sisters
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3.82 avg rating — 524 ratings
score: 274,
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He Bear, She Bear (Bright & Early Books(R))
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4.20 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
score: 269,
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3 people voted
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The Tough Princess
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4.15 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 267,
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3 people voted
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Malala's Magic Pencil
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4.52 avg rating — 5,347 ratings
score: 263,
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3 people voted
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Owl Moon
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 44,436 ratings
score: 259,
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3 people voted
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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Tanya Lee Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
score: 259,
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3 people voted
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The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i
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3.95 avg rating — 238 ratings
score: 255,
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3 people voted
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East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
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4.20 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
score: 247,
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3 people voted
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I Had a Favorite Dress: A Picture Book
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Boni Ashburn (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 1,107 ratings
score: 246,
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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
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4.11 avg rating — 2,880 ratings
score: 244,
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3 people voted
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Fiona's Luck
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Teresa Bateman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 953 ratings
score: 236,
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3 people voted
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Big Momma Makes the World
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4.28 avg rating — 286 ratings
score: 233,
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3 people voted
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Gabby: Wonder Girl
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Joyce Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Charlie and Chocolate's Purrfect Prayer
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J. Suthern Hicks (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Pink is Just a Color and so is Blue
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Niki Bhatia (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 198,
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Charlie and Chocolate's Furry Forgiveness
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J. Suthern Hicks (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 198,
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Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
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4.07 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
score: 197,
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My Friend Is Sad (Elephant & Piggie, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 10,853 ratings
score: 197,
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Every Cowgirl Needs Dancing Boots
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3.75 avg rating — 210 ratings
score: 194,
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The Sandwich Swap
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4.25 avg rating — 4,865 ratings
score: 194,
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Violet the Pilot
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4.28 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
score: 194,
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The Worst Princess
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Anna Kemp (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 958 ratings
score: 194,
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The Princess and the Pizza
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3.93 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
score: 187,
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Queen Victoria's Underpants
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3.96 avg rating — 102 ratings
score: 187,
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Auntie Claus
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Elise Primavera (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 2,995 ratings
score: 186,
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
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4.32 avg rating — 35,588 ratings
score: 180,
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Lucia and the Light
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4.07 avg rating — 297 ratings
score: 179,
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Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy
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4.19 avg rating — 1,851 ratings
score: 177,
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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
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3.89 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
score: 174,
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Princess Charleston of the Isle of Palms
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Kelly Sheehy DeGroot (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 167,
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Pemba Sherpa
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4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Princess Diamond and the Baseball Toad: A Modern Fairy Tale
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Holloway McCandless (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 166,
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Zog
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4.31 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
score: 166,
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Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton
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Meghan Mccarthy (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 581 ratings
score: 165,
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Petunia, the Girl who was NOT a Princess
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M.R. Nelson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 164,
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The Dancing Salmon: An Alaskan Folklore Tale of the Northern Lights
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Lone Alaskan Gypsy (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 163,
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Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
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3.91 avg rating — 712 ratings
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Kelly Finds a Way
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4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Talisha Snow White: and her little munchkins
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3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Fairy and the Dreaming Moon (Storybook Goat Presents)
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Donna Harriman Murillo (Goodreads Author)
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 159,
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Our Legendary Ladies Presents Harriet Tubman
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Megan Callea (Goodreads Author)
4.88 avg rating — 64 ratings
score: 158,
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One Word from Sophia (The Sophia Books)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
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This Is Sadie
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Sara O'Leary (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
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Hedy and her Amazing Invention
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3.83 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)
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Oge Mora (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 4,557 ratings
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I Am Enough
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4.33 avg rating — 11,682 ratings
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Catching Time
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?
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4.11 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
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Advice to Little Girls
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3.81 avg rating — 811 ratings
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Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores (Horace and Morris and Dolores, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Fancy Nancy at the Museum (I Can Read Level 1)
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4.05 avg rating — 2,109 ratings
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 431,214 ratings
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The Mermaid and the Shoe
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K.G. Campbell (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
score: 146,
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Rhoda's Rock Hunt
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3.97 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Julius, the Baby of the World
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4.26 avg rating — 7,248 ratings
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Grandpa's Clock
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4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
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For an extensive collection of books about and for strong, confident, courageous girls, you should check out amightygirl.com/books
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I don't know about the English edition of Pippi Longstocking (#5) but my Dutch edition is certainly not a picture book. (It is a children's book, granted, just not a picture book.)
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