Books for gender non conforming 6 yo

Oh, and OP, for a six-year-old, the Sophie books by Dick King-Smith should be perfect!

www.dickkingsmith.com/book-category/the-sophie-books/

She's a five year old girl who wants to be a farmer when she grows up, and she turns six and then seven over the course of the series.

There's a good Facebook page and website called A Mighty Girl which is really good for recommendations for all age groups.

socialistcat

Depending on exactly how far she is into her teens, The Exiles and sequels by Hilary McKay (four sisters and their grandmother, all totally different people!) could be really good. It's a fantastic book.

For older teens, Lore by Alexandra Bracken. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for weeks. bookstacked.com/reviews/book-reviews/lore-review-alexandra-bracken/

Has she read the Daisy books? She is a little girl who gets up to mischief but has no bad intentions. There is no focus on ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ stuff and the books explore the curiosity of young children. It shouldn’t matter really, but Daisy doesn’t wear dresses and has short hair, but is most definitely a girl. Some might say she is a tomboy, but she is just a little girl.
My DD when 6 loved these books and we had lots of fun reading them together.

www.amightygirl.com/books full of suggestions

Pippi Longstocking?

I asked my girls who are a similar age and know gender stereotypes are bullsh*t and they reccomended the following:
Darcy Burdock
Harry Potter
Famous five/ secret 7
Pamela butchart

The worst princess and princess smarty pants are good.

Hilda books - these are longer but open up the idea of girls as explorers and strong, brave characters.

The ikabog (woo jk!) Has a strong female character in it. My 6yo loved it.

[quote Boobeedoo]@socialistcat has your teen read the His Dark Materials or the Hunger Games trilogies? Both have strong females leads subverting traditional gender expectations (though I think the endings of both can be argued as a bit controversial from a feminist perspective - great discussion starters though).[/quote]
I loved these books when I was a teen!

@socialistcat has your teen read the His Dark Materials or the Hunger Games trilogies? Both have strong females leads subverting traditional gender expectations (though I think the endings of both can be argued as a bit controversial from a feminist perspective - great discussion starters though).

Just use the word unisex or “non-girly.” I was a bit of a tomboy in primary school, but became “girly” in my mid teens. The “Little People” books are great. They are about inspirational women and show that women can do the same jobs as men.

I wouldn't recommend the Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls book. It features a young trans girl who knew she was trans because she liked pink and glitter.....

@socialistcat

My girls liked things like the hunger games, action based books. I also bought them toys from the "boys" aisle from babies - one is now an engineer in a mostly male job, the mechano did the trick . Both love pretty clothes and make up I should add so not tomboys.

Bad Faith by Gillian Philip

And this is for when she’s older, but I have always loved reading more historical novels too - The Armourers House by Rosemary Sutcliff has a Tudor girl who is desperate to go to sea like the boys. It doesn’t hurt to see very clearly how the expectations and assumptions of a sex has changed over time - I was always outraged at the unfairness, and it reminds you that actually, it’s all about society’s expectation, which changes, and not about actual capability and inner “girliness”.

I have similar daughter, now eight. One thing I do is point out any woman in the news etc that does something associated with male stereotypes. Her current hero is the first woman to become an Admiral in the navy or something like that. (She has now declared shes joining the Navy to be an engineer, so this may be considered a backfire...)

My Body is Me by Rachel Rooney.

Maybe also books like how to train your dragon - it’s ostensibly very male, mostly boy Viking warriors, but there are a load of characters who are also female warriors. The hero’s mum is a mysterious legendary Viking warrior. It touches on the initial expectation that girls don’t fight, then rips it to pieces. Also the books are truly excellent.

There is a women in science collection she might be a good buy if she's into STEM.

Socialistcat I'm not sure the exact age group but have a look at these.

Difficult Women is very good - not aimed at teens of course but it depends on the reading ability/age range really.

Girls can do anything!!
I'd also look at the little people books, we have several books about Mary Anning as my daughter is super into paleontology.
Female role models/ stories in areas of interest are so important. To be honest it's important in all areas of study. What is she doing in history? Look for some books about women in or around that time frame too.
History is so male-centred.

Any ideas also for teens on this genre please

My kids are allowed to watch a certain amount of (vetted) minecraft videos on YouTube and they like Briannaplayz,she's most definitely female and the channel is family friendly - her husband is also a minecraft YouTuber.

I find I often have to go out of my way these days to find representation of women and girls doing stereotypically boys things. Older stuff from the 90s much better - the Magic Schoolbus is a good one for a female scientist main character for instance.