Recommend me a picture book about a GIRL

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I'm looking for a picture book about a human girl. All our books are:

• about animals
• about boys
• about girls overcoming sexism (e.g. Zog)

I want a story about a girl, that doesn't focus on overcoming sexism. We have so many books about boys just, doing stuff. For example:

• Harry and the Bucket Full of Dinosaurs - Boy finds some dinosaurs and takes them everywhere with him.

• Stanley's Stick - Boy plays with a stick and throws it into the ocean.

• Lost and Found - Boy finds a penguin and tries to take him back home.

• Alfie Gets in First - Boy locks his Mum out of the house and can't open the front door.

Can anyone recommend the girl equivalent of these books? Obviously, we will read the books about boys as well, but it would be nice to have some books about girls in the house.

Another vote for liking the A Mighty Girl Facebook page or going to their website.
It will give you YEARS worth of resources.

We loved the Milly Molly Mandy books.

'Never Mess with a Pirate Princess' - about a little girl who goes to save her teddy bear from pirates.

Don't mention pirates

Miranda the explorer
Can you catch a mermaid?
Grandma’s beach

www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/shirley-hughes/up-and-up/9780370301792?gclid=CjwKCAjwhuCKBhADEiwA1HegOaoeB4Xwe_VbEMQ4eu9IRHaQaL5yy3ZIM4pFcOu8h_0ALAl7OJvsRRoCb2gQAvD_BwE

Shirley Hughes, Up and Up - female central character, glorious illustrations, no text so you have to work out the whole story from the pictures, which is fun

When she's older, Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is a great read. I read that for the first time when I was 11, which was about right.

Ada Twist, Scientist
Rosie Revere, Engineer
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
The Magic Paintbrush
Look Up
Clean Up
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
Bee & Me
The Dot

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_(graphic_novel_series)

Might be a graphic novel not prose but the characters are brilliant.

In a minute, and Through my window both by Tony Bradman are great and v much fit the bill of girls just doing normal stuff.

Rita the rescuer series is ace.

In addition to the Alfie series, Shirley Hughes has the Lucy and Tom books.

I was thinking the same thing today when I took my dc to the library and tried to find some fun picture books where the main character is a girl but it's not about sexism and nothing overly moralistic or anything about famous women from the past. Just a fun story but the main character happens to be a girl.

Nanette's baguette is a fun one.

Charlie and Lola - narrated by Charlie ,but Lola is the focus.

Anna Hibiscus

We have an Usborne picture book collection with some stories with a girl as the main character :

The secret garden
Heidi
The snow queen
The nutcracker
Rosie’s hat

The whale song

The big big sea

We're going on a bear hunt (has two girls, one boy and baby dressed in pink in family)

Billy and the Beast, Billy and the Dragon, and Barbara Throws A Wobbler, all by Nadia Shireen.

The Annie Rose books by Shirley Hughes.

The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers (CW grief)

Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson (also references loss but more obliquely)

The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp

The worst witch too as she gets older.

Ladybug girl!

Not quite picture but the Clarice Bean books are good. Better than Charlie and Lola, I think.

Chapatti Moon by Pippa Goodheart
Look Up by Nathan Bryon
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
The Girl with a Parrot on her Head by Daisy Hirst

You haven’t mentioned the age range but what about Little People Big Dreams, the story of a girl who dared to be different and is now much older, Vivienne Westwood. It’s inspirational for daughters.

www.amazon.co.uk/Vivienne-Westwood-Little-People-DREAMS/dp/1786037564/ref=asc_df_1786037564/?hvlocphy=9045903&linkCode=df0&hvptwo&psc=1&psc=1&hvnetw=g&hvadid=310831438545&hvpone&hvlocint&th=1&hvpos&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl&hvqmt&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&hvtargid=pla-644652814030&hvrand=18293142580232987524

Sally and the Limpet

Has anyone mentioned Dear Greenpeace by Simon James?
A lovely story about Emily and her whale, told in letter form, a true delight!