I had so much help in my Liverfools and Dippers thread, so thought I'd turn to this great place again with a different problem.
In a scene in my WIP, children dress up for a costume parade. They are supposed to come as their favourite hero/ine. This particular seven-year-old girl is a bit precocious and reads a lot already, also books meant for children older than 7. She's a bit bossy and prissy, but also caring and conscientious. She is not a tomboy, but neither is she someone who would want to dress up as a princess or an angel.
I thought she might choose a character from a favourite children's book of hers. Since I write this in English, I thought it better be from an English children's book, in the age range from 7/8 and up, and probably a girl character. But I'm not all that familiar with English children's literature. Does anyone have any such heroine to suggest, preferrably from a book or a series that would be reasonably well known in the English-speaking world?
In a scene in my WIP, children dress up for a costume parade. They are supposed to come as their favourite hero/ine. This particular seven-year-old girl is a bit precocious and reads a lot already, also books meant for children older than 7. She's a bit bossy and prissy, but also caring and conscientious. She is not a tomboy, but neither is she someone who would want to dress up as a princess or an angel.
I thought she might choose a character from a favourite children's book of hers. Since I write this in English, I thought it better be from an English children's book, in the age range from 7/8 and up, and probably a girl character. But I'm not all that familiar with English children's literature. Does anyone have any such heroine to suggest, preferrably from a book or a series that would be reasonably well known in the English-speaking world?
