Heroines of irrepressible spunk

        I love a story, whether truth or fiction, with a strong female character!  Here are a few we love in our library:

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

      This book is dearly wonderful on so many levels!  Though she is tiny, the world is a wide open place to her.  Though her two front teeth are umm... a little big and her voice is a little croaky, the world smiles and sings with her.  David Catrow perfectly captures sweet Molly Lou's indomitable spirit.  This book is not to miss!

What To Do About Alice by Barbara Kerley

"I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both."

   -- Alice's father, Teddy Roosevelt

                 This is one of the most mesmerizing biographies I have ever read.  Alice Roosevelt had every intention of "eating up the world".   Sliding down the White House stairs on baking trays, introducing her father's guests to her pet snake, traveling the world and more, Alice certainly did just that!   It begs to be read aloud and leaves readers young and old wanting to know more about this fascinating woman from American history!

Clementine, Friend of the Week  by Sara Pennypacker

                   Oh my darling, darling Clementine!  In the 4th installment of a wonderful series, my favorite redhead is at it again with all new veggie names for her brother whose name we may never know (after all, she's named after a fruit), crazy antics at school, and strategies to become everyone's best friend of the week.  Though not as laugh out loud funny as the others in the series, the story line and its marvelous leading lady makes it definitely worth reading.

             Though there are many more, (Olivia, Alice the Fairy, Ramona Quimby, India Opal Buloni) these are a few your readers shouldn't be without! 

                                                                  Happy reading,

                                                                                                      Melissa