Name me some girl characters...

[dangermom]

I need a bunch of famous girl characters for my kid's birthday party. They have to be well-known to 8yos, wholesome, and preferably somewhat diverse (not all white blondes). So, like maybe Minnie Mouse, Rapunzel, EVE from Wall-E, that sort of thing. Help me brainstorm, please! Just throw 'em out there.

[Peso]

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne Shirley
Pippi Longstocking
Jo March (maybe not so well known!)
Angelina (from Angelina Ballerina)
Madeline

Not sure what age your looking for, but those are a few I can think of off the top of my head.

Good luck with your party!

Penny

[Old Dominion Heather]

Pocahantas, Addie from AG, uuhhh... can you tell I don't have girls?

Madeline?
Sally from Cars?
Wendy from Bob the Buider?
Ruby from Max and Ruby?

[Remudamom]

Here's the Disney list. Maybe there's more there.

http://http://disney.go.com/princess/html/main_iframe.html (http://disney.go.com/princess/html/main_iframe.html)


Dorie the fish? Dora the Explorer? Princess Leia from Star Wars? Galadriel, Eowyn, Arwen from LOR?

My girls are older, different heroines.

[Jenny in Atl]

Snow White
Mulan
Pocahontas
Dorothy
Matilda
Juliet
Dora

[Virginia Dawn]

Hiedi
Cyndi Lou (Who)
Strawberry Shortcake
Rainbow Bright
Goldilocks
Little Red Riding Hood
Lassie (I know, I know, the gender wasn't right, but the name was.)
Ramona Quimby
The Peanut's (Lucie, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Violet, Marcie)

[Melissa B]

Hermione (Harry Potter)
Annie (Do children still watch that musical?)
Wendy, Tinkerbell, Tiger Lily

[Sharon H in IL]

Let's try this again. DS accidentally logged me off and I lost my post.

Rebecca Randall of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" - she of the intense eyes and brilliant mind.

Sara Crewe of "A Little Princess" - an intense mind and florid imagination

Mary Lennox of "The Secret Garden" - capable of deep concentration and friendship

Kate Wetherall of "The Mysterious Benedict Society" - brave, quick, and acrobatic

OK, that's all I can glean from my bookshelf at the moment. Good idea to find the heroines of our kids' literature!

[Janna]

Nancy Drew
Ramona Quimby
Laura Ingalls
Hannah Montana
Susan and Lucy Pevensy

[OhM]

Alice
Tinkerbell (?)
Nancy Drew
Dorothy
Kit Kittredge
Ramona Quimby

[nmoira]

Just 'cause I didn't notice her elsewhere:

Hello Kitty


:leaving:

[obiandelismom]

Franny K Stein
Pippi Longstocking
Clementine
Hellen Keller
Charlotte (of the Web)

[Amy in NH]

How about

Heidi
Anne of Green Gables
Polyanna
Laura Ingles Wilder

or if they aren't homeschooled, maybe you want people more like

Hannah Montana
Mary Kate
and Ashley

[Mom to Aly]

Fawn (??) from Charlotte's Web (it has been a while)
Ariel
Mulan
Any of the American Girls
Mary & Laura, Even Carrie from Little House on the Prairie (Nellie was wholesome, technically, and lots of fun!)

[Kalah]

Alice in Wonderland, Sacajawea, Wendy Darling.

[Alphabetika]

They're probably not well-known, but I wish they were...

Betsy, Tacy and Tib!

[E_Edgerton]

Pippi all the way.

[Stacia]

The characters from the American Girls historical series? I know I saw Kit mentioned here already...

Kit
Addy
Josephina
Felicity
Kirstin
Molly
Kaya

(am I forgetting any?)

Also, piping up for Pippi! :D

[kailuamom]

I asked my soon-to-be 8 yo and she mentioned the American Girls (Kit is popular now b/c of the movie, but she wanted me to mention them all lol ), Laura & Mary Ingalls, Hermione, Mulan, Disney fairies -- plus some others already mentioned. She also said Gabriella from High School Musical and Mitchie from Camp Rock (the disney movie that just aired not too long ago)