Our Recommended Movies
Because of Winn Dixie
Bend it Like Beckham
Corina, Corina
Fairy Tale: A True Story
Fly Away Home
Girlstown
Harriet The Spy
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Kiki's Delivery Service
A League of their Own
Lilo and Stitch
A Little Princess
Little Women
Matilda
Me Without You
Miss Congeniality 2
The Monkey Kid
Spirited Away
Wild Thornberrys: The Movie
Norma Rae
Prancer
Princess Diaries (if you must see a princess movie)
Rabbit Proof Fence
Real Women Have Curves
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Spirited Away
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Ten Things I Hate About You
To Kill a Mockingbird
Whale Rider
The Wild Thornberry's Movie
For older teens:
Bastard Out of Carolina
But I'm A Cheerleader
Erin Brokovich
Fried Green Tomatoes
Girl Interrupted
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
Love and Basketball
Mannie and Lo
Me Without You
Princess Mononoke
Stepford Wives (original)
Thelma and Louise
Tumbleweeds
Welcome to the Dollhouse
And if you can get hold of these documentaries
Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist
5 Girls
A Girl's Life
Girls Like Us
Killing Us Softly, Still Killing Us Softly, Killing Us Softly 3
Mickey Mouse Monopoly
Playing (Un)fair
Reviving Ophelia
Slim Hopes
Ugly Ducklings
What A Girl Wants
Our Recommended Books
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Angela's Airplane by Robert N. Munsch
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Eloise by Kay Thompson
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
Penduli by Janell Cannon
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women by Katrin Tchana
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
Magic Schoolbus series by Joanna Cole
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren
Ramona the Brave series by Beverly Cleary
Harriet the Spy series by Louise Fitzhugh
A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
His Dark Materials (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Di Camillo
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
Every Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles
Landry News by Andrew Clements
The School Story by Andrew Clements
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
Hannah Divided by Adelle Griffin
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Witch Child by Celia Rees
Sorceress by Celia Rees
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo by Laban Carrick Hill
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and David Diaz
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston and Susan Condie Lamb
I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Witness by Karen Hesse
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel
Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes
Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes
JoJo's Flying Side Kick by Brian Pinkney
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs and Paul O. Zelinsky
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull and David Diaz
The Outside Dog by Charlotte Pomerantz
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back by Ursula K. Le Guin and Julie Downing
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Sable by Karen Hesse and Marcia Sewall
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia G. Lauber
Dealing with Dragons series by Patricia C. Wrede
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Handmaid's Tale (for the older teen) by Margaret Atwood
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
Protector of the Small Series by Tamara Pierce
Girls to the Rescue series by Bruce Lansky
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes by Anne Mazer
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Criss Cross by Lynn Rae Perkins
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