The Most Famous Little Children Protagonists in Children's Literature
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This is a list of legendary young girls and boys in children’s novels, stories, fairy tales, etc.
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1.
Pinocchio
3 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
2.
Jack
Jack and the Beanstalk
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3.
Pollyanna
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4.
Alice
Lewis Carroll’s character.
1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
5.
Dorothy Gale
The protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a novel written by L. Frank Baum, is one of the most famous girls in a fairy tale.
1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
6.
Anne Shirley
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
7.
Matilda
Titular heroine from Roal Dahl's book.
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
8.
Little Red Riding Hood
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9.
Hansel and Gretel
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10.
Tom Thumb
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11.
Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain’s character.
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12.
Niels Holgersson
There's an airlines company featuring his name!
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13.
The Little Match Girl
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14.
Heidi
Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning, a novel written by Johanna Spyri features this lively little girl who is one of the best well-known Swiss literary characters.
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15.
Satsuki and Mei
The two girls appear in a series of ani-manga books featuring the movie My Neighbor Totoro. Their fame is conditioned by association with the main protagonist – Totoro.
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16.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
From Aesop’ fable!
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17.
Tom Sawyer
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
18.
Mary Lennox
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19.
Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis
From the book The Railway Children.
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20.
Mowgli
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21.
Remi
Nobody’s Boy.
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22.
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince is one of the most complex characters of the kind.
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23.
Cedric Errol
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24.
Kai and Gerda
The little boy and girl who originally appeared in The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, are quite well known.
-2 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
25.
Hermione Granger
-5 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
26.
Harry Potter
-7 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
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