25 children's books with strong main characters

1. What Katy Did - Susan Coolidge

2. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

3. Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillipa Pearce

4. Out Of The Dust - Karen Hesse

5. Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Margorian

6. Back Home - Michelle Margorian

7. The Fearless Treasure - Noel Streatfield

8. The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages

9. I Am David - Anne Holm

10. The Giver - Lois Lowry

11. Number The Stars - Lois Lowry

12. The Dark Is Rising Series - Susan Cooper

13. A Wrinkle In Time (and sequels) - Madeiline L'Engle

14. The Penderwicks (and sequels) - Jeanne Birdsall

15. My Side Of The Mountain - Jean Craighead George

16. Ramona Quimby series - Beverly Cleary

17. 45 And 47 Stella Street - Elizabeth Honey

18. Paddington Bear - Micael Bond

19. The Moomins (and sequals) - Tove Jansson

20. The Roman Mysteries Series - Caroline Lawrence

21. Matilda - Roald Dahl

22. The Good Master ( and The Giving Tree) - Kate Seredy

23. Nanny Piggins series - R. A. Spratt

24. Anne Of Green Gable - L. M. Montgomery

25. Winnie The Pooh - A. A. Milne

From the historical heroes and heroines in The Roman Mysteries, The Secret Garden, and The Good Master, to the contemperary ones in The Penderwicks, 45 And 47 Stella Street, and the Ramona Quimby stories, to the non-human ones in Paddington Bear, The Moomins, and Winnie the Pooh, there are so many amazing children's book characters.

Thanks for reading!