66 More Cool Boys of Children's Literature
July 20, 2006
Thanks to a variety of contributors (listed below) the list of cool boys of children's literature is now up to 126. Lagging behind the cool girls list a bit, but it's still early. I welcome your feedback. Many thanks to those who have contributed so far, and to those who have linked to the list! Here are the new additions to the list:
- Aaron from The Fallen
quartet by Thomas E. Sniegoski
- Alec Ramsay from The Black Stallion
(and sequels) by Walter Farley
- Alex Rider from the series (starting with Stormbreaker
) by Anthony Horowitz
- Almanzo from Farmer Boy
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Andrew (Ender) Wiggin from Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
- Arthur in The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White
- Arthur P. from the Keys of the Kingdom series (starting with Mister Monday
) by Garth Nix
- Ben from Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Funke
- Benny and Henry from The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Billy from Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
- Boris, er, Morris from Freaky Friday
and A Billion for Boris
by Mary Rodgers
- Boy 412 from Magyk
by Angie Sage
- Bran from The Dark Is Rising Sequence
by Susan Cooper
- John and Roger from Swallows and Amazons
and the sequels by Arthur Ransome
- Danny from Big Red
by Jim Kjelgaard
- Danny from Danny, the Champion of the World (Puffin Novels)
by Roald Dahl
- David from The Boy Who Lost His Face
e by Louis Sachar
- Dickon from The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Edek B. & Jan from Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword)
by Ian Serraillier
- Edmund Pevensie (only in Prince Caspian
and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
) by C. S. Lewis
- Eugenides from The Thief
series by Megan Whalen Turner
- Florin from Mimus
by Lilli Thal
- Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings
trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
- Harvey from Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
- Homer Price from Homer Price
, Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
- Indigo Casson from Saffy's Angel
(and sequels) by Hilary McKay
- Jack from the Prowlers
quartet by Christopher Golden
- James from James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
- Jeffrey from the The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall
- Jemmy and Prince Brat (Horace) from The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
- Joe from Lassie Come-Home
by Eric Knight
- Jon from The Forgotten Door
by Alexander Key
- Jonathan inThe Bears on Hemlock Mountain
by Alice Dalgliesh
- Ken from My Friend Flicka
and Green Grass of Wyoming
by Mary O'Hara
- Laurie from Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
- Mario from The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
- Mark Severson from Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Alden R. Carter
- Matthew Martin from the series (starting with Everyone Else's Parents said Yes
) by Paula Danziger
- Merry Brandybuck The Lord of the Rings
trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Mowgli from The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
- Nathaniel Bowditch from Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
- Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter books
by J. K. Rowling
- Nicholas from Master Skylark
by Jonn Bennett
- Nick from The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Oliver from Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
- Oliver from Pond Scum
by Alan Silberberg
- Omri and Little Bear from The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks
- Pagan Kidrouk from Pagan series (starting with Pagan's Crusade
) by Catherine Jinks
- Parker from The Bermudez Triangle
by Maureen Johnson
- Pepito (aka the Bad Hat) from the Madeline
books by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Peter Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
- Pip from Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
- Pippin Took The Lord of the Rings
trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Ponyboy from The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
- Ralph from the autobiographical Little Britches series (starting with Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
) by Ralph Moody
- Robbie Hewitt from Preacher's Boy
by Katherine Patterson
- Robin from The Door in the Wall
by Marguerite de Angeli
- Robin Hood from The Adventures of Robin Hood
by Roger Lancelyn Green or The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle
- Sam Gamgee The Lord of the Rings
trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Simon & Jared Grace from The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
- Smith
by Leon Garfield
- Taran from The Prydain Chronicles (starting with The Book of Three
) by Lloyd Alexander
- Tien Pao from The House of Sixty Fathers
by Meindert DeJong
- Travis from Old Yeller
by Fred Gipson
- William from The Castle in the Attic
and The Battle for the Castle
by Elizabeth Winthrop
Contributors and Commenters So Far:
- Becky from Farm School
- Bibliophile
- Camille from Book Moot
- Carrie K. from Mommy Brain
- Dana
- Genevieve
- Jennifer from Snapshot
- Kelly from Big A little a
- Kim from Gemini Moon
- Leila from bookshelves of doom
- Little Willow from Bildungsroman
- Liz B. from A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy
- Michele from Scholar's Blog
- Sheila B.
People Who Linked to the Original Cool Boys List
- Kathryn Judson from Suitable for Mixed Company
- Liz B. from A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy