A Few More Cool Boys
July 25, 2006
My thanks to all you who have contributed to the list of Cool Boys of Children's Literature. The previous lists are here and here. I've had a few more suggestions (listed below), but I have to say that the Cool Boys are lagging behind the 200 Cool Girls of Children's Literature a bit. The list is now at 159. I'm going to publish the complete list on Friday. So, consider this the last call for suggestions for now. The boys on the list should be brave, smart, independent and funny (and fictional, usually). Thanks again to everyone who has contributed so far!
- Andy from Andy and the Lion
by James Daugherty
- Andy from the Andy Russell series (e.g. The Many Troubles of Andy Russell
) by David A. Adler
- Brian from Hatchet
, Brian's Winter
, etc. by Gary Paulsen
- Cody from the series (e.g. Hey, New Kid!
) by Betsy Duffey
- Curdie from The Princess and the Goblin
and The Princess and Curdie
by George MacDonald
- David from Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
- Dink from A to Z Mysteries series (e.g. The Bald Bandit
) by Ron Roy
- Eric and Neal from the Secrets of Droon series
by Tony Abbott
- Fritz, Franz, Jack, and Ernest, the brothers from The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann Wyss
- Haroun from Haroun and the Sea of Stories
by Salman Rushdie
- Henry from The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
- Henry from Henry and Mudge series (starting with Henry And Mudge First Book
) by Cynthia Rylant
- Jack from the Magic Tree House books
by Mary Pope Osborne
- Jacob Two-Two from Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
and others by Mordecai Richler
- Jella from The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
- Juan de Pareja from I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Burton De Tevio
- Julian from Gone-Away Lake
by Elizabeth Enright
- Larry from The Gospel According to Larry
by Janet Tashjian
- Lewis Barnavelt from The House with a Clock in Its Walls
(and sequels) by John Bellairs
- Lief from the Deltora Quest series (starting with The Forests of Silence
) by Emily Rodda
- Luke from the Shadow Children series
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Matt and Attean from The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare
- Merlin from the Young Merlin Trilogy (starting with Passager
) by Jane Yolen
- Nate from the Nate the Great
series by Marjorie Sharmat
- Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny from The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter
- Robbie from Leaving Protection
by Will Hobbs
- Rowan from the Rowan of Rin
series by Emily Rodda
- Rudy from The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
- Snipp, Snapp and Snurr, the three Swedish brothers from the books (e.g. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Buttered Bread
) by Maj Lindman
- Tom Brown from Tom Brown's Schooldays
by Thomas Hughes
- Tom Canty and Edward Tudor, from The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
- Vince from Son of the Mob
by Gordon Korman
- Zack from The Zack Files (starting with My Great-grandpa's in the Litter Box
) by Dan Greenburg and Jack E. Davis
Contributors and Commenters So Far:
- Becky from Farm School
- Bibliophile
- Brian F. from Dispatches from an MFA-Seeking Writer
- Camille from Book Moot
- Carrie K. from Mommy Brain
- Chris
- Dana
- Genevieve
- Jennifer from Snapshot
- Kate
- 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
- MotherReader
- Pooja Makhijani
- Sheila B.
- So-Net Blog
- Wisteria from Twice Bloomed Wisteria
People Who Have Linked to the Cool Boys Lists
- Mary Lee and Franki from A Year of Reading
- Becky from Farm School
- Kathryn Judson from Suitable for Mixed Company
- Liz B. from A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy
- So-Net Blog
If I missed you, please let me know. And if you have any other cool boys to suggest for the list, let me know that, too. Thanks!