Per my previous post about giving boys books with female protagonists...
I'm getting some comments with book recs (so far, all books written by men from 30-40 yrs ago). Y'all, there are LOTS of books with female protagonists. Recent ones! But since we're on the subject of recs...

Here are just a *few* of my fav PICTURE BOOKS with female protagonists:
- Hensel & Gretel: Ninja Chicks
- Ninja Red Riding Hood
- Not Quite Snow White
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle
- At the Mountain's Base
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
- Wild
- Ada Twist, Scientist

PBs con't:
- Interrupting Chicken & the Elephant of Surprise
- The Most Magnificent Thing
- Be a Maker
- Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
- Fearless: Racing Legend Louise Smith
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star
- We Are Water Protectors
- That's Life
- Nova, Star Eater
- Each Kindness

Here are just a few fav MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS with female protags:
- Just South of Home
- My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwhich
- Front Desk
- Dactyl Hill Squad
- Nikki Tesla & the Ferret-Proof Death Ray
- The Dragon Thief
- Midsummer's Mayhem
- First Rule of Punk
- The Jumbies

MG con't:
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- El Deafo (GN)
- Merci Suarez Changes Gears
- Louisiana's Way Home
- The Lost Girl
- Go With the Flow (GN)
- Roll With It
- Love, Sugar, Magic
- Awkward (GN)
- Amal Unbound
- Where the Heart Is
- Emmy in the Key of Code
- Strange Birds

A few fav YA books with female protags:
- The Sound of Stars
- The Poet X
- Circe
- Wild Beauty
- Slay
- Undead Girl Gang
- Shadowshaper
- Nimona (GN)
- Moxie
- Full Disclosure
- Lumberjanes (GN)
- The Art of Breaking Things
- The Hate U Give
- Internment

This is just scratching the surface of good, recent books for kids/teens with female protagonists. Please feel free to add to this thread with your own book recs (preferably something from this decade).

And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE recommend/buy/give books like these to boys.