Characters in children's literature

fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren

children's book character created by Michael Bond

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Russian fictional and animated character

animated television series

book series by Sven Nordqvist

thumb|A golliwog in the form of a child's soft play toy thumb|alt=A racist drawing depicting a black rag doll with a big, black head, sitting in a rocking chair, with three white children standing by (as seen in the Beaton household).|Florence Kate Upton's Golliwogg in formal minstrel attire in The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg in 1895 The golliwog, also spelled golliwogg or shortened to golly, is a doll-like play character, created by cartoonist and author Florence Kate Upton, which appeared in children's books in the late 19th century, usually depicted as a type of rag doll.

series of children's novels by Jill Murphy

Pinkeltje (known in English as Fingerling) is a fictional character from the eponymous children's book series by the Dutch writer Dick Laan. Pinkeltje is a white-bearded gnome and wears a pointed hat and is as big as a pinky finger, hence its name, meaning "fingerling" (literally "little pinky") in Dutch. Twenty-nine books were published in a series between 1939 and 1977. The last four volumes appeared posthumously. A successful film was also released with the same title and based on the books.

literary character

Russian fictional character

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thumb|right|Rumcajs thumb|300px|Rumcajs, Cipísek and Manka, a performance in the Old Town Square, Prague Gallant robber Rumcajs (, ), his wife Manka, and their son, little robber Cipísek are fictional characters popularized by two children's animated television series broadcast as part of the Večerníček TV program in Czechoslovakia from 1967 to 1984, 52 episodes in total. The series were designed by Czech writer Václav Čtvrtek and artist Radek Pilař. These stories were also published in book form.

American children's book series by Kay Thompson

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is the protagonist of an eponymous series of children's picture books written by . Books from the series have been translated into French and Chinese and adapted into an anime series in 1992 (where his voice was provided by Chiaki Fujimoto and Ayaka Saitō). As of December 2020, over 33.6 million copies of the Nontan books have been sold.

book series by Sinikka and Tiina Nopola

fictional human created by Cissy van Marxveldt

fictional toad from Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows"