Editing Harriet the Spy

{{Short description|1964 children's novel by Louise Fitzhugh}}
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{{Infobox book
| name              = Harriet the Spy
| image             = Harriet the Spy (book) cover.jpg
| caption           = First edition cover
| author            = [[Louise Fitzhugh]]
| illustrator       = Louise Fitzhugh|
| country           = 
| series            = 
| genre             = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[spy novel]]
| pub_date          = 1964
| publisher         = [[Harper & Row]]
| media_type        = Print (hardcover)
| pages             = 298  (first ed.)<ref name=LCC/>
| isbn              = 978-0-440-41679-1
| isbn_note         = <ref>Unknown later Harper & Row edition {{OCLC|301132}}.</ref>
| oclc              = 301132
| congress          = PZ7.F5768 Har<ref name="LCC">[http://lccn.loc.gov/64019711 "Harriet, the spy"]. LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 29, 2014.</ref>
| preceded_by       = 
| followed_by       = [[The Long Secret]]
}}

'''''Harriet the Spy''''' is a children's novel written and illustrated by [[Louise Fitzhugh]] that was published in [[1964 in literature|1964]]. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic".<ref name="Elleman">{{Cite journal |last=Elleman |first=Barbara |year=1987 |title=Current Trends in Literature for Children |url=https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/7490/librarytrendsv35i3f_opt.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Library Trends |publisher=Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=413–26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233904/https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/7490/librarytrendsv35i3f_opt.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Grant">{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Neva |date=March 3, 2008 |title=Unapologetically Harriet, the Misfit Spy |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87779452 |access-date=March 23, 2013 |website=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR}}</ref> In the U.S., it ranked number 12 in the 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in the Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.<ref name=timeout/><ref name=slj/>

It was followed by two "companion books", the [[#Series|sequels]], ''[[The Long Secret]]'' (1965) and ''Sport'' (1979), the latter of which was released posthumously after Fitzhugh's death in 1974. A [[Harriet the Spy (film)|feature film]] based on the novel starring [[Michelle Trachtenberg]] was released by [[Nickelodeon Movies]] in 1996. A made-for-television sequel, ''[[Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars]]'', aired in 2010. A [[Harriet the Spy (TV series)|television series]] based on the novel premiered on [[Apple TV+]] in 2021.

==Plot summary==
Eleven-year-old Harriet M. Welsch is an aspiring writer who lives in New York City's [[Upper East Side]]. Encouraged by her nanny, "Ole Golly", Harriet observes others and writes her thoughts down in a notebook as practice for her future career. Several standalone episodes highlight the various eccentric characters she meets on her afternoon "spy route".

Harriet's best friends are Simon "Sport" Rocque, a serious boy who wants to be a [[certified public accountant]] or a ball player, and Janie Gibbs, who wants to be a scientist. Harriet's enemies in her class are Marion Hawthorne, the [[teacher's pet]] and self-appointed [[Queen bee (sociology)|queen bee]], and Marion's best friend, Rachel Hennessy.

Harriet's life changes abruptly when Ole Golly's [[suitor]], Mr. Waldenstein, proposes and she accepts. Harriet is crushed by the loss of her nanny. Her mother and father are at a loss to understand Harriet's feelings and are of little comfort to her.

At school, during a [[Tag (game)|game of tag]], Harriet loses her notebook. Her classmates find it and are appalled at her brutally honest documentation of her opinions of them. The students form a "Spy Catcher Club" in which they think up ways to make Harriet's life miserable, such as stealing her lunch and passing nasty notes about her in class. In return, Harriet regularly spies on the Spy Catcher Club through a back fence and concocts vengeful ways to punish them. After getting into trouble for carrying out some of her plans, Harriet unsuccessfully tries to resume her friendships with Sport and Janie as if nothing had ever happened. When Harriet's grades go down, her parents confiscate her notebook, which only depresses her further.

Harriet's mother takes her daughter to see a [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|child psychiatrist]], who advises Harriet's parents to get in touch with Ole Golly and ask her to write to Harriet. In her letter, Ole Golly tells Harriet that ''if'' anyone ever reads her notebook, "you have to do two things, and you are not going like either one of them. 1: You have to apologize. 2: You have to lie. Otherwise you are going to lose a friend."

Meanwhile, dissension is rippling through the Spy Catcher Club. Marion and Rachel are calling all the shots, and Sport and Janie are tired of being bossed around. When they quit the club, most of their classmates do the same.

Harriet's parents speak with her teacher and the headmistress, and Harriet is appointed editor of the class newspaper, replacing Marion. The newspaper&mdash;featuring stories about the people on Harriet's spy route and the students' parents&mdash;becomes an instant success. Harriet also uses the paper to print a retraction of the things she had written in her journal. Harriet is forgiven by Sport and Janie.

== Reception ==
The book appeared on a 1964 list of "The Year's Best Juveniles" in ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 6, 1964 |title=The Year's Best Juveniles |page=52 |work=The New York Times Book Review}}</ref>  One 1965 reviewer called the book "a brilliantly written, unsparing realistic story, a superb portrait of an extraordinary child".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Polly |date=January 24, 1965 |title=The Junior Bookshelf |page=B7 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Another reviewer found that it "captures the feelings, thoughts and situations of a modern city child with remarkable clarity and dimension".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=February 21, 1965 |title=An Excellent Trio for Children |page=B7 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Nevertheless, at least one reviewer in 1965 felt that the book dealt with "disagreeable people and situations".<ref name="Helson1976">{{Cite journal |last=Helson |first=Ravenna |year=1976 |title=Change, Tradition, and Critical Styles in the Contemporary World of Children's Books |journal=Children's Literature |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=22–39 |doi=10.1353/chl.0.0757}}</ref>  Although it was not chosen as one of the [[ALA Notable lists|American Library Association (ALA) Notable Books for Children]] for 1964, years later it was included in a retrospective 1960–1964 ALA Notable Books List.<ref name=Elleman/>

It won a [[Sequoyah Book Award]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Children's Sequoyah Winners |url=http://okla.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=215 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506061946/http://okla.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=215 |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=March 16, 2013 |publisher=Oklahoma Library Association}}</ref>  The paperback version was selected as one of the "Best in the Field" published during the previous 16 months in a 1968 ''New York Times'' article.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Woods |first1=George |last2=O'Connor |first2=Margaret F. |date=February 25, 1968 |title=Best in the Field: For Children |at=Section 7, Part 2, pages 18 & 20 |work=New York Times Book Review: Paperbacks}}</ref> In 1995, [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Nickelodeon Movies]] claimed that 2.5 million copies of the book had been sold;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies |date=December 8, 1995 |title=Michelle Trachtenberg is Harriet; Rosie O'Donnell Her Mentor in the Action-Comedy "Harriet The Spy" (press release) |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MICHELLE+TRACHTENBERG+IS+HARRIET%3B+ROSIE+O'DONNELL+HER+MENTOR+IN+THE...-a017836770 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705165029/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MICHELLE+TRACHTENBERG+IS+HARRIET%3B+ROSIE+O%27DONNELL+HER+MENTOR+IN+THE...-a017836770 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC}}</ref> however, the book did not appear on a 2001 ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' list of "hardcovers that have sold 750,000 copies and paperbacks that have topped the one million copy mark."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 17, 2001 |editor-last=Roback |editor-first=Diane |editor2-last=Britton |editor2-first=Jason |title=All-Time Bestselling Children's Books |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html |journal=[[Publishers Weekly]] |volume=248 |issue=51 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>

[[Whitney Matheson]] wrote on the ''[[USA Today]]'' site in 2002 that Harriet "attracts dedicated, lifelong supporters".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matheson, Whitney |date=June 27, 2002 |title=Still Spying After All These Years |work=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/columnist/candy/2002/2002-06-26-candy.htm |access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>  [[Anita Silvey]] in 2004 selected it as one of the 100 best books for children.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silvey |first=Anita |url=https://archive.org/details/100bestbooksforc00silv |title=100 Best Books for Children |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=2004 |isbn=0618278893 |location=Boston}}</ref> In 2005, the ex-[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer [[Lindsay Moran]] cited the ''Harriet the Spy'' series of books as an inspiration for her career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ensor |first=David |date=January 12, 2005 |title=Moran: 'It's a dirty business' |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/01/11/spy.life/ |access-date=March 16, 2013 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> It was included in a 2009 list of "Children’s Classics" by ''[[The Horn Book Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burns |first=Mary M. |year=2009 |title=Children's Classics: A Booklist for Parents |url=http://archive.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf |url-status=dead |magazine=The Horn Book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524173352/http://archive.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, ''Harriet the Spy'' was ranked number 17 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ''[[School Library Journal]]''.<ref name="slj">{{Cite web |last=Bird, Elizabeth |date=June 12, 2012 |title=Top 100 Children's Novels #17: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh |url=http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/12/top-100-childrens-novels-17-harriet-the-spy-by-louise-fitzhugh/ |access-date=March 16, 2013 |publisher=[[School Library Journal]] "A Fuse #8 Production" blog}}</ref> Earlier that year, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out New York Kids]]'' ranked it number 12 among the "50 Best Books for Kids".<ref name="timeout">{{Cite news |last=Bird, Elizabeth |date=March 1, 2012 |title=The 50 Best Books for Kids |work=Time Out New York Kids (timeout.com) |url=http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/the-50-best-books-for-kids?pageNumber=2 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref> Late in 2015, the same source ranked it number 34 in the "73 best kids' books of all time for families".<ref name="timeout2015">Bird, Elizabeth, and the editors (September 15, 2015). [http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/best-kids-books#tab_panel_4 "The 73 best kids' books of all time for families"] [40 to 37]. ''Time Out New York Kids'' (timeout.com). Retrieved October 27, 2015.</ref>

Despite its popularity, the book has been banned from some schools and libraries "because it was said to set a bad example for children".<ref name=Grant/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brunner |first=Borgna |year=2007 |title=Banned Books From Harriet the Spy to The Catcher in the Rye |url=http://www.infoplease.com/spot/banned-kids-books.html |access-date=March 23, 2013 |website=Information Please |publisher=Pearson Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Driscoll |first1=Molly |last2=O'Carroll |first2=Eoin |title=30 Banned Books That May Surprise You: 1. 'Harriet the Spy,' by Louise Fitzhugh |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/1003/30-banned-books-that-may-surprise-you/Harriet-the-Spy-by-Louise-Fitzhugh |access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> Along with ''[[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.|Are You There God?]]'', ''[[Blubber (novel)|Blubber]]'', and ''[[Where the Sidewalk Ends (book)|Where the Sidewalk Ends]]'', the book was challenged at a 1983 school-board meeting in [[Xenia, Ohio]].<ref name="Denger">{{Cite news |last=Denger, Laurie |date=October 25, 1993 |title=Issues in Xenia Schools Boiling for Decade |work=Dayton Daily News}}</ref>  Proponents of the Xenia ban stated that the book "teaches children to lie, spy, back-talk, and curse", but the board voted to keep the books in the school libraries.<ref name=Denger/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eichhorn-Hicks, Meghara |date=March 5, 2009 |title=Banning Books: Keeping Our Children Safe from the Perils of Free Thinking |work=Minneapolis Examiner}}</ref>

== Selected translations ==
* ''Harriet - Spionage aller Art'' (German, 1968)
* ''Harijeta uhoda'' (Serbian, Yugoslavia, 1978)
* ''Harriet l'Espionne'' (French, 1980)
* הרייט המרגלת (Hebrew, 1984, {{ISBN|9650302190}})
* ''Professione? Spia!'' (Italian, 1989, {{ISBN|8804322802}})
* スパイになりたいハリエットのいじめ解決法 / ''Supai ni naritai harietto no ijime kaiketsuhō'' (Japanese, 1995, {{ISBN|4061947303}})
* ''A Espiã'' (Portuguese, 1999, {{ISBN|8571646414}})
* ''Spiunia Harrietë'' (Albanian, 2016, {{ISBN|9789928219091}})
*

== Series ==
Fitzhugh wrote two sequels to the book: ''[[The Long Secret]]'' (1965) and ''Sport'' (1979, published posthumously).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fitzhugh |first=Louise |title=The Long Secret |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1965 |isbn=0060214104 |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fitzhugh |first=Louise |url=https://archive.org/details/sportfit00fitz |title=Sport |publisher=Delacorte Press |year=1979 |isbn=0440078865 |location=New York}}</ref>  Both books received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sutton |first=Roger |date=July–August 2001 |title=Bring Out Your Dead |url=http://archive.hbook.com/magazine/editorials/jul01.asp |url-status=dead |journal=Horn Book Magazine |volume=77 |issue=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524210947/http://archive.hbook.com/magazine/editorials/jul01.asp |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schmitz |first=Terri |date=September–October 2001 |title=Characters You Can Count On |journal=Horn Book Magazine |volume=77 |issue=5 |pages=557–567}}</ref>

''Sport'' is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] that focuses on Simon "Sport" Rocque, expanding upon his brief family background covered in ''Harriet the Spy''. As his parents are divorced, Sport lives with his father, who is a struggling writer who has been focusing on a book (a big gamble) rather than the steady income of journal/newspaper articles, with Sport managing their finances. Their financial problems are exacerbated once Sport's grandfather Simon Vane (from his mother's side) becomes terminally ill and stops sending regular payments to Sport. Things change for the better once Sport's father meets the kind Kate, who becomes a good stepmother. However, Simon's will has named Sport as the main beneficiary to the $30 million family fortune, much to the chagrin of Sport's mother Charlotte Vane and her sister. Charlotte, an absentee mother who has been living well abroad in Europe most of the time, returns to New York City upon hearing of her father's illness, scheming to increase her share of Simon's inheritance by kidnapping Sport and imprisoning him in the Plaza Hotel for a week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sport |url=http://www.ebooks.com/466072/sport/fitzhugh-louise/}}</ref>

In 2002, a sequel ''Harriet Spies Again'' appeared; written by Helen Ericson, it also received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ericson |first=Helen |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385327862 |title=Harriet Spies Again |publisher=Delacorte Press |year=2002 |isbn=0385327862 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 1, 2002 |title=Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson (review) |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/helen-ericson/harriet-spies-again/ |journal=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weisman |first=Kay |date=December 1, 2002 |title=Reflections on Fiction Spin-offs: Should Harriet Spy Again? |journal=Booklist |volume=99 |issue=7 |pages=667}}</ref>  Another sequel, ''Harriet the Spy, Double Agent'' by Maya Gold, was published in 2005;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gold |first=Maya |url=https://archive.org/details/harrietspydouble00gold |title=Harriet the Spy, Double Agent |publisher=Delacorte Press |year=2005 |isbn=0385327870 |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carton |first=Debbie |date=September 1, 2005 |title=Gold, Maya. Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (book review) |journal=Booklist |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=132}}</ref> one review of that book stated "there's not much to interest readers here."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Le |first=Amanda Conover |date=January 2006 |title=Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (review) |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6296276.html |url-status=dead |journal=School Library Journal |volume=52 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411064648/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6296276.html |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>

* ''Harriet the Spy'' (Harper & Row, 1964); also ''Harriet, the Spy''
* ''The Long Secret'' (Harper & Row, 1965)
* ''Sport'' (Dell Publishing/[[Delacorte Press]], 1979), Fitzhugh<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/sport/oclc/4834208/editions?start_edition=1&sd=asc&referer=di&se=yr&editionsView=true&fq= Formats and Editions of Sport]. [[WorldCat]]. Retrieved December 29, 2014.</ref>
* ''Harriet Spies Again'' (Dell/Delacorte, 2002), Helen Ericson [and Fitzhugh]<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/harriet-spies-again/oclc/49308232/editions?start_edition=1&sd=asc&se=yr&referer=di&qt=sort_yr_asc&editionsView=true&fq= Formats and Editions of Harriet spies again]. WorldCat. Retrieved December 29, 2014.</ref>
* ''Harriet the Spy, DoubleAgent'' (Dell/Delacorte, 2005), Maya Gold and Fitzhugh<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/harriet-the-spy-double-agent/oclc/56590936/editions?start_edition=1&sd=asc&referer=br&se=yr&qt=sort_yr_asc&editionsView=true&fq= Formats and Editions of Harriet the spy, double agent]. 
WorldCat. Retrieved December 29, 2014.</ref>

== Adaptations ==
Film rights to the novel were bought by Herbert Swope in 1964.<ref>Weiler, A. H. (June 26, 1966). "On Bing Barnum's 'Moon'". ''The New York Times''. Page D11.</ref>  ''Harriet the Spy'' was made into a [[Harriet the Spy (film)|1996 film of the same name]]. It starred [[Michelle Trachtenberg]] and was the first film to be produced by [[Nickelodeon]]'s [[Nickelodeon Movies|feature film division]].

In September 2004, [[Mainframe Entertainment]] announced that [[Protocol Entertainment]] will produce a new ''Harriet the Spy'' live-action television series, consisting of at least 22 half-hour episodes, with 2 Friends Entertainment acting as executive producers and US sales agent and Mainframe retaining international distribution rights.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031935/http://mainframe.ca/news/articles/news/040921N0.pdf PROTOCOL ENTERTAINMENT TO CREATE "HARRIET THE SPY" LIVE-ACTION SERIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT]. {{dead link|date=December 2014}}</ref><ref>Demott, Rick (September 21, 2004). [http://www.awn.com/news/mainframe-protocol-team-live-action-harriet-spy "Mainframe & Protocol Team On Live-Action Harriet The Spy"]. Animation World Network (AWN.com). Retrieved December 29, 2014.</ref>

In March 2010, [[Disney Channel]] aired a version of the story, ''[[Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars]]''. This starred ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' cast member [[Jennifer Stone]] as Harriet, [[Alexander Conti]] from ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]'' as Harriet's friend Sport, and ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''{{'}}s [[Melinda Shankar]] as Janie. In this film, Harriet competes against Marion Hawthorne to see who has a better [[blog]].

In August 2020,  [[Apple TV+]] announced it had given the production a series order for an [[Harriet the Spy (TV series)|animated television adaptation of the novel]]. The series was to be produced by [[The Jim Henson Company]] and Rehab Entertainment with [[Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi|Will McRobb]] as writer, Sidney Clifton as producer, and Terissa Kelton and [[John W. Hyde]] as executive producers, and starring [[Beanie Feldstein]] as Harriet, [[Jane Lynch]] as Ole Golly, and [[Lacey Chabert]] as Marion Hawthorne.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexandra Del Rosario |date=August 12, 2020 |title='Harriet the Spy' Kids Animated Series Starring Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch & Lacey Chabert Ordered by Apple |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/harriet-the-spy-apple-tv-orders-beanie-feldstein-jane-lynch-led-series-by-doug-writer-will-mcrobb-1203010921/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The series was released on November 19, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2021 |title=Beanie Feldstein Plays the Titular Role in First Trailer for 'Harriet the Spy' Animated Series |url=https://collider.com/harriet-the-spy-animated-tv-show-trailer-beanie-feldstein/ |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|Children's literature}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |last=Bernstein |first=Robin |year=2000–2001 |title='Too Realistic' and 'Too Distorted': The Attack on Louise Fitzhugh's ''Harriet the Spy'' and the Gaze of the Queer Child |journal=Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture |volume=12 |issue=1–2 |pages=26–47}}
* {{Cite book |last=Bernstein |first=Robin |year=2011 |chapter=The Queerness of Harriet the Spy |editor-last=Abate |editor-first=Michelle Ann |editor-last2=Kidd |editor-first2=Kenneth B. |title=Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=University of Michigan |pages=111–120 |isbn=978-0-472-07146-3}}
* {{Cite journal |last=John |first=Judith Gero |year=1991 |title=The Legacy of Peter Pan and Wendy: Images of Lost Innocence and Social Consequences in ''Harriet the Spy'' |journal=Children's Literature Association Quarterly |volume=1991 |pages=168–173 |doi=10.1353/chq.1991.0016}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Paul |first=Lissa |date=June 1989 |title=The Feminist Writer as Heroine in ''Harriet the Spy'' |journal=The Lion and the Unicorn |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=67–73 |doi=10.1353/uni.0.0433 |s2cid=144852947}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Molson |first=Francis J. |date=October 1974 |title=Another Look at Harriet the Spy |journal=Elementary English |volume=51 |issue=7 |pages=963–970 |doi=10.1353/chq.1991.0016}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Wolf |first=Virginia L. |year=1975 |title=''Harriet the Spy'' |journal=Children's Literature |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=120–126 |doi=10.1353/chl.0.0700}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |last=Aulenback |first=Stephany |date=5 August 2003 |title=''Harriet the Spy'' (book review) |url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/harriet-spy |publisher=[[Common Sense Media]]}}

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