Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls
by Anita Ganeri (Author) Khoa Le (Illustrator)
This beautifully illustrated, full-color hardback presents an inspiring collection of 15 stories from around the world, retold by multi award-winning author Anita Ganeri. Showcasing narratives that celebrate strong, independent women, these fairy tales contain heroines that aren't reduced to being wives or witches! Instead they run free and possess the qualities we would hope for in our daughters and friends: self-confidence, strength, wits, courage, fearlessness, and independence. They live freely, happily ever after, without restraint or narrowly defined roles.
These stories include: - Atalanta the Huntress (Greece)- Nana Miriam (Niger)- Fitcher's Bird (Germany)- The Girl and the Puma (Argentina)- Li Chi Slays the Serpent (China)- Brave Woman Counts Coup (US/White River Sioux)- Mizilca (Romania)- The Pirate Princess (Poland/Jewish)- The Samurai Maiden (Japan)- Molly Whuppie (England)
Accompanied by magical illustrations, these stories will capture the hearts and minds of young readers everywhere.
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Anita Ganeri has written over three hundred information books for children on subjects including natural history, religion and geography. Her books include the Horrible Geography series, which won the Geographical Association Silver Award.
Marie-Ève Tremblay is an award-winning illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. She finds inspiration for her work in her trips abroad, in nature, and encounters in everyday life. She has illustrated numerous children's books as well as for magazines and television. She is the illustrator of I Wonder Why The Sun Rises and I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle.JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
