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Not one damsel in distress : heroic girls from world folklore
Publication Information
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Physical Description
133 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
A collection of fifteen traditional tales from various parts of the world, with the main character of each being a fearless, strong, heroic, and resourceful woman.
Contents
- 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 (United States/White River Sioux)
- Pretty Penny (United States/Ozark Mountains)
- Burd Janet (Scotland)
- Mizilca (Romania)
- The pirate princess Poland/Jewish)
- The samurai maiden (Japan)
- Bradamante (France)
- Molly Whuppie (England)
- The princess Kemang (Indonesia)
- Masha and the bear (Azerbaijan).