Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World - Hardcover

Ragan, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393045986 ISBN 13: 9780393045987

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998

Synopsis

The first anthology of its kind to feature a variety of multicultural heroines, this definitive sourcebook of folktales and fairytales chronicles the stories of courageous mothers, clever young girls, warrior women, and wise women who ruled their kingdoms.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen Ragan has traveled to or lived in 45 countries. She currently lives in Strasbourg, France.

From Booklist:

Troubled by the scarcity of female protagonists of any kind in children's books, let alone strong, smart, and resourceful heroines, Ragan transformed her search for good stories to read to her young daughter into a full-scale research project, reviewing some 30,000 folk and fairy tales from all around the world. The 100 she selected to create this jewel of an anthology feature "courageous mothers, clever young girls, and warrior women," heroines that save lives and bring peace to their communities not through brute strength, although endurance is a frequent feat, but through creativity, intelligence, eloquence, wisdom, kindness, perseverance, and loyalty. Ragan is to be commended for her diligence and good taste: she has found captivating stories about wonderfully shrewd and fearless heroines from all across Europe, including Iceland, Scotland, Greece, and Yugoslavia, as well as Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, and the Pacific. Ragan's concise yet discerning commentary follows each tale, making this affirming and long overdue collection as edifying as it is entertaining. Donna Seaman

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393045986
• ISBN 13: 9780393045987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450