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Title Not one damsel in distress : world folktales for strong girls / collected and told by Jane Yolen ; with illustrations by Susan Guevara.
Author Yolen, Jane.
Publication Info. San Diego : Silver Whistle Books, 2000.
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J 398.2 YOL    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 398.2 YOL    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J 398.2 YOL    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 116 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
Contents Atalanta the huntress (Greece) -- Nana Miriam (Nigeria) -- 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) -- An open letter to Nana -- Notes on the stories.
Summary A collection of thirteen traditional tales from various parts of the world, with the main character of each being a fearless, strong, heroic, and resourceful woman.
Subject Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Courage -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Fairy tales.
Women -- Folklore.
Tales.
Fairy tales.
Women -- Folklore.
Folklore.
Genre Children's stories -- 2000.
Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2000.
Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Yolen -- 2000.
Added Author Guevara, Susan. Illustrator.
Silver Whistle Books. Publisher.
ISBN 0152020470
9780152020477 : $21.00
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