Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls Hardcover - 2000
by Yolen, Jane
- Used
- Good
- first
Description
NZ$7.37
FREE Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from BooksRun (Pennsylvania, United States)
Details
- Title Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls
- Author Yolen, Jane
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Silver Whistle, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0152020470-11-1
- ISBN 9780152020477 / 0152020470
- Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 10.38 x 8.42 x 0.66 in (26.37 x 21.39 x 1.68 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Women, Fairy tales
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99018509
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.220
About BooksRun Pennsylvania, United States
Specializing in: Textbooks
Biblio member since 2016
BooksRun.com - best place to buy, sell or rent cheap textbooks
Summary
These thirteen folktales have one thing in common: brainy, brawny, brave heroines--and not one damsel in distress! From Bradamante, the fierce female medieval knight, to Li Chi, the Chinese girl who slays a dreaded serpent and saves her town, these heroines use their cunning, wisdom, and strength to succeed.
Drawing from diverse cultures around the world, renowned author Jane Yolen celebrates the smart, strong, and sassy heroines of legend and lore in a collection that will encourage bravery in every girl.
Drawing from diverse cultures around the world, renowned author Jane Yolen celebrates the smart, strong, and sassy heroines of legend and lore in a collection that will encourage bravery in every girl.