Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

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Beschreibung:

Once known, now largely forgotten, these empowering fairy tales have been brought together to inspire a new generation of readers. Discover heroines who outwit giants, fight evil, awaken sleeping princes and, of course, live happily ever after. With a foreword by Kate Pankhurst, author of Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World.

Chapters in this book include:
- The Daring Princess (based on 'The Iron Stove' retold by the Brothers Grimm)
- The Sleeping Prince (based on an old Spanish story 'The King Sleeping in his Bed')
- Snow White and Rose Red (based on 'The Ungrateful Dwarf' by Caroline Stahl and its retelling by the Brothers Grimm)
- Clever Molly (based on an old Scottish tale collected by Joseph Jacobs and Flora Annie Steele)
- Kate Crankernuts (a Scottish fairy tale collected by Andrew and Nora Lang in the Orkney Islands)
- The Nettle Princess (based on a story first written down by Karl Mullenhoff, later collected by the Brothers Grimm)
- The Wise Princess (based on a very old English story that inspired William Shakespeare's 'King Lear')
- Fearless Fiona and the Spellbound Knight (based on the story 'Tam Lin' which was originally sung as a Scottish Ballad)

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Über die Urheberinnen:

Rosie Dickins grew up in England and Hong Kong. An avid reader, she always loved dreaming up her own stories. After studying literature at Oxford University, art in Paris and plenty of travelling, she settled in London, where she works for Usborne Publishing. She has written over a hundred children's books, from award-winning information books to fiction.

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Produktdetails:

• Illustrator:in: Isabella Grott, Alessandra Santelli, Maria Surducan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7+
• Seitenumfang: 208 Seiten
• ISBN: 9781474966429