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Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

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  • Release Date: 05/09/2019
  • Barcode: 9781474966429
  • Genre: Children's Fiction
  • Sub-Genre: Children's Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Imprint: Usborne
  • Publisher: Usborne
Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

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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.

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)



ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Contributor: Isabella Grott (Illustrated by), Alessandra Santelli (Illustrated by), Maria Surducan (Illustrated by)
  • Illustrator: Isabella Grott, Alessandra Santelli, Maria Surducan
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