Description
A selection of brilliant folk tales about heroines from all around the world. In these stories it’s the girls who save the day through their courage, cunning or kindness – whether they are facing up to wolves, demons, dragons, enemy tribes, or the sun itself! Handsome princes need not apply – these girls are doing it for themselves. With stories from every corner of the world (from Cameroon to Scotland, India, Japan and the Americas) this inclusive anthology of girl power is stunningly illustrated in paper-cut style.
About the Author
Lari Don was brought up in Scotland, beside a distillery, a river and a railway line, giving herlots of opportunities for incredibly dangerous outdoor games. She was the Scottish National Party’s Press Officer for manyexciting and sleepless years and then a researcher and producer atBBC Radio Scotland. She won the Canongate Prize in 2001, and a Royal Mail award for her book First Aid for Fairies in 2008. She now lives in Leith, and works as a fulltime writer and storyteller.
