Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls
9781398857261
176 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview
This beautifully illustrated, full-color hardback gift edition presents an inspiring collection of 15 stories from around the world, retold by multi award-winning author Anita Ganeri. This fairy tale collection showcases narratives that celebrate strong, independent women. These heroines aren't reduced to being wives or witches! They run free and possess the qualities we would hope for in our daughters and friends: self-confidence, strength, wits, courage, fearlessness, and independence. They live freely, happily ever after, without restraint or narrowly defined roles. Ideal for children aged 8+.Author Bio
Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author (2010 Joy Tivy Education Medal, 2009 Blue Peter Book Award, 2008 Geographical Association Highly Commended Award, 2007 Practical Pre-School Award) of children's books, writing on a range of topics, from Ancient Romans to evolution. She also specializes in retelling traditional tales, from different cultures, countries and perspectives.
Based in Vietnam, Khoa Le is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books. She has worked with many top publishers, including Hachette and Usbourne and in 2020, she won best illustrator for the Northern Lights Book Awards. Khoa also works as a graphic designer and painter and has participated in many exhibitions in different Asian countries.
