Girls to the rescue, book #1 : tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world

There areten clever, courageous heroes in this book of fairy tales. They are all girls! In most fairy tales a helpless girl waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in these entertaining and inspiring stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming! Imagine a world in which the heroes are clever, courageous, and kind girls, and young women (not princesses or fairy godmothers) who save themselves and others. It's a topsy-turvy fairytale world in which Ella (whose stepfamily calls her Cinder-Ella because her apron is always dirty), sews her own fancy ball gown and gets herself to the prince's ball. Princess Meghan outwits the dragon, the troll, and her future in-laws in order to win the hand of her Prince Sunny. And Carla outsmarts the greedy merchant who took advantage of her father, the shoemaker of Palermo Fortællinger om modige, kvikke og handlekraftige piger, som trodser omgivelsernes fordomme om hvad piger kan og bør gøre. De redder med fare for deres eget liv mennesker i nød og bruger deres forstand til at hjælpe sig selv og andre i vanskelige situationer The fairy godmother's assistant Grandma Rosa's bowl For love of Sunny Carla and the greedy merchant Savannah's piglets Kimi meets the ogre The innkeeper's wise daughter The royal joust Chardae's thousand and one nights Lian and the unicorn. A collection of ten stories, with author biographies, featuring admirable girls in both familiar and exotic settings