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Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales by Alison Lurie
5.0
This short and very nice little collection contains stories that have girls doing things. In other words, stories about heroines, not heroes. While the sub-title, forgetton folktales, doesn apply to every tale (I've always loved "Kate Crackernuts"), it does apply to a good portion of the stories.
Many of the stories are Scottish, Russian, or Scandivan in root. A few also sure siblings working together and in fact, feature the older child as heroine. If you have a young girl, I would say track this book done.
If you like Shakespeare, this collection also includes the tale that is a a source for one of the lines in [b:Hamlet|1420|Hamlet|William Shakespeare|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419JKV14XEL._SL75_.jpg|1885548].
Many of the stories are Scottish, Russian, or Scandivan in root. A few also sure siblings working together and in fact, feature the older child as heroine. If you have a young girl, I would say track this book done.
If you like Shakespeare, this collection also includes the tale that is a a source for one of the lines in [b:Hamlet|1420|Hamlet|William Shakespeare|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419JKV14XEL._SL75_.jpg|1885548].