Girls to the rescue.
Subtitle: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
By: [stories by Bruce Lansky ... et al.] ; edited by Bruce Lansky.
Contributors: Lansky, Bruce.
Publisher: Meadowbrook Press; distributed by Simon & Schuster
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Heroines in literature -- Juvenile literature.; Women in literature.; Children's stories.; Sex role in literature.; Women -- Juvenile literature.
Other titles: 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.
Description: A collection of ten stories featuring admirable girls in both familiar and exotic settings.
Notes: CLC
Table of contents: value: The fairy godmother's assistant / by Bruce Lansky; value: Grandma Rosa's bowl / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Grimm Brothers' story; value: For love of synny / by Vivian Vande Velde; value: Carla and the greedy merchant / adapted by Robert Scotellaro from a folktale; value: Savannah's piglets / adapted by Sheryl L. Nelms from a folktale; value: Kimi meets the Ogre / by Linda Cave; value: The innkeeper's wise daughter / retold by Penninnah Schram from a Russian folktale; value: the royla joust / by Bruce Landsky; value: Chardae's thousand and one nights / adapted by Craig Hansen from the Scheherazade story in the Arabian nights; value: Lian and the unicorn / Vivian Vande Velde.