Great girl stories
By: chosen by Rosemary Sandberg.
Contributors: Sandberg, Rosemary.
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Children's stories; Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Short stories; Girls -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Presents extracts from "Heidi," "Little Women," "Anne of Green Gables," "Pippi Longstocking," "The Great Gilly Hopkins," "Ramona the Pest," and other favorite books featuring strong female characters known for their resourcefulness, courage, and sense of adventure.
Table of contents: title: Milly-Molly-Mandy / by Joyce Lankester Brisley ; illustrated by the author; title: Ramona the Pest / by Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Tony Ross; title: Heidi / by Johanna Spyri ; illustrated by Felicity Gill; title: The Worst Witch / by Jill Murphy ; illustrated by the author; title: Little House in the Big Woods / by Laura Ingalls Wilder ;  illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton; title: The Wizard of Oz / by L. Frank Baum ; illustrated by Ian Beck; title: A Little Princess / by Frances Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark; title: Matilda / by Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake; title: Pollyanna / by Eleanor H. Porter ; illustrated by Susie Jenkin-Pearce; title: Pippi Longstocking / by Astrid Lindgren ; illustrated by Chris Riddell; title: What Katy Did / by Susan Coolidge ; illustrated by Alison Jay; title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / by Lewis Carroll ; Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel; title: Seven Little Australians / by Ethel Turner ; Illustrated by Rob Hefferan; title: Anne of Green Gables / by L.M. Montgomery ; Illustrated by Mark Edwards; title: The Great Gilly Hopkins / by Katherine Paterson  ; Illustrated by Mick Brownfield; title: Little Women /  by Louisa May Alcott ; Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert.