Girls to the rescue, book #2
Subtitle: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
By: edited by Bruce Lansky.
Contributors: Lansky, Bruce.
Series: Girls to the rescue
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Children's stories.
Other titles: Girls to the rescue, book 2; Girls to the rescue; Tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world; Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: A collection of ten stories, with author biographies, featuring admirable girls in both familiar and exotic settings.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace.
Table of contents: title: Cody's wooden whistle / an original story by Douglas Dosson; title: Adrianna's chickens / an original story by Anne Schraff; title: Liza and the lost letter / an original story by Bruce Lansky; title: Jamila and the Lion / an original story by Anne Schraff; title: The peacemakers / an original story by Lois Greiman; title: Kim's surprise witness / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale; title: Vassilisa the wise / adapted by Joanne Mitchell from a Russian folktale; title: Just a girl / an original story by Brenda Cox; title: The clever daughter-in-law / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale; title: Peggy's magic egg / adapted by Stephen Mooser from an Irish folktale.