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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Yolen, Jane

Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls

116 pp. | Harcourt/Silver Whistle | May, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-202047-0 $$17.00
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Susan Guevara. Yolen has collected more than a dozen formerly obscure folktales from around the world featuring strong and combative women heroes such as Burd Janet, Atalanta, and Bradamante, and has narrated them with verbal flourishes taken from the oral tradition. While the bland black-and-white ornaments and illustrations lack energy or focus, the appended source notes reveal a thorough scholarship. Bib.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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