Tatterhood: Feminist Folktales from Around the World

by Ethel Johnston Phelps (Editor), Suki Boynton (Illustrator), Gayle Forman (Introduction)

Overview

From Japan to Norway, Scotland to Sudan, Tatterhood brings readers twelve folk tales—and twelve women whose cunning, hard work, and physical strength are celebrated in each story. A family of three women teaches a burly man how to wrestle, a girl battles a fearsome bear, and a young mother rescues her village from an elephant's stomach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558619296
Publisher:	Feminist Press at CUNY, The
Publication date:	08/02/2016
Series:	Feminist Folktales Series , #1
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	910L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ethel Johnston Phelps (1914-1984) held a master's degree in Medieval Literature, co-edited a Ricardian journal, and published several articles on fifteenth-century subjects. She compiled two anthologies of feminist folk tales from around the world, Tatterhood and The Maid of the North.