Author: Ethel Johnston Phelps
Series: Feminist Folktales from Around the World #4
Narrator: Leslie Howard
Unabridged: 2 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 03/16/2021
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies
Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics.Volume four in the series, The Hunter Maiden features an introduction by Renee Watson, the New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together. In these eleven adventures, a diverse cast of female protagonists lend their daring and determination to everything from battling evil wizards in Russia to outsmarting tricky demons in South Africa. In the title story, a young member of the Zuni Native American tribe proves her resourcefulness as she confronts cultural double standards and malicious winter spirits.
Collected and published by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s, "Snow White" is a classic and timeless tale. The jealous queen's multiple attempts to take the beautiful Snow White's life are foiled by the sympathetic dwarfs. Eventually, Snow White...
In the woods, a group of friends gathers beneath the tall redwoods. There's a fire going against the chill.A child runs up to ask for a story with a story ticket in hand. Soon, all the children are turning in their tickets.Each child gets to decide ...
Dogs are man's best friend all over the world! This collection of classic fairy tales includes stories of magical dogs from France, Iceland, Germany, England, Denmark, Russia, and Japan.
On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him. But when he arrives, not a single candle is lit. A band of frightful goblins has taken ove...
Did you know that fairies can be found all over the world? Some are good, others are wicked, but all are magical. Discover the many different types of fairies in this collection of classic tales from Hungary, India, France, Germany, Sicily, and Japa...
Presenting a delightful collection of children's favorite Mother Goose rhymes by Tomie dePaola. Young listeners and their parents will enjoy meeting up with familiar friends, including Old King Cole, Little Bo-Peep, Jack and Jill, and many more in a...
Relive the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a beautiful princess hidden away, a witch's curse, her fairy godmothers, a handsome prince, and the magic of true love's kiss, in this collection of classic tales from Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.
These laugh-out-loud stories from New Hampshire and Vermont are set during the four seasons of the year. The storyteller in his appealing dialect tells little-known tales, among them "Mothah Skunk" and the night she had to move out with her kits bec...
A delightful collection of famous fairy stories. How does The Brave Little Tailor become a king? How can the defenceless little pig keep the hungry fox at bay? And what happens when Jack climbs his beanstalk and encounters a giant singing Fee Fi Fo ...