Tatterhood

I have owned this book since I was a child. This book is full of tales from all over the world and is full of strong female characters. Though these stories may not be widely known to American children, they are thrilling and full of adventure. Full of strong heroines that young girls can look up to......more

This book was the beginning of my feminist awakening. It was published in 1978, and I discovered it in the early 1980s on the children's section of my hometown library. I couldn't have been older than 10 or 12. I grew up in a very religious, very conservative, and very traditional home. Before this b......more

This book was one of the ones I was most excited to read from my text set! The thought of a book filled with folktales from around the world, all centered on heroines sounded like a dream. There are 25 folktales in this collection, but only 8 of them have an accompanying illustration. So, if I were......more

These were absolutely lovely. It's a group of fairytales collected by a feminist press. Most of the main characters are female, and 99% of the female characters in the story are proactive, brave, inventive, resourceful. It's everything I never read when I was a kid, and nothing like the passive blan......more