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Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World

Rachel Firth, Lan Cook and Andy Prentice

Age: 7+

RRP  $22.95

Series: Illustrated Story Collections

Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World

By: Rachel Firth, Lan Cook, Andy Prentice

Illustrated by Josy Bloggs, Maxine Lee-Mackie, Maria Surducan

Series : Illustrated Story Collections

Age 7+

RRP  $22.95

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Meet a girl who fights dragons, a brave warrior queen, and a daughter in search of her Samurai father...
This beautifully illustrated collection brings you eight fantastic fairy tales from around the world. Full of wit, charm, compassion and courage, these heroes will inspire and empower a new generation of readers.

Extent:
192 pages
Dimensions:
244.4 x 178.2mm
Hardback ISBN:
9781474966436
Key Stage:
KS2
Publication Date:
September 2020
Work Reference:
05362

1 Tales from Around the World: An introduction

2 About the stories

3 Mulan

4 Nanabolele

5 Vasilisa and Prince Vladimir

6 Moremi and the Egunguns

7 The Legend of Tokoyo

8 The Dragon Slayer

9 The Sleep Watchers

10 The Warrior Queen

Rachel Firth
Rachel spent 11 years studying and teaching philosophy at the universities of London and Oxford before joining Usborne. Since then she has written books on subjects ranging from knights, to food, to philosophy, as well as retelling folk stories, and writing children's versions of numerous novels.

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Lan Cook
Lan joined Usborne after working as a bookseller. She absolutely loves learning about anything and everything. She has lived in China, attempted to create the perfect aquarium biotope, studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge University, and can hit an archery target from 100 feet away. Lan has always loved collecting knowledge and as many weird facts as possible, so working for Usborne really is a dream job!

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Andy Prentice
Ever since he read the Spy's Guidebook when he was eight, Andy has wanted to write books for Usborne. He's very happy that he got to fulfill his dream. As well as writing books and stories for Usborne, Andy has published several fantasy novels about demons and dark magic. He likes playing board games and making up imaginary worlds.

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