| Description |
127 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [126]-127) |
| Summary |
Illustrated stories from around the world that celebrate female characters in ancient myths and legends. |
| Contents |
Aphrodite, Greece: the girl who danced up the world -- Isis, Egypt: whose tears flooded the Nile -- Hekate, Greece: the math whizz who put Zeus into a spin -- Inanna, Iraq: the daughter who ruled the world -- Mulan, China: the mighty warrior -- Baba Yaga, Russia: the not so-fairy godmother -- Parvati, India: the mother of many names -- Mayaheul, Mexico: the sleepyhead with infinite energy -- Nangsa, Tibet: the teen who was forced to marry -- Osun, Nigeria: the missing piece -- Amaterasu, Japan: the sister no-one can live without -- Simorg, Iran: the bird who renewed the earth -- Brigit, UK and Ireland: the shape-shifting ancestor. |
| Subject |
Goddesses -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- Mythology -- Juvenile literature.
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Goddesses. (OCoLC)fst00944180
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Women -- Mythology.
(OCoLC)fst01176861
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Pattullo, Alice, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780500651919 (hardcover) |
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0500651914 (hardcover) |
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