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The Dadmag Guide To Children's Books
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Not One Damsel in Distress
(Ages 9-12)
Despite the arrival of the millennium, fairy tales featuring ultimately passive females persist in our culture. Snow White and Cinderella, to name but two, end up waiting around for the handsome prince. Not One Damsel in Distress, Jane Yolen's collection of folktales, unearths a different archetype from a variety of cultural traditions. This is the book for the warrior in your daughter. You might not want these tales alone floating in her imagination, but you do want her to have the kind of chutzpah these heroes (Yolen doesn't like the term heroine) repeatedly demonstrate. Pictures by Susan Guevara.
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