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Tatterhood
Tatterhood: Feminist Folktales from Around the World | Ethel Johnston Phelps
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From Japan to Norway, Scotland to Sudan, Tatterhood brings readers twelve folk talesand twelve women whose cunning, hard work, and physical strength are celebrated in each story. A family of three women teaches a burly man how to wrestle, a girl battles a fearsome bear, and a young mother rescues her village from an elephant's stomach.
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I picked up this book on a whim from the library and loved every story in it. Purchasing my own copy to have on hand for bedtime stories with my kid and to loan to friends!

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“As they rode through the castle gates, Tatterhood touched the rowan wand to her face and the soot streaks disappeared. And whether her face was lovely or plain we shall never know, because it did not matter in the least to the prince or to Tatterhood.”