Fairy tales about knights, warriors and more

Everyone knows the stories about poor Cinderella, the princess locked in a tower, or sleeping beauty. Beautiful, but weak, passive, helpless - victims who lean on men's shoulders or evil witches are not heroines worth imitating, and their fates do not inspire or support contemporary girls. They need other models - myths and fairy tales about heroines who did not stand in the shadows and took life by the horns. And they will find them in the collection "Fairy Tales about Knights, Warriors and More".

Anita Ganeri collected 15 stories from different eras, cultures and traditions. They feature girls and women who are wise, strong, cunning, militant and independent. They do great things in many fields: they save themselves and others from trouble; they struggle with adversity; they face enemies, curses and prejudices; they overturn stereotypes, experience adventures and make dreams come true.

Written in an accessible language, modernly illustrated and elegantly published, fairy tales come to life again to inspire and encourage girls who are slowly turning into teenagers, and to remind boys that stupid princesses are a thing of the past.

This book is not only wise and beautiful, but also, perhaps above all, necessary. And not only for girls. When, for example, one of the heroines, the knight Mizilca from a Romanian fairy tale, hears the question whether she is sure she is not a boy in disguise, she replies with her own question: "does it matter if I fulfill my duties as well as the other knights?" And she adds that many of her fellow knights like things that were supposed to reveal her female identity in such an old-fashioned way: beautiful clothes and pearls. Every child needs this message. This is a message that supports the feeling that I really have the right to be myself. And being yourself is one of the key conditions for mental health. If this message - as in this book! - it is dressed in beautiful fairy tale clothes, it has the power to penetrate the depths of personality. And this means that it works in an unimaginable way. -   Przemek Staroń, patron of the book, psychologist, Teacher of the Year 2018, author of "School of Heroes and Heroes"

The book contains fairy tales:

• Bradamanta brave (France)
• Atalanta, the swift-legged archer (Greece)
• Nana Miriam and the Monster Hippopotamus (Niger)
• Noble Courage Tokoyo (Japan)
• Fat Molly Whuppie and the Giant (England)
• Mizilca in the service of the Sultan (Romania)
• The rags and the princess (Norway)
• Princess Imani and the Magic Fan (India)
• Maada and the Mountain Hunter (Canada)
• Sumac and the search for the magic lake (Inca Empire)
• Feng Mian, head of the family (China)
• Unanana and the elephant (South Africa)
• The Brave Queen and the Evil Sorcerer (Russia)
• Fallon, girl from the North (Norway)
• Princess, Merchants and Wardrobe (Sudan)