02280cam a2200289u 4500 51165496 OCoLC 20190501190350.0 ta 000705s2002 mnu c 000 1 eng d 0689024681 (pbk.) : $5.95 0881664278 (pbk.) JBW JBW DPUA The best of Girls to the rescue : tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world edited by Bruce Lansky. Minnetonka, Minn. : Meadowbrook Press ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2002. 275 p. ; 20 cm. The fairy godmother's assistant / Bruce Lansky -- Troop 13 to the rescue / Penny Warner -- The clever daughter / Martha Johnson -- Liza and the lost letter / Bruce Lansky -- Keesha and the rat / J.M. Kelly -- Young Maid Marian and her amazing, astounding pig / Stephen Mooser -- Dingo trouble / Debra Tracy -- Kamal and the thieves / adapted by Bruce Lansky from an Indian folktale -- Fishing for trouble / Sandy Cudmore -- Grandma Rosa's bowl / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Grimm Brothers' story -- Railroad through and through / Cynthia Mercati -- Sarah's pickle jar / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale -- On the way to broken bow / Marianne J. Dyson -- Temper, temper / adapted by Bruce Lansky from an Italian folktale -- Tulia! / Joan Harries -- Kim's surprise witness / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale -- For love of Sunny / Vivian Vande Velde -- Emily and the Underground Railroad / Joanne Mitchell -- Carla and the greedy merchant / adapted by Robert Scotellaro from a folktale -- Vassilisa the wise / adapted by Joanne Mitchell from a Russian fairytale -- Savannah's piglets / adapted by Sheryl L. Nelms from a folktale -- Shannon Holmes's first case / Stephen Mooser -- Maya's stone soup / adapted by Bruce Lansky from a European folktale -- The peacemakers / Lois Greiman -- The royal joust / Bruce Lansky. A collection of stories about girls and young women who don't sit around and wait for a prince to rescue them. Girls Fiction. Short stories. Lansky, Bruce. 061018 .b19960785 multi - 17 Proc AC 9875 9875 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ J 2016-10-27 J LANS 11816 2016-10-27 5.95 2016-10-27 BOOK 1