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Fierce, Fearless and Free
Lari Don, illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon
(Bloomsbury)
Fierce, Fearless and Free
£6.99
Lari Don has selected folk tales and traditional stories from around the world and retold them in her own voice. She has maintained the story, but removed the ‘happy ever after’ factor, for the story, the drama, is the heart.
We can hear her voice in each story, within the storytelling. The mixture is wonderful- exciting, dramatic and strong. There’s ‘Kate Crackernuts and the Sheep-Headed Monster‘ a traditional Scottish story for example. Would you have the initiative of Kate to eavesdrop beneath a fairy table in the hope of hearing what might reverse a seemingly irreversible spell?
Thereafter, there’s Maria whose assistance for a condor during a flood is rewarded by three wishes. What happens when the floodwater threatens to wash her brother, sister and granny away? Will she sacrifice one of them to save herself for there are three wishes only? This Ecuadorian folk tale is full of wit and bravery.
Bookwagon is proud to recommend Fierce, Fearless and Free to our readers. I am always pleased to find lesser known traditional tales, with lesser known heroes, or, in this case, heroines!
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