A collection of traditional folktales featuring heroines from all over the world!

Traditionally, folktale have favored male heroes, relegating women to lesser roles in need of love or saving. But there are some tales where women take center stage. This collection brings them together for the first time, taking its readers to the four corners of the world for moving stories about strong women.
Women craving freedom, like the luminous young girl and her reindeer, in love with the vast spaces of the Siberian north, or the incorruptible princess of the sands, who founded a city like no other in the heart of the desert. Brave mothers from the Amazon or the Australian outback, facing down the worst demons to save their children's lives...