Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer: and other tales

by Amy Scott Robinson, Evelt Yanait (Illustrator)

Overview

Folk tales are stories full of adventure, courage, daring, fighting dragons, trolls, and giants, and overcoming challenges. How many of them have girls as the main heroic characters though?

These twelve folk tales from all over the world have been specially selected as they feature strong, adventurous heroines. Some are funny, some make you think, and some – like the story of Fearless Mary – keep you on the edge of your seat with scares and surprises. Meet Louisa Freya, the brave dragon slayer, funny and clever Sigrun, and honest and humble Scarface as well as other heroines from Serbia, Norway, China, Japan, South Africa, and Indonesia. Amy Scott Robinson's distinctive voice, expertise and experience as a performance storyteller makes this a unique and fascinating collection, aimed at readers aged 7-9 years. At the end of each story, Amy shares a bit about where the story comes from, how she has retold it, and what the tale makes her think about when she is hearing or telling it, including Bible verses. These folk tales deserve to be told as often as the more famous and well-known ones. After all, why should boys defeat all the dragons? Enjoy the adventure!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745979489
Publisher:	Lion Children's Bks
Publication date:	05/20/2022
Series:	Adventuring Girls
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Amy Scott Robinson is an author and performance storyteller. She is the author of Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer and Queen Esther, Nation Saver. After studying English at Christ's College, Cambridge, she trained as a primary school teacher and then founded a business for storytelling in education. Amy began writing scripts and poetry for charities, churches and providers of liturgical resources, before publishing her own works on puppetry and story. She still performs as a storyteller and ventriloquist, and produces works for adults as well as children. She lives in a rectory in Suffolk with the Rector, two children and lots of puppets.

Evelt Yanait is a freelance children’s digital artist from Barcelona, where she grew drawing and reading wonderful illustrated books. She studied a Journalism degree, a Social Education degree, a p.d in Creativity & Advertising and a p.d in Graphic Design. She has been drawing for many years, illustrating board games and children's books mainly. She is the illustrator Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer and Queen Esther, Nation Saver.

Table of Contents

Contents
Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Clever Sigrun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Clumsy Scarface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TuTuMu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Zacharenia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Fearless Mary: Part One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fearless Mary: Part Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Xun Guan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Thakane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sir Ashwyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Sonja. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Tilda and the Troll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The Empress Jokwa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Source List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Brave Girls. Clever Girls. Faithful Girls. This book is a celebration of folk stories about many kinds of girls from many parts of the world. But my favourite is Mary, the Fearless Girl, who well deserves the two stories she gets, instead of one!” Bob Hartman, storyteller and award-winning author

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 12 folk tales from all over the world about courageous girls.

From the Publisher