Product Description

Last year, the runaway success of Bruce Lansky's Girls to the Rescue caught everyone by surprise. Now readers can get ready for Book #2, a collection of ten, new inspiring stories featuring clever, courageous girls from around the world. "Girls to the Rescue turns a new leaf and Prince Charming is history."--Sallie Han, New York Daily News.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2716551 in Books
• Published on: 1995-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 105 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-A collection of stories about resourceful young women, written to offset the helplessness of traditional folktale heroines. Most are original tales that incorporate folkloric elements. In Lansky's own "The Fairy Godmother's Assistant," a young woman advises Cinder-Ella to sew her own ball gown. She goes on to council a king and arbitrate a royal dispute, relying on her own wits and common sense. "Grandma Rosa's Bowl," based on an old diary discovered in an antique store in Mexico, is about a girl whose wisdom and sensitivity help her settle a painful family feud. The stories are set in a variety of countries, but occasionally a sincere desire to represent many cultures seems lacking. For example, in Vivian Van de Velde's "Lian and the Unicorn," the unicorn seems to have been plunked down in China simply to fulfill some vague multicultural requirement. Nevertheless, most of these stories are fast paced and humorous. Readers who enjoyed Robert Munsch's The Paper Bag Princess (Firefly, 1980) but aren't yet ready for Jack Zipes's immortal Don't Bet on the Prince (Routledge, 1986) will enjoy them.
Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Cinderella watch out!!!
This book is for every girl who, just once, would like to see the prince trapped in the tower and the princess slay the dragon. "Girls to the Rescue" is a collection of ten fairytales- all with strong, courageous, adventurous girls as the focus. Some of the tales are re-writes of classic tales (but with girls doing the rescuing instead of waiting to be rescued) while others are new, bold tales never before encountered. All make for good read alouds- short, to the point, and often quite comical. For every woman who wants her daughter to see that girls can do more than scrub floors for a wicked stepmother and try on glass slippers, this book is a must read!

GIRLS TO THE RESCUE-TALES OF CLEVER, COURAGEOUS GIRLS FROM A
GIRL POWER! THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL GIRLS! I AM A SECOND GRADER AND I THINK THIS IS THE COOLEST BOOK. ALL THE GIRL CHARACTERS ARE SMART, FUNNY , COURAGEOUS AND KNOW HOW TO THINK AND SOLVE PROBLEMS! I HAVE FOUND A LOT OF HEROES IN THIS BOOK!

Look, I see a great book!
The book was rather inspiring to me. However, I do recommend this book to fifth and sixth graders. I really like how the the girls are rescurers in this book, because almost in all books the men are the rescurers and I just hate it. Don't you? Bruce Lansky is my favorite author. So I hope that my review really helps you.