Once upon a time, there were strong, fierce women who plotted, schemed, took action, showed kindness, used magic and trickery, and made their own destiny. Inspired by tales from around the world, Lari Don presents a collection of stories of girls doing it for themselves!
Lari is an award-winning writer for young people of all ages. She loved traditional tales and folklore as a child, and now collects stories of any shape and size, from all sorts of sources, to inspire her novels. Fierce, Fearless and Free is her fifth anthology for Bloomsbury, returning to the theme of her first – the best-selling Girls, Goddesses and Giants. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and two fierce, fearless and free daughters. When Eilidh isn’t drawing she’s thinking about drawing and she loves nothing more than to immerse herself in the world of traditional stories. Her sketch books are packed with detailed drawings and plots and plans. An illustrator and designer, she loves the variety of working one day on one of her popular colouring books or city-scape prints, and the next on one of Lari’s extraordinary heroines. Fierce, Fearless and Free is her first book for Bloomsbury.
What I particularly liked about this collection is that these
stories are all genuine traditional tales with girls as the stars
of their own stories.
*Get Kids Into Books*
There were so many brilliant stories to pick from that it’s
impossible for me to choose a favourite.
*Library Girl and Book Boy*
Each tale takes us on a captivating adventure that shows the
heroines strengths and how they overcome the most troublesome
situations.
*Reading Zone*
I was particularly interested to see how the boys would react to
having a book full of female protagonists (they loved it!). Every
time I picked up the book the room would go silent, every time
there was a plot twist the children gasped. If I had to stop
reading part way through a story there were groans of
disappointment and cries of ‘Just a bit longer!’
*The Bookish Fairy*
My daughter is already reading Fierce, Fearless and Free and I
cannot wait to buy a few copies for our school library. This is a
delightful book full of inspiring stories that just need to be
shared.
*Anna's Adventures in Bookland*
These tales are well written, timeless and filled with strong
female role models.
*Book Murmuration*
... this book would be a brilliant addition to any bookshelf! The
title illustrations are beautiful and detailed with strong female
characters at the forefront.
*My Shelves are Full*
I really enjoyed every story in this book... I flew through it in
one sitting.
*Library of Books and Tea*
... I personally loved the selection. There was always a new
adventure to experience...These girls were very fearless
indeed.
*Married to Books Reviews and Blog*
This is a wonderful book bursting with fierce girls found in myths
and legends from all over the world.
*Booktails*
Lari Don’s stories are brilliantly empowering, each one accompanied
by Eilidh Muldoon’s whimsical and wonderfully detailed hand
sketches. It’s the kind of book that deserves countless
rereads.
*CultureFly*
It contains such a wonderfully diverse selection of tales from
around the world, most of which I had never read before. It was
fascinating to be able to read about some of the amazing but
lesser-known females who’d been busily defeating mountains,
breaking spells and outwitting werewolves through the pages of
time.
*Library Girl and Book Boy*
I highly recommend this book as it’s perfect for either a different
bedtime story, different story for your class each day or for a
child who would like a shorter read to keep them going. It’s also
great for all children to show them stories from around the world,
and strong female leads.
*The Bookish Fairy*
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