Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales

by Alison Lurie

Book Overview

Sleeping beauties? Not Clever Gretchen or Kate Crackernuts or Manka or any of the other young heroines in this wonderful collection of folktales. Active, witty, brave, and resourceful, these girls and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0690039433
• ISBN13: 9780690039436
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Crowell
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

And the winner is....

Really- it sounds like a plain boring book- but it's not! No, From original stories like Clever Gretchen to Twisted ones like the sleeping prince or Mollie Whippie- it had all that and a bag of potatoes. My favourite was Kate Crackernuts. Then came the Sleeping Prince, next Manka and the Judge. All of the tales are of strong women who outwit, set straight, and save the "Man's" world from GIANTS,bugurlers,enchanted sleeps (what did you think the sleeping prince was about?) and other horrible creatures. THis book is a must- but you might understand the wording a little better if you're a pre-teen or teenager.Enjoy it, I did!