A collection of stories drawn from myth and legend, history and folklore, celebrates the courage, intelligence, boldness, forcefulness, and strength of extraordinary women--from Aphrodite to Pocahantas.

This book provides a suitable text for students of children's literature, covers a wide area of theory and practice in Australia, draws together much information to interest parents, teachers, librarians and scholars, and gives teachers practical guidelines for using good literature when teaching reading. This revised edition reproduces the 24 chapters of the first edition and updates all the information and lists found in the book and the index has been expanded and reordered.