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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2006
Gr 3-6 These eight stories, featuring characters like Molly Cottontail, Miz Grasshopper, and Miz Goose, are energetically retold from Anne Virginia Culbertson -s long out-of-print "At the Big House" (Bobbs-Merrill, 1904). The informative introduction states that the motivation for this book is to reintroduce female tricksters who are otherwise sparsely represented in folklore. An occasional pointed statement implies that females are more adept at thinking than ma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More