Wise Women (anthology)

Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World is an anthology of stories retold and edited by Suzanne I. Barchers, and illustrated by Leann Mullineaux.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments

Daughters: Clever and Courageous

• "The Peasant's Clever Daughter" (Germany and Italy)
• "The Young Head of the Family" (China)
• "The Girl and the Road Agent" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Tale of the Oki Islands" (Japan)
• "The Wild Goose Lake" (China)
• "Stone Patience and Knife Patience" (Turkey)

Sisters: Resourceful and Steadfast

• "Clever Maria" (Portugal)
• "Patience" (India, Punjab)
• "The Twelve Brothers" (Germany)
• "The Princess and the Giant" (Scotland)
• "The Snow Queen" (Denmark)
• "Fowler's Fowl" (Germany)
• "The Water of Life" (Spain)
• "Hansel and Gretel" (Germany)
• "Fortunée" (France)
• "Molly Whuppie" (Scotland)
• "The Witch" (Russia)

Maidens: Clever and True

Attendants: Ingenious and Loyal

Wives and Mothers: Devoted and Cunning

Mature Women: Bold and Wise

• "The Popper Caught a Thief" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Woman and the Robber" (United States, Ozarks)
• "Rachel" (United States, Northeast)
• "The Little Old Woman Who Went to the North Wind" (Norway)
• "Martha, the Holy Woman" (France)
• "The Woman in the Moon" (United States, Hawaii)
• "St. David's Flood" (England)
• "The White-Haired Old Woman" (United States, Native American)
• "The Wise Woman" (Algeria)

Editions

• 1997: Libraries Unlimited, 338 pp. ISBN 1563085925.