The Best of Girls to the Rescue

The Best of Girls to the Rescue is an edited anthology selected from other books published in the Girls to the Rescue series, edited by Bruce Lansky. It includes both newly written fairy tales and folk tale-style works, as well as retellings and modern writings of traditional tales.

Editions

• 2002: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-88166-427-8

Contents

• Introduction

• "The Fairy Godmother's Assistant" (an original story by Bruce Lansky)
• "Troop 13 to the Rescue" (an original story by Penny Warner)
• "The Clever Daughter" (an original story by Martha Johnson)
• "Liza and the Lost Letter" (an original story by Bruce Lansky)
• "Keesha and the Rat" (an original story by J. M. Kelly)
• "Young Maid Marian and Her Amazing, Astounding Pig" (an original story by Stephen Mooser)
• "Dingo Trouble" (an original story by Debra Tracy)
• "Kamala and the Thieves" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from an Indian folktale)
• "Fishing for Trouble" (an original story by Sandy Cudmore)
• "Grandma Rosa's Bowl" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Grimm Brothers' story)
• "Railroad Through and Through" (an original story by Cynthia Mercati)
• "Sarah's Pickle Jar" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale)
• "On the Way to Broken Bow" (an original story by Marianne J. Dyson)
• "Temper, Temper" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from an Indian folktale)
• "Tulia!" (an original story by Joan Harries)
• "Kim's Surprise Witness" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from a Chinese folktale)
• "For Love of Sunny" (an original story by Vivian Vande Velde)
• "Emily and the Underground Railroad" (an original story by Joanne Mitchell)
• "Carla and the Greedy Merchant" (adapted by Robert Scotellaro from a folktale)
• "Vassilisa the Wise" (adapted by Joanne Mitchell from a Russian folktale)
• "Savannah's Piglets" (adapted by Sheryl L. Nelms from a folktale)
• "Shannon Holmes's First Case" (an original story by Stephen Mooser)
• "Maya's Stone Soup" (adapted by Bruce Lansky from a European folktale)
• "The Peacemakers" (an original story by Lois Greiman)
• "The Royal Joust" (an original story by Bruce Lansky)