中文简介：

本书收录了各大洲的童话故事，故事主人公都是英勇无畏的女性，她们英勇地克服各种障碍和危险来实现她们的命运。看女主人公与巨魔、精灵、龙和鬼魂打交道时，她们会战栗、欢呼或大笑；欣赏她们的知识、智慧和狡猾；惊叹于变形术和其他超自然的表现形式。

这是一本内容丰富的童话集，通篇用Joe McClaren的木刻画作精美插图，它就像《天方夜谭》一样，将一系列的故事拼接起来，为各地读者提供了无畏女性的童话故事。

英文简介：

This global feast of ancient tales features valiant women overcoming every kind of obstacle and danger to fulfil their destinies. Travel through Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the Pacific. Shudder, cheer and laugh out loud as the heroines deal with trolls, faeries, dragons and ghosts; admire their knowledge, wit and cunning; marvel at shapeshifting and other manifestations of the supernatural.

A rich collection of fairy tales, beautifully illustrated throughout with Joe McClaren woodcuts, this book is stitched together like a series of Scheherazade stories. It is story-telling at its best, pitch perfect fairy tales of fearless women for readers everywhere.