Our middle son was born a MCP! From the moment he could talk he spewed ideas that just were not acceptable in our house, or anywhere else. "Tatterhood" was all the rage and I read this book to him day and night. He loved it! I wasn't sure it made a dent in his attitude towards women but eventually, he did come to appreciate the fairer gender. One day, he brought his fiancé to the house and was telling her all about how I read to them day and night and his favorite book was "Tatterhood." He related one story after another. After saying, "it was about this woman who...." he stopped. "Wait. Were all the stories about women?" Yes, dear. "Mother! You mean all my favorite stories are about your feminist propaganda?" You just now noticed? :-) LOL! I asked him if they were still his favorite stories. "Yes, of course. I mean, it's Tatterhood. How could anybody not love Tatterhood?" ( )

So far so meh. The ones that the editor retold, the majority, have been stripped of their magic. I love a good fairy or folk tale as re-written for modern ears and for clarity, but the emphasis in this collection is on feminist scholarship. For example we learn that Andrew Lang's wife deserves much more credit for his 'color collections' than she is given. I'll probably give Tatterhood 2 stars.

Done. Some of the stories later in the book are more well-done. And I did like the pictures. So, I'm giving it three stars so you who are interested don't feel too discouraged to read it. ( )

My very favorite.

I was pleased with myself for finding good feminist fairytales with strong, powerful heroines. Unfortunately, my daughter was bored to death with it. Once again, good politics doesn't entail good story-telling. ( )

author:female ( )