Vasilisa the Wise and tales of other brave young women

Vasilisa, who must try to outwit the fearsome witch Baba-Yaga. Katie Crackernuts, who sets out to save her sister from dark magic. Flora, the gardener’s daughter, who marries a giant serpent to save a prince. Fairer-Than-A-Fairy, a princess who is kidnapped by an evil one-eyed enchantress. Lullala, in love with a prince cursed to be a lion by day and a man by night. Rosemary, a Scottish lass whose baby is stolen by the wicked faery folk of the Sidhe. Ursula, a princess replaced by a walking, talking automaton. These are not your usual passive princesses, waiting forlornly for their prince to come…