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Goddesses and Heroines: Meet More Than 80 Legendary Women From Around the World Audiobook by Jean Menzies


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ID: 630733

Title: Goddesses and Heroines: Meet More Than 80 Legendary Women From Around the World

Author: Jean Menzies, Katie Ponder

Narrator: Suzie Rai

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:42:37

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LTD

Genres: Kids, Biography & Memoir, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore


Summary:

Discover the stories of goddesses and other powerful women shared throughout the ages in this beautiful compendium for children.

With profiles of over 80 goddesses, heroines, and legendary women featured, this is a must-have introduction to key female figures from cultures all over the world. More than 30 beloved stories are retold by award-winning author Dr Jean Menzies. Find out how Japanese goddess of the dawn Ame-no-Uzume saved the day by dancing; how ancient Greek witch Medea helped to defeat a dragon; and how Chinese warrior Mulan disguised herself as a man to go to war. In addition, the reference section is packed with extra information, including a pronunciation guide.

Children will love exploring the tales by themselves or as bedtime stories.

About the author:

YouTuber, creative producer, and winner of the Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award 2020 for Greek Myths, Dr Jean Menzies holds a PhD in women in Classical Athens. She runs a podcast about ancient history and mythology called That's Ancient History and regularly uploads to her YouTube channel, where she discusses literature and history. She has spoken about ancient history and mythology to audiences of all ages, and taught mythology and ancient history to university students. Jean has written both Greek Myths, published July 2020, and Egyptian Myths, published in August 2022, for DK.

About the narrator:

Suzie Rai is an award-winning Voice Actor. She brings a natural Gen-Z or young Millennial sound - authentic, contemporary and real - with a unique vocal range and ability to take a child's-eye view of life. She creates real and vivid characters that inspire a playful and inclusive vision of the world. She voices commercials, animations, games, E-Learning, corporate videos, audiobooks, dramas, dubs and ADR for global clients, including Playstation, Adidas, Intel, Sky, John Adams Toys, KFC, ASDA, GCSE Pod and BBC Bitesize.


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