Author: Margaret Evans Alice
Publisher: Checkerboard Books
ISBN: 9780026894128
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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A collection of twenty Greek and Roman myths including Apollo and Diana, Arcas and Callisto, and Pomona and Vertumnus.
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Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486311317
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Reproduced from two charmingly illustrated volumes of the 1920s, this volume features 88 color images and 19 immortal tales. A bonus CD contains a selection of stories from the book.
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Category : Mythology, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Nineteen tales from Greek mythology adapted for children.
Author: Carolyne Larrington
Publisher: Bodleian Library
ISBN: 9781851242641
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A faun carrying an umbrella; a hobbit who lives in a hole; a mysterious name - Lyra; an ill-treated schoolboy with a scar and a secret. Children's fantasy books often begin with resonant images. However, they also begin in an author's reading practices. How do children's authors incorporate myths and legends into their work? And how do myths and legends change as a result? In this richly illustrated collection of essays a team of academic experts trace the magical tales from Norse myth, Arthurian legend and medieval literature which have inspired the finest writers for children, including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alan Garner. Drawing on collections of manuscripts and rare books in the Bodleian Library, additional chapters put the spotlight on spell books, grimoires and books that do magic, as well as exploring stunning examples of pop-up books, harlequinades and concertina panoramas from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature.Other writers under discussion include children's authors of the Victorian era, such as George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit, and twentieth-century writers Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones and Philip Pullman. Through wide-ranging analysis these essays show how literature and tales from the Middle Ages and earlier still have been reinterpreted for each generation and continue to have a profound impact on writers of fantasy books for children today.
Author: Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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ISBN: 9781566196468
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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A collection of Greek and Roman mythological tales.
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ISBN: 9781403780997
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Author: Bruno Bettelheim
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307739635
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 343
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Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award "A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development. Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from the tales of Sindbad to “The Three Little Pigs,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Sleeping Beauty,” Bettelheim shows how the fantastical, sometimes cruel, but always deeply significant narrative strands of the classic fairy tales can aid in our greatest human task, that of finding meaning for one’s life.
Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore, Indian
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Author: Sibylle Von Olfers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933308500
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Intricate illustrations depict details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her Children This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and delicately touches upon the circle of life. When Mother Earth calls her children to prepare for spring, the earthly children yawn and stretch before they busy themselves with beautification. They dust off the bumblebees, scrub the beetles, paint bright new coats on the ladybugs, and rouse the caterpillars from their cocoons. Bedecked with new blossoms, the children emerge from the earth and become spring flowers that frolic through the summer and autumn, until the leaves begin to fall and they return to Mother Earth, bringing the weary bugs and beetles back to their winter refuge.
Author: OM Books
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ISBN: 9788187107460
Category : Hindu mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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From the preserver of the universe Lord Vishnu to the mighty Hanuman, from the mysterious Ganesha to the dutiful son Rama, the rich Hindu spiritual landscape is populated by characters that empower millions even today. Featuring 365 colourful artworks of significant mythological figures from across India, this fascinating book opens the doors to a spellbinding world of legends and stories.
