Clever Gretchen And Other Forgotten Folktales

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Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595345212
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales written by Alison Lurie and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleeping beauties? Not Clever Gretchen or Kate Crackernuts or Manka or any of the other young heroines in this wonderful collection of folktales. Active, witty, brave, and resourceful, these girls and young women can fight and hunt, defeat giants, answer riddles and outwit the devil. These stories are usually left out of the popular collections of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when women were supposed to be beautiful, innocent, and passive.

Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780434948994
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales written by Alison Lurie and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of traditional tales, with heroines who are not only beautiful but good, brave and clever.

Clever Gretchen

Author : John W. Stewig
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761450665
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Clever Gretchen written by John W. Stewig and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor Hans marries the mayor's daughter after promising that in seven years he will go off with an evil dwarf unless he is able to pose a question the dwarf cannot answer.

The War Between the Tates

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453271201
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The War Between the Tates written by Alison Lurie and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A husband’s affair pushes a suburban wife to her breaking point in this “near perfect comedy of manners” by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Real People (The New York Times). Erica Tate wouldn’t mind getting up in the morning if her children were less intolerable. Until puberty struck, Jeffrey and Matilda were absolute darlings, but in the last year, they have become sullen, insufferable little monsters. A forty-year-old housewife out of work and out of mind, she finds little happiness in the small college town of Corinth. Erica’s husband, Brian, a political science professor, is so deeply immersed in university life—or more accurately in the legs of his mistress, a half-literate flower child named Wendy—that he either doesn’t notice his wife’s misery or simply doesn’t care. Worst of all, their pleasant little neighborhood is transforming into a subdivision. As new ranch houses spring up around their once idyllic home, Erica’s marriage inches closer to disaster. When the Tate household tips into full-scale emotional combat, Erica must do her best to ensure that she comes out on top. In this darkly comic tale of a family at civil war, the National Book Award–shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs dives into the deterioration of a marriage. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author’s collection.

Fabulous Beasts

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : Farrar Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374422547
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Fabulous Beasts written by Alison Lurie and published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the habits and characteristics of strange beasts and birds, including the unicorn, griffin, phoenix, and basilisk, once thought to live in wild and distant parts of the world.

Women and Ghosts

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
ISBN 13 : 0307828565
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Women and Ghosts written by Alison Lurie and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The War Between the Tates and the Pulitzer prize-winning Foreign Affairs now brings her irresistible wit to the ghost story. In nine spooky tales, Alison Lurie writes of women haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical: A woman about to marry Mr. Right is visited by the spirit of his first wife; a dead fiancé haunts a foreign service officer every time she has an intimate moment with another man; the ghost of a girl in a Halloween costume disconcerts the perfect housewife. A secretary on a diet begins to see obese people everywhere she looks; a self-conscious poet is shadowed by her intrusive doppelganger; and a capricious, malevolent spirit seems to have inhabited an acquisitive matron’s prized piece of furniture. Delightfully strange and beautifully told, these nine tales show Alison Lurie at her luminous best.

Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes]

Author : Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610692543
Total Pages : 1751 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes] written by Anne E. Duggan Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 1751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.

Retelling Stories, Framing Culture

Author : John Stephens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113660149X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Retelling Stories, Framing Culture written by John Stephens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories derived from European cultures. One chapter is devoted to various retellings of classics, from Shakespeare to "Wind in the Willows." The authors offer a general theory of what motivates the retelling of stories, and how stories express the aspirations of a society. An important function of stories is to introduce children to a cultural heritage, and to transmit a body of shared allusions and experiences that expresses a society's central values and assumptions. However, the cultural heritage may be modified through a pervasive tendency of retellings to produce socially conservative outcomes because of ethnocentric, androcentric and class-based assumptions in the source stories that persist into retellings. Therefore, some stories, such as classical myths, are particularly resistant to feminist reinterpretations, for example, while other types, such as folktales, are more malleable. In examining such possibilities, the book evaluates the processes of interpretation apparent in retellings. Index included.

Books to Build On

Author : E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0307567214
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Books to Build On written by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. and published by Delta. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invaluable grade-by-grade guide (kindergarten—sixth) is designed to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children. Books to Build On recommends: • for kindergartners, lively collections of poetry and stories, such as The Children’s Aesop, and imaginative alphabet books such as Bill Martin, Jr.’s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lucy Micklewait’s I Spy: An Alphabet in Art • for first graders, fine books on the fine arts, such as Ann Hayes’s Meet the Orchestra, the hands-on guide My First Music Book, and the thought-provoking Come Look with Me series of art books for children • for second graders, books that open doors to world cultures and history, such as Leonard Everett Fisher’s The Great Wall of China and Marcia Willaims’s humorous Greek Myths for Young Children • for third graders, books that bring to life the wonders of ancient Rome, such as Living in Ancient Rome, and fascinating books about astronomy, such as Seymour Simon’s Our Solar System • for fourth graders, engaging books on history, including Jean Fritz’s Shh! We're Writing the Constitution, and many books on Africa, including the stunningly illustrated story of Sundiata: Lion King of Mali • for fifth graders, a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that retains much of the original language but condenses the play for reading or performance by young students, and Michael McCurdy’s Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass • for sixth graders, an eloquent retelling of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the well-written American history series, A History of US . . . and many, many more!

Don't Bet on the Prince

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136789545
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Don't Bet on the Prince written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Planning Creative Literacy Lessons

Author : Andrew Lambirth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136607412
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Planning Creative Literacy Lessons written by Andrew Lambirth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the guidance given by the Primary Strategy for Literacy. By 'filling in the gaps' that the planning documentation leaves, the book provides teachers with the structures and ideas to plan creatively and effectively for their children whilst following and enhancing the recommendations of the strategy. It includes: clear and practical ways to plan units of work that embrace reading, writing, speaking and listening, in exciting and active ways examples of effective practice using children's work that highlight the effects of creative planning suggestions for texts and resources that can be included in half-termly and termly planning. Written by a team of leading educationalists and teacher educators in the primary literacy field, this edited collection is a must-have for primary teachers wishing to inject creativity into the planning of their literacy lessons.

Speaking Out

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415966603
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Speaking Out written by Jack Zipes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Storytelling Professionally

Author : Harlynne Geisler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313078548
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling Professionally written by Harlynne Geisler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-02-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to become a full time storyteller, expand your storytelling repertoire, or simply hire a storyteller, this guide is for you. Everything you want to know about the profession of storytelling can be found in the book. It will help you sell yourself as a freelance storyteller to schools, libraries, museums, festivals, and other events and organizations. It covers the importance of learning from others; how to organize your time, office, and research; and how to use brochures, business cards, press releases, flyers, mailings, showcases, performer lists, and giveaways to get bookings. She also offers advice on dealing with the competition; preparing yourself for your audience, bookers, and performance area; and problem prevention and solution. Prejudice, censorship, and other issues related to storytelling are highlighted in the final chapter, and an appendix contains How to Host a Freelance Storyteller at Your School or Library. Teachers, librarians, clowns, actors, puppeteers, homemakers, and anyone else interested in storytelling professionally will want this book.

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199689822
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales written by Jack Zipes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Oxford companion provides an authoritative reference source for fairy tales, exploring the tales themselves, both ancient and modern, the writers who wrote and reworked them and related topics such as film, art, opera and even advertising.

A Tapestry of Reading

Author : Terry Zahniser McDermid
Publisher : Good Year Books
ISBN 13 : 159647212X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book A Tapestry of Reading written by Terry Zahniser McDermid and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encourage children to become lifelong readers by exposing them to a variety of genres: biography, mystery, drama, fairy tale, romance, mythology, and science fiction. Each unit includes helpful background information, key vocabulary words, activities, and a bibliography of suggested books. An introductory unit teaches students to recognize propaganda and bias, while a concluding unit walks them through the steps of writing a research paper. Grades 4-6. Resources. Illustrated.

Reading into Racism

Author : Gillian Klein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134930828
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Reading into Racism written by Gillian Klein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in the year 1985, Reading into Racism is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.

Fairy Tales of Appalachia

Author : Stacy Sivinski
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621907627
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Fairy Tales of Appalachia written by Stacy Sivinski and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new collection of fairy tales, drawn from the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University and the special collections at Berea College, celebrates a lively current of storytelling going back centuries in Appalachia. The volume's editor, Stacy Sivinski, has written an introduction contextualizing the regional oral tradition that produced these adaptations and retellings of well-known tales. She explains what makes the stories distinctively Appalachian, and, indeed, readers will find traces of "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Snow White," all with a distinctly Appalachian flavor. The brave and clever women characters, so strong in Sivinski's selection, are given additional emphasis in specially commissioned photographs by local artist Jamie Sivinski. In contrast to a previous era of skeptical folklore criticism, this volume encourages readers to enter the fairy tale with a sense of wonder that is not less contemporary for being fantastic"--