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Dragonfield

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480423289
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Dragonfield written by Jane Yolen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVAward-winning author Jane Yolen transports readers to new realms of dragons, sprites, and rogues in twenty-seven magical stories and poems/divDIV “That’s what dragons are for, after all, to call forth heroes.”/divDIV /divDIVJane Yolen enchants and enthralls with an exquisite collection of short fiction and poetry brimming with sympathetic monsters, unlikely heroes, and all manner of magical amazements. Exploring the depths of human love, pain, and folly in these unforgettable tales, Yolen gives life to a cast of unforgettable characters: a selfless young woman whose sadness brings forth beautiful gifts, a deluded musician whose song spectacularly fails to soothe a savage beast, and an alien salvage crew mining gems from the mind of a dying poet. Here be dragons, outlaws, kings, mermen, and dream weavers, sprung from the unparalleled imagination of one of the world’s foremost fantasists./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features a personal history by Jane Yolen including rare images from the author’s personal collection, as well as a note from the author about the making of the book. /div/div

Dragonfield and Other Stories

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Ace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780441166220
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book Dragonfield and Other Stories written by Jane Yolen and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307819X
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors written by Bernard A. Drew and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-10-15 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.

The Emerald Circus

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
ISBN 13 : 1616962755
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Circus written by Jane Yolen and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 World Fantasy Award winner “The best book I’ve read in a long time.” —Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. In Jane Yolen’s first full collection in more than ten years discover new and uncollected tales of beloved characters, literary legends, and much more. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe’s young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility and sails away in a starship made of light. Alice’s wicked nemesis has jaws and claws but really needs a sense of humor. Enter the Emerald Circus and be astonished by the transformations within. -- Jane Yolen

The A to Z of Fantasy Literature

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863456
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Fantasy Literature written by Brian Stableford and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.

The Last Dragon

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1616558741
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Last Dragon written by Jane Yolen and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master storyteller Jane Yolen and celebrated fantasy artist Rebecca Guay (Swamp Thing; Magic: The Gathering) weave a textured and lyrical tale of adventure, homelands, and heroism the hard way. Two hundred years ago, humans drove the dragons from the islands of May. Now, the last of the dragons rises to wreak havoc anew - with only a healer's daughter and a kite-flying would-be hero standing in its way.

Dragonfield and Other Stories

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780708882528
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Dragonfield and Other Stories written by Jane Yolen and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191004162
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales written by Jack Zipes and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern, under the guidance of Professor Jack Zipes. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and captivating genre, exploring the tales themselves, the writers who wrote and reworked them, and the artists who illustrated them. It also covers numerous related topics such as the fairy tale and film, television, art, opera, ballet, the oral tradition, music, advertising, cartoons, fantasy literature, feminism, and stamps. First published in 2000, 130 new entries have been added to account for recent developments in the field, including J. K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins, and new articles on topics such as cognitive criticism and fairy tales, digital fairy tales, fairy tale blogs and websites, and pornography and fairy tales. The remaining entries have been revised and updated in consultation with expert contributors. This second edition contains beautifully designed feature articles highlighting countries with a strong fairy tale tradition, covering: Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, North America and Canada, Portugal, Scandinavian countries, Slavic and Baltic countries, and Spain. It also includes an informative and engaging introduction by the editor, which sets the subject in its historical and literary context. A detailed and updated bibliography provides information about background literature and further reading material. In addition, the A to Z entries are accompanied by over 60 beautiful and carefully selected black and white illustrations. Already renowned in its field, the second edition of this unique work is an essential companion for anyone interested in fairy tales in literature, film, and art; and for anyone who values the tradition of storytelling.

The Transfigured Hart

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
ISBN 13 : 1616961627
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Transfigured Hart written by Jane Yolen and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The mythology of unicorns is cleverly interwoven with the modern elements. This, combined with a strikingly beautiful and simple style, leave the reader with the feeling of having experienced something magical. And the real magic lies in the mastery of Yolen's storytelling.”—SF Site Is what Richard saw in the woods really a unicorn? Beloved fantasy legend Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic; Sister Light, Sister Dark) offers an unexpected answer in this perfect jewel of a coming-of-age story. The Transfigured Hart bridges the wondrous in-between world where adults rediscover childhood wonder and children discover new favorite tales.

Wizards

Author : Jack Dann
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101208740
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Wizards written by Jack Dann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, and many more join this magical brew [that] will enchant young adult readers and their elders as well. (Publishers Weekly) In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were. Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

Functions of the Fantastic

Author : Joseph L. Sanders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313368449
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Functions of the Fantastic written by Joseph L. Sanders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-11-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 23 essays represents the best papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Scholars representing diverse perspectives on the fantastic address a variety of works—including those by Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Donaldson, Ursula Le Guin, Jean Baudrillard, Anatole France, William Blake, and Angela Carter. Subjects addressed range from children's tales and classic literature to paper sculptures and popular television series. Containing provocative applications of scholarly observation to practical life, this volume will be of interest to scholars of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and popular culture, and to others who want to know which topics are currently in vogue in the field.

Speaking Out

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135887543
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Speaking Out written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building children's imaginations. In Speaking Out, this master storyteller goes further, speaking out against rote learning and testing and for the positive force within storytelling and creative drama during the K-12 years. For the past four years, Jack Zipes has worked with the Neighborhood Bridges Program of the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, taking his storytelling techniques into inner-city schools. Speaking Out is in part a record of the transformations storytelling can work on the minds and lives of young people. But it is also a vivid and exhilarating demonstration of a different kind of education - one built from deep inside each child. Speaking Out is a book for storytellers, educators, parents, and anyone who cares about helping kids find within themselves the keys to imagination.

Tales, Then and Now

Author : Anna E. Altmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313009708
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Tales, Then and Now written by Anna E. Altmann and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Altmann and de Vos are back with more great ideas for exploring contemporary reworkings of classic folk and fairy tales that appeal to teen readers. If you loved New Tales for Old (Libraries Unlimited, 1999), this new work will be sure to please. Following the same format, each story includes tale type numbers, motifs, and lists of reworkings arranged by genre, and suggestions for classroom extensions. INSIDE: Beauty and the Beast, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tam Lin, Thomas the Rhymer, and five fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

When Dreams Came True

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135266190
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book When Dreams Came True written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories become so powerful and why? Until now we have lacked a social history of the fairy tale to frame our understanding of the role it plays in our lives. With the publication of When Dreams Came True, Jack Zipes fills this gap and shifts his focus to the social and historical roots of the classical tales. With coverage of the most significant writers and their works in Europe and North America from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, When Dreams Came True is another important contribution by the master of fairy tales. From the French Charles Perrault to the American L. Frank Baum and the German Hermann Hesse, Zipes explores the way in which particular authors used the genre of the fairy tale to articulate their personal desires, political views and aesthetic preferences in their particular social context. At the core of this magical tour through the history of the fairy tale is Zipes' desire to elucidate the role that the fairy tale has assumed in the civilizing process--the way it imparts values, norms and aesthetic taste to children and adults. His journey takes us to the familiar and the exotic in the great classical tales by Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen and in such fascinating works as Pinocchio, The Thousand and One Nights, The Happy Prince and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Throughout, Zipes reveals the historical dimensions of the tales and demonstrates their continuing relevance in our lives today.

Curse of the Thirteenth Fey

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110159151X
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Curse of the Thirteenth Fey written by Jane Yolen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You think you know the story of Sleeping Beauty, but the real story is far more spellbinding… Gorse is the thirteenth and youngest in a family of fairies tied to the evil king’s land and made to do his bidding. When accident-prone Gorse falls ill just as the family is bid to bless the new princess, a fairytale starts to unfold. Sick as she is, Gorse races to the castle with the last piece of magic the family has left—a piece of the Thread of Life. But that is when accident, mayhem, and magic combine to drive Gorse’s story into the unthinkable, threatening the baby and the kingdom.

How to Fracture a Fairy Tale

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
ISBN 13 : 1616963077
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book How to Fracture a Fairy Tale written by Jane Yolen and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This collection is Jane Yolen at her best. This is magic.”—Patricia C. Wrede, author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil’s Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily’s Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Angels!

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1625791372
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Angels! written by Gardner Dozois and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical, miraculous¾and sometimes mischieviousãfourteen tales of angelic adventure! A collection of fifteen short stories depicts angelic interventions in subtle forms and includes the writings of such authors as Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Roger Zelazny. _BasileusÓ by Robert Silverberg _AngelicaÓ by Jane Yolen _AngelsÓ by Bruce McAllister _If Angels Ate ApplesÓ by Geoffrey A. Landis _AlfredÓ by Lisa Goldstein _A Plethora of AngelsÓ by Robert Sampson _The Man Who Loved the FaioliÓ by Roger Zelazny _Upon the Dull EarthÓ by Philip K. Dick _AngelÓ by Pat Cadigan _Curse of the Angel's WifeÓ by Bruce Boston _Sleepers AwakeÓ by Jamil Nasir _And the Angels SingÓ by Kate Wilhelm _Grave AngelsÓ by Richard Kearns _All VowsÓ by Esther M. Friesner At the publisher's request, these titles are sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).