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Author: Margaret Evans Alice
Publisher: Checkerboard Books
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780026894128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of twenty Greek and Roman myths including Apollo and Diana, Arcas and Callisto, and Pomona and Vertumnus.
Author: Bruno Bettelheim
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0307739635
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner 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: Carolyne Larrington
Publisher: Bodleian Library
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781851242641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNineteen tales from Greek mythology adapted for children.
Author: Carol H. Lankton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-06-20
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 113484770X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat can a therapist do when faced with the all-too-familiar client who seems stuck or resistant? With this volume, veteran therapists Carol and Steve Lankton offer clinicians an effective tool with which they can expand their ability to be successful in therapy through integrating the use of indirection into the more commonly used rational and direct approach. This is a book of predesigned stories that the Lanktons and their trainees have told in successful therapy in order to assist clients in their movement toward specific, preplanned goals. The stories are categorized according to the way they are structured to reach particular types of goals, such as changes in affect, attitudinal restructuring, changes in behavior, changes in family structure, changes in self-image and many others.
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2005-05-31
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0345484509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Enchantment, Orson Scott Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of Sleeping Beauty into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure. The moment Ivan stumbled upon a clearing in the dense Carpathian forest, his life was forever changed. Atop a pedestal encircled by fallen leaves, the beautiful princess Katerina lay still as death. But beneath the foliage a malevolent presence stirred and sent the ten-year-old Ivan scrambling for the safety of Cousin Marek's farm. Now, years later, Ivan is an American graduate student, engaged to be married. Yet he cannot forget that long-ago day in the forest—or convince himself it was merely a frightened boy’s fantasy. Compelled to return to his native land, Ivan finds the clearing just as he left it. This time he does not run. This time he awakens the beauty with a kiss . . . and steps into a world that vanished a thousand years ago. A rich tapestry of clashing worlds and cultures, Enchantment is a powerfully original novel of a love and destiny that transcend centuries . . . and the dark force that stalks them across the ages.
Author: Patricia Lynch
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1856356817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of six of the author's classic retellings of Irish folklore.
Author: Patricia C. Wrede
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781417705979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTen short stories include the tale of Queen Cimorene's Frying Pan of Doom, a yarn about a magical blue chipmunk with a passion for chestnuts, and a story about an enchanted wizard's daughter.
Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0195178211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEspecially for grown-ups, this is a selection of subversive, satirical, and sophisticated fairy tales full of polished wit and prose.
Author: Siobhan Parkinson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 2013-02-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781847801401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEight ancient legends of Ireland, told for younger children by an acclaimed Irish writer and reviewer. The stories are all linked by themes of magic and enchantment, and are perfectly matched by Irish illustrator Olwyn Whelan's brightly coloured and decorative paintings. The stories included are: Butterfly Girl; The Children of Lir; Labhra with the horse's Ears; The Enchanted Birds; Cu Chulainn and Emer; The Enchanted Deer; The Land Under the Waves; Oisin in Tir na nOg.
