Join Snow White as she flees the evil Queen and meets the Seven Dwarfs, explore the world under the sea with Ariel and her friends, and wander the castle with Belle while she meets enchanted objects and befriends the Beast! This charming read-along storybook and CD set featuring three classic stories, thrilling sound effects, and word-for-word narration, is sure to provide hours of fun while also building vocabulary and encouraging independent reading.
Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari's Telephone Tales is many stories within a story. Every night, a traveling father must finish a bedtime story in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it's a carousel that adults cannot comprehend, but whose operator must be some sort of magician, the next, it's a land filled with butter men who melt in the sunshine Awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy's most important children's author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali (The Forest), Telephone Tales entertains, while questioning and imagining other worlds.
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.
Presents two stories in which Princess Aurora tries to help a farmer by magically creating chickens, but instead makes a mess, while Jasmine takes on more responsibility than she can handle.
Come and explore the magical world of unicorns, mermaids, fairies, and much more!This enchanting collection brings each story to life with beautiful illustrations and fun rhymes. With two-way sequins on the cover!AN ENCHANTING COLLECTION OF MAGICAL STORIES
The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films offers readers a long overdue, comprehensive look at the rich history of fairy tales and their influence on film, complete with the inclusion of an extensive filmography compiled by the author. With this book, Jack Zipes not only looks at the extensive, illustrious life of fairy tales and cinema, but he also reminds us that, decades before Walt Disney made his mark on the genre, fairy tales were central to the birth of cinema as a medium, as they offered cheap, copyright-free material that could easily engage audiences not only though their familiarity but also through their dazzling special effects. Since the story of fairy tales on film stretches far beyond Disney, this book, therefore, discusses a broad range of films silent, English and non-English, animation, live-action, puppetry, woodcut, montage (Jim Henson), cartoon, and digital. Zipes, thus, gives his readers an in depth look into the special relationship between fairy tales and cinema, and guides us through this vast array of films by tracing the adaptations of major fairy tales like "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," "Peter Pan," and many more, from their earliest cinematic appearances to today. Full of insight into some of our most beloved films and stories, and boldly illustrated with numerous film stills, The Enchanted Screen, is essential reading for film buffs and fans of the fairy tale alike.
Fifteen short stories about enchanted items, places, and things are selected from several books of fairy tales by Andrew Lang and others. These tales are designed to be fascinating reading for young children. The tales are: (1) The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran, (2) The Enchanted Types, (3) The Enchanted Canary, (4) The Enchanters, (5) The Enchanted Wreath, (6) The Girl-Fish, (7) The Enchanted Deer, (8) The Enchanted Watch, (9) The Enchanted Ring, (10) The Enchanted Snake, (11) The Enchanted Head, (12) The Enchanted Knife, (13) An Impossible Enchantment, (14) The Enchanted Castle, and (15) The Enchanted Elm. Children have enjoyed reading these fairy tales for years and it is good to find them in one single volume.