The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales
Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780192781413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of folktales from around thewrld.
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The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
Author: Alison Lurie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003-02-01
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780192803832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis marvelous collection of fairy tales, some moral, some satirical, some bizarre, reflects the popularity and scope of this enduring and versatile genre. Featuring tales written by figures as diverse as Charles Dickens and Ursula Le Guin, this anthology will appeal to the child that exists in every adult.
The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories
Author: James Riordan
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780192781734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike nothing else, sport today is international. So this book of stories and poems contains a wide range of games played in all English-speaking countries: ice hockey as well as swimming and wrestling, baseball as well as soccer and boxing, cricket as well as fishing and ice dancing, gymnastics as well and running and basketball.All the poems and three of the stories are written by women. Some pit women against men, in swimming and pool. Some pose problems that women face in playing the game according to rules written by men. Some suggest the power and solidarity that sport can give women.The authors come from Britain and Canada, the USA, and the West Indies. They include such well-known writers as Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Alan Stilltoe, Margaret Atwood, Barry Hines, and Damon Runyan.
The Young Oxford Book of War Stories
Author: James Riordan
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780192781758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOut of the hundreds of wars that ravaged the twentieth century, the three wars covered in this book were the longest and blackest. In total they lasted 20 years and killed nearly 100,000,000 people. The writers in this collection of stories and poems are friend and foe - British and German, Russian and American. The first story is from All Quiet on the Western Front by the German Erich Maria Remarque, perhaps the most moving war novel ever written. Other writers - Russian, German, and English - convey in verse the tragedy and waste of the 'Great War'. The six British Children's writers write about World War II - Robert Westall and Robert Swindells on the 'home' war, Michael Morpugo about a 'war horse', Jill Paton Walsh on the war at sea, and Ian Serraillier and Anne Hohn on refugees in occupied Europe. Young girls - Anne Frank and Tatiana Vassieleva - provide war diaries. Since 1945 no one has suffered as much as the people of Vietnam. In her moving story Rachel Anderson shows not only a nation's suffering but how war can brutalise soldiers. Finally, the women's poems on the two world wars show that war is a woman's affair as well as a man's.
Korean Folk-tales
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of twenty traditional Korean legends and folktales.
My First Oxford Book of Stories
Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780192781871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA perfect first book of stories for a young child. Old favourites such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Gingerbread Man are told by award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean in her own inimitable style. There is plenty of fun and humor in the re-tellings, without losing sightof the traditional shape and feel of the original stories. The illustrations by Ruby Green are a delight - finely detailed and beautifully coloured.
The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories
Author: William Trevor
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2010-03-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780199583140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIreland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.
Armenian Folk-tales and Fables
Author: Charles Downing
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese folk-tales were told by simple people--vine-dressers, farm-laborers, millers--and were preserved by word of mouth, to be repeated for entertainment in the coffee-house, or at home during the long, hard winters. There are fables here, too, selected from the collections of medieval scholars and philosophers, while the expressive and often humorous proverbs show the ways of the world through shrewd Armenian eyes.
The Adventures of Young Krishna
Author: Diksha Dalal-Clayton
Publisher: James Clarke & Co.
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780718828394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStories about Krishna are told all over India, and his particular appeal is vividly captured by this collection. Krishna has always been a favourite with children, who have for centuries enjoyed the exciting and dramatic adventures of this brave and handsome young god. He was born to fight evil and help the good, but behaved too like any other child, being naughty and cheeky, and often getting into trouble. Krishna lived life on a grand scale, battling with demons and monsters of all kinds; yet he also stole butter and teased village girls. Marilyn Heeger's illustrations highlight the rich variety of events in the young god's life, and the stories will help children to understand the differences between good and evil. The rhythm and beauty of these tales will surely delight both young and old.
Ukrainian Folk-tales
Author: Christina Oparenko
Publisher: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book celebrates the heritage of the Ukraine, as that country regains its identity as an individual nation. Here you will find tales of the cat who saved the rooster from the clutches of the vixen, the runaway bun who wouldn't be eaten, Mr Kotsky, the fiercest animal in the forest, and many more.
