New Tales for Old
Title | New Tales for Old PDF eBook |
Author | Gail de Vos |
Publisher | Libraries Unlimited |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1999-10-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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Explains how eight traditional European folktales can be altered in ways to reach teenagers, demonstrating how each story addresses such issues as leaving home, finding oneself, and discovering adult sexuality.
The Legendary Pine Barrens
Title | The Legendary Pine Barrens PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Evans Pedersen (Jr.) |
Publisher | Plexus Publishing (NJ) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | New Jersey |
ISBN | 9780937548769 |
Kissing the Witch
Title | Kissing the Witch PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Donoghue |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 1999-02-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0064407721 |
Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA
The Fairies Return
Title | The Fairies Return PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Davies |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2012-09-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0691152306 |
A satirical look at fourteen classic fairy tales retells such stories as "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," and "The Little Mermaid."
Tales from Old Ireland
Title | Tales from Old Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Barefoot Books |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781902283975 |
And so it was that when he met Aoife, a stranger to those parts, he was struck by her beauty and blind to her evil.
Tales, Then and Now
Title | Tales, Then and Now PDF eBook |
Author | Anna E. Altmann |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2001-10-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0313009708 |
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.
A Tale Dark & Grimm
Title | A Tale Dark & Grimm PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Gidwitz |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2010-10-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101445289 |
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.