The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales

The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales
Title The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales PDF eBook
Author Kevin Crossley-Holland
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 0
Release 1998
Genre Fairy tales
ISBN 9780192781413

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A collection of folktales from around thewrld.

The Young Oxford Book of War Stories

The Young Oxford Book of War Stories
Title The Young Oxford Book of War Stories PDF eBook
Author James Riordan
Publisher
Pages 164
Release 2001
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780192781758

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Out 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.

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
Title The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales PDF eBook
Author Alison Lurie
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 455
Release 2003-02-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780192803832

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This 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

The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories
Title The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories PDF eBook
Author James Riordan
Publisher
Pages 164
Release 2001
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780192781734

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Like 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.

My First Oxford Book of Stories

My First Oxford Book of Stories
Title My First Oxford Book of Stories PDF eBook
Author Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 0
Release 2001
Genre Children's stories, English
ISBN 9780192781871

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A 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.

Korean Folk-tales

Korean Folk-tales
Title Korean Folk-tales PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 148
Release 1994
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN

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A collection of twenty traditional Korean legends and folktales.

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories
Title The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories PDF eBook
Author William Trevor
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 0
Release 2010-03-18
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780199583140

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Ireland 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.