Another Tale To Tell

Author : Adam Gidwitz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101445280

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A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz Pdf

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.

Author : Jennifer Jelliff-Russell
Publisher : Evergrowth Coach LLC
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Another Tale for Halloween by Jennifer Jelliff-Russell Pdf

Ready for six even scarier stories that will make you want to keep the lights on tonight? All Tricks, No Treats Jake and Pete return to Old Man Russell’s for more magical candy only to get trapped in his haunted house with nightmare creatures who are ready for dinner—and Jake and Pete are on the menu. Can the boys escape before the monsters eat them? The Shortcut Sick of being left behind by his friends, Alan discovers a path through the woods that he thinks might be a shortcut. Too bad it’s a shortcut to becoming something more than human. Invisible Ink Mei thought going to the carnival with her friends would be boring until they win a bottle of magical invisible ink. Just when she thinks her night is looking up, her friends start disappearing… The House in the Woods When Clara discovers an old, abandoned house in the woods, she doesn’t expect to be trapped inside by a sinister creature that wants to feed her to something even more terrifying. Into the Forest While completing a school project, Ari and Corinna discover a mysterious trail in the forest and decide to go for a hike. But when the path they choose leads to an other-worldly creature, their hike quickly becomes a race for their lives. The Woodshed Austin’s brother always teased him to keep the woodshed locked at their aunt’s farm or the boggart will get him. When Austin ends up visiting the farm by himself, he learns there’s something way scarier than a boggart in the shed—and it’s been waiting for him. Another Tale for Halloween and Even More Spooky Stories for Kids is the perfect book for 9–12 year-olds with just the right amount of frights. Just don’t expect to sleep with the light off afterwards! Read before bed for a scare…if you dare!

Author : Stijn Praet
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527536548

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The Fairy-Tale Vanguard by Stijn Praet Pdf

Ever since its early modern inception as a literary genre unto its own, the fairy tale has frequently provided authors with a textual space in which to reflect on the nature, status and function of their own writing and that of literature in general. At the same time, it has served as an ideal laboratory for exploring and experimenting with the boundaries of literary convention and propriety. While scholarship pertaining to these phenomena has focused primarily on the fairy-tale adaptations and deconstructions of postmodern(ist) writers, this essay collection adopts a more diachronic approach. It offers fairy-tale scholars and students a series of theoretical and literary-historical expositions, as well as case studies on English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, and Romanian texts from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, by authors as diverse as Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Rikki Ducornet, Hans Christian Andersen and Robert Coover.

Author : H. C. Andersen
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664163448

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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Second Series by H. C. Andersen Pdf

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Second Series is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen was a Danish author and poet mostly known for his fairy tales for children. Excerpt: "FAR away, in the land to which the swallows fly when it is winter, dwelt a king who had eleven sons, and one daughter, named Eliza. The eleven brothers were princes, and each went to school with a star on his breast and a sword by his side. They wrote with diamond pencils on golden slates and learned their lessons so quickly and read so easily that every one knew they were princes. Their sister Eliza sat on a little stool of plate-glass and had a book full of pictures, which had cost as much as half a kingdom. Happy, indeed, were these children; but they were not long to remain so, for their father, the king, married a queen who did not love the children, and who proved to be a wicked sorceress."

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368330910

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Swallow; A Tale of the Great Trek by H. Rider Haggard Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1944 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English language
ISBN : CHI:77729656

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A New and Complete Concordance Or Verbal Index to Words, Phrases, & Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by John Bartlett Pdf

Author : Donald MacInnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ1H85

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Folk and Hero Tales by Donald MacInnes Pdf

Author : Gianni Rodari
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781592703968

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Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari Pdf

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2022 ★ Everyone knows how "Little Red Riding Hood" goes. But Grandpa keeps getting the story all wrong, with hilarious results! "Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Little Yellow Riding Hood—" "Not yellow! It's Red Riding Hood!" So begins the story of a grandpa playfully recounting the well-known fairytale—or his version, at least—to his granddaughter. Try as she might to get him back on track, Grandpa keeps on adding things to the mix, both outlandish and mundane! The end result is an unpredictable tale that comes alive as it's being told, born out of imaginative play and familial affection. This spirited picture book will surprise and delight from start to finish, while reminding readers that storytelling is not only a creative act of improvisation and interaction, but also a powerful pathway for connection and love. Telling Stories Wrong was written by Gianni Rodari, widely regarded as the father of modern Italian children's literature. It exemplifies his great respect for the intelligence of children and the kind of work he did as an educator, developing numerous games and exercises for children to engage and think beyond the status quo, imagining what happens after the end of a familiar story, or what possibilities open up when a new ingredient is introduced. This book is illustrated with great affection by the illustrious artist Beatrice Alemagna (Child of Glass), who counts Gianni Rodari as one of her "spiritual fathers."

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467756464

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

An oddly diverse group of twenty-nine people meet at an inn. Each of them is on a pilgrimage to a martyr's shrine in Canterbury. The Host suggests the strange bunch journey together and tell stories to pass the time. The group heads off, including a Knight, a Miller, a Wife, a Cook, a Shipman, and a Nun, among others, telling stories that range from bawdy exploits to foolish workers to the lives of saints. A classic of English literature, this unabridged version of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was first published in the early 1400s and edited into modern English by D. Laing Purves in 1879. Purves's collection of Chaucer's works also contains Troilus and Cressida and additional poems and prose.

Author : Christina Zanfagna
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520968790

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Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels by Christina Zanfagna Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the 1990s, Los Angeles was home to numerous radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several major earthquakes and floods, riots and economic insecurity, police brutality and mass incarceration, some young black Angelenos turned to holy hip hop—a movement merging Christianity and hip hop culture—to “save” themselves and the city. Converting street corners to open-air churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of praise, holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland’s fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats, rhymes, and bibles, they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations, prison ministries, African churches, reggae dancehalls, hip hop clubs, Nation of Islam meetings, and Black Lives Matter marches. Zanfagna’s fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and unique view of black LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences.

Author : Robert Stanek
Publisher : RP Books & Audio
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781575454375

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Complete In the Service of Dragons: The Complete Series by Robert Stanek Pdf

4 complete novels. The Elves of the Reaches returned from exile, bringing grave news. War came to the Kingdoms, and many perished in the turmoil and unrest. An attempt was made to kidnap a princess and assassinate a king. Now, from the ancient past a dark power returns. Reading order for the Ruin Mist books: Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches #1, 2, 3, 4 In the Service of Dragons #1, 2, 3, 4 The Dragon, the Wizard & the Great Door A Legacy of Dragons Breath of Fire Living Fire A Daughter of Kings #1, 2, 3, 4

Author : Lord Archibald Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Folklore
ISBN : MINN:319510020560926

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Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition by Lord Archibald Campbell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : UVA:X030216388

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 2185 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504052757

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The Lanny Budd Novels Volume Two by Upton Sinclair Pdf

Books four through six in the Pulitzer Prize–winning series of historical novels about an international spy in the first half of the twentieth century. An ambitious and entertaining mix of history, adventure, and romance, Upton Sinclair’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Lanny Budd novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author’s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller. “Few works of fiction are more fun to read; fewer still make history half as clear, or as human” (Time). In these three novels, as the threat of Nazism grows in the 1930s, Lanny progresses from international art dealer to international spy. Wide Is the Gate: When his arms dealer father strikes a business agreement with Hermann Göring, Lanny uses the opportunity and his art world reputation to move easily among the Nazi high command and gather valuable information he can transmit back to those who are dedicated to the destruction of Nazism and Fascism. He’s playing a dangerous—albeit necessary—game, which will carry him from Germany to Spain on a life-and-death mission on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. The Presidential Agent: In 1937, Lanny’s boss from the Paris Peace Conference—now one of Roosevelt’s top advisors—connects him to the president. Appointed Presidential Agent 103, he embarks on a secret assignment that takes him back into the Third Reich as the Allied powers prepare to cede Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler in a futile attempt to avoid war. But Lanny’s motivations are not just political: The woman he loves has fallen into the brutal hands of the Gestapo, and Lanny will risk everything to save her. Dragon Harvest: Lanny has earned the trust of Adolf Hitler and his inner circle, who are convinced the American art dealer is a “true believer” committed to their Fascist cause. But when Roosevelt’s secret agent learns of the Führer’s plans for conquest, his dire warnings to Neville Chamberlain and other reluctant European leaders fall on deaf ears. The bitter seeds sown decades earlier with the Treaty of Versailles are now bearing fruit, and there will be no stopping the Nazi war machine as it rolls relentlessly on toward Paris.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF005794352

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A Manual of English Literature, and of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest with Numerous Specimens by George L. Craik by Anonim Pdf