Far From Being A Fairy Tale

Author : Delia Morales
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781098092108

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Far from Being a Fairy Tale by Delia Morales Pdf

What Delia really wanted and needed in her life was the feeling of being wanted and loved by a prince charming like she would find in a fairy tale. A prince charming who would take over her heart and turn her life around. A prince charming that every girl dreams and desires at one point in her life. Her goal was to live a fairy tale, in other words, a happily ever after. As she was growing up, she was always daydreaming and visualizing all these things, but was her happily ever after and handsome prince ever there? Let me tell you the amazing story of a girl named Delia, an avid reader of fairy tales whose favorite fairy tale was Cinderella, so Cinderella she wanted to be. It's a compelling story of how her love life all begins. In New York, she meets this guy named Miguel, and when meeting him, she sees in Miguel an actual prince charming, the one she had always wanted. After six months of having a relationship with him, her heart gets broken when he tells her he has to return to Puerto Rico. A year after; she decides to follow her dream and goes to Puerto Rico in search of Miguel, her prince. There, she encounters two other men in her life, Alejandro and Marcos. She experienced her first kiss with Alejandro, but was it the kiss she had always desired? The kiss that takes you to heaven and back and only found in fairy tales. Later, she meets Marcos, but was he the real prince charming? She was looking for her happily ever after, and as the story develops, you will discover all the adventures Delia had with these three men in her life. 1

Author : Anna Staniszewski
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781402259470

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My Very UnFairy Tale Life by Anna Staniszewski Pdf

A humorous tale where a bold and spunky girl ends up the one saving "Prince Charming" You know all those stories that claim fairies cry sparkle tears and elves travel by rainbow? They're lies. All lies. I've spent my life as an official adventurer. I travel across enchanted kingdoms saving magical creatures and fighting horrible beasts that most of you think are only myths and legends. I've never had a social life. My friends have all forgotten me. And let's not even talk about trying to do my homework. So—I'm done!! I'm tired and I want to go back to being a normal girl. But then along comes "Prince Charming" asking for help, and, well, what's a tired girl like me supposed to do? "Jenny is an adventurer I'd definitely want in my corner if my life ever took a wrong turn from Happily Ever After."—Hélène Boudreau, author of Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings "Readers will laugh their way through the ups and downs of Jenny's many (mis)adventures."—Jennifer A. Nielsen, author of Elliot and the Goblin War

Author : Louise Simonson,Otis Frampton
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781496525116

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Far Out Fairy Tales by Louise Simonson,Otis Frampton Pdf

"Classic tales with modern twists"--Cover.

Author : Amanda Leduc
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781770566040

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Disfigured by Amanda Leduc Pdf

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020 AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21 A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference. "Historically we have associated the disabled body image and disabled life with an unhappy ending” – Sue Carter, Toronto Star "Leduc persuasively illustrates the power of stories to affect reality in this painstakingly researched and provocative study that invites us to consider our favorite folktales from another angle." – Sara Shreve, Library Journal "She [Leduc] argues that template is how society continues to treat the disabled: rather than making the world accessible for everyone, the disabled are often asked to adapt to inaccessible environments." – Ryan Porter, Quill & Quire "Read this smart, tenacious book." – The Washington Post "A brilliant young critic named Amanda Leduc explores this pernicious power of language in her new book, Disfigured … Leduc follows the bread crumbs back into her original experience with fairy tales – and then explores their residual effects … Read this smart, tenacious book." – The Washington Post "Leduc investigates the intersection between disability and her beloved fairy tales, questioning the constructs of these stories and where her place is, as a disabled woman, among those narratives." – The Globe and Mail "It gave me goosebumps as I read, to see so many of my unexpressed, half-formed thoughts in print. My highlighter got a good workout." – BookRiot "Disfigured is not just an eye-opener when it comes to the Disney princess crew and the Marvel universe – this thin volume provides the tools to change how readers engage with other kinds of popular media, from horror films to fashion magazines to outdated sitcom jokes." – Quill & Quire “It’s an essential read for anyone who loves fairy tales.” – Buzzfeed Books "Leduc makes one thing clear and beautifully so – fairy tales are fundamentally fantastic, but that doesn’t mean that they are beyond reproach in their depiction of real issues and identities." – Shrapnel Magazine "As Leduc takes us through these fairy tales and the space they occupy in the narratives that we construct, she slowly unfolds a call-to-action: the claiming of space for disability in storytelling." – The Globe and Mail "A provocative beginning to a thoughtful and wide-ranging book, one which explores some of the most primal stories readers have encountered and prompts them to ponder the subtext situated there all along." – LitHub "a poignant and informative account of how the stories we tell shape our collective understanding of one another.” – BookMarks "What happens when we allow disabled writers to tell stories of disability within fairytales and in magical and supernatural settings? It is a reimagining of the fairytale canon we need. Leduc dares to dream of a world that most stories envision is unattainable." – Bitch Media

Author : Hanna Kende
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134868230

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Psychodrama with Children by Hanna Kende Pdf

In this book, Hanna Kende uses her wealth of experience to explain how psychodrama can allow psychotherapists to fundamentally change their relationships with children presenting with psychosocial, mental, or behavioral problems. Based on Kende's extensive and wide-ranging knowledge, Psychodrama with Children explores the origins and roots of psychodrama, and uses detailed case studies to show how psychodramatists can encourage groups of children to draw upon their natural creativity as a force for healing. The method draws on a rich theoretical base starting from the foundational work of Moreno and Adler. The method is applicable to a wide range of children with varied symptoms (psychosomatic problems, distractibility, hyperactivity, inhibition, capable children performing poorly at school, etc.). By creating a warm climate of reciprocal tolerance and acceptance, psychodramatists allow children to express themselves freely in a group of their peers and to reshape their negative self-image. Psychodrama lets children use their natural language of play to mobilize their creative imagination, and to express their anxieties, conflicts and problems in a symbolic mode. This approach helps children heal through their own creativity. Psychodrama with Children will be of interest to psychodramatists, dramatherapists and child psychotherapists, as well as psychologists, psychiatrists and other child and adolescent mental health professionals.

Author : Jonathan "JP" Pokluda,Kevin McConaghy
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493428717

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Outdated by Jonathan "JP" Pokluda,Kevin McConaghy Pdf

Everyone wants to be loved--to find someone who will stick with them through all of life's ups and downs, someone who is in it for the long haul. But in a world where dating is increasingly based on split-second decisions and geared toward casual relationships rather than marriage, it's easy for single people to feel discouraged, used, or unworthy of true love and lasting affection. Reality just never seems to match up with our (often wildly unrealistic) expectations. Jonathan "JP" Pokluda has counseled thousands of young singles through the pain and heartbreak of dating the world's way. Now he wants to dispel the myths, misconceptions, and fairy tales you've believed about dating and replace them with the truth from the One who invented marriage, created you to crave relationship, and is the very embodiment of true love. With plenty of true stories about relationships healed and love found, this practical book explains God's purposes for singleness, dating, and marriage and covers why you should date, who you should date, and how you should date. If you're ready to trade the world's way of dating for the way that actually works, it's time to begin dating well.

Author : Mellor, Mary
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447346272

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Money by Mellor, Mary Pdf

What does money mean? Where does it come from and how does it work? In this highly topical book, Mary Mellor, an expert on money, examines money’s social, political and commercial histories to debunk longstanding myths such as money being in short supply and needing to come from somewhere. Arguing that money’s immense social value means that its creation and circulation should be a matter of democratic choice, she sets out a new finance system, based on green and feminist concerns, to bring radical change for social good.

Author : Edward Bond
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472536969

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At The Inland Sea by Edward Bond Pdf

"A new play by one of Britain's greatest playwrights is an event...the severity and seriousness of his message is delivered with extraordinary directness" (Carole Woddis, Times Educational Supplement) On a seemingly ordinary day the extraordinary happens. As a student prepares for the first day of exams he meets someone from the past who confronts him with an impossible dilemma. It's a life or death situation. Can he use his imagination to stop the most horrific events from taking place? This play was toured to British schools during 1995 by Big Brum, the Birmingham theatre company. Notes and commentary on the production have been written by Tony Coult.Edward Bond "is one of the two or three major playwrights - and arguably the only one - to emerge since the fifties" (Observer)

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726416596

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The Rags by Hans Christian Andersen Pdf

In front of a factory were piles and piles of rags and, among these rags, a Danish rag and a Norwegian rag found themselves side-by-side. They each extolled their country and their language while criticising the country and language of the other... Maybe they would have acted differently if they had known the destiny that awaited them! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

Author : Andrew Teverson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134105779

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Fairy Tale by Andrew Teverson Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It: explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.

Author : Rosemary Alice Gray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350153011

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The Tough Alchemy of Ben Okri by Rosemary Alice Gray Pdf

Winner of the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, Ben Okri is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary writers writing today. Featuring a substantial new interview with Ben Okri himself, a full bibliography of his creative work and covering his complete works, this is the first in-depth study of Okri's themes and artistic vision. Rosemary Gray explores Okri's career-long engagement with myth, Nigerian politics and culture, and with the environmental crisis in the age of the Anthropocene.

Author : Dorothea E. von Mücke
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0804738602

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The Seduction of the Occult and the Rise of the Fantastic Tale by Dorothea E. von Mücke Pdf

This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Théophile Gautier and Prosper Mérimée; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form.

Author : Gary Day
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349267422

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Varieties of Victorianism by Gary Day Pdf

The essays collected here all take issue with the claim that the Victorian period is the antithesis of our own. They show how characteristic postmodern anxieties and celebrations concerning truth, certainty and identity informed Victorian culture at all levels. Covering everything from attitudes to drink to the poetry of Browning, from the Great Exhibition to the Elephant Man, this volume shows not only how the Victorians coped with these challenges but also what lessons they have for us today.

Author : Harold Neemann
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : 3823355287

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Piercing the Magic Veil by Harold Neemann Pdf

Author : Peter Hunt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1399 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134436842

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International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature by Peter Hunt Pdf

Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. The second edition of Peter Hunt's bestselling International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature offers comprehensive coverage of the subject across the world, with substantial, accessible, articles by specialists and world-ranking experts. Almost everything is here, from advanced theory to the latest practice – from bibliographical research to working with books and children with special needs. This edition has been expanded and includes over fifty new articles. All of the other articles have been updated, substantially revised or rewritten, or have revised bibliographies. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events, and now includes separate articles on countries such as the Baltic states, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Iran, Korea, Mexico and Central America, Slovenia, and Taiwan.