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Author : Pleasant DeSpain
Publisher : august house
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0874836719
A collection of short folktales from Mexico, Israel, Poland, and other places, demonstrating wisdom and justice.
Author : Pleasant DeSpain
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613908481
Folktales are among the most resilient types of lore one generation passes to another. Tales we tell today -- whether they are cautionary, humorous, or embedded with moral instruction -- date back to ancient civilizations.Storyteller, writer, and folktale enthusiast Pleasant DeSpain has an uncanny ear for those tales that transcend particular eras or cultures and have passed into the universal frame of reference. A pioneer of the storytelling renaissance, DeSpain first published some of the tales in these three volumes in the two-volume Pleasant Journeys, later repackaged as the two-volume Twenty-Two Splendid Tales to Tell from Around the World.Now DeSpain has thematically arranged selections from the original collection (nine stories are included in each of Book of Nine Lives) and updated the sourcenotes and bibliographies. Repackaged into affordable, digest-sized, kid-friendly readers -- with updated pen-and-ink work by artist Don Bell -- these three volumes are only the first in DeSpain's Books of Nine Lives series.Like any species with extraordinary survival skills, folktales thrive because they are adaptive. DeSpain's adaptations carry his trademark elegance and succinct style.
Author : Allison M. Cox,David H. Albert
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1550923137
The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degra-dation, homelessness, abuse). The books are a collective effort containing the expertise of more than 60 storytellers and health professionals who illustrate the power of story in moving others to commitment and action, in building self-esteem and mutual respect. The Healing Heart ~ Families focuses on families, dealing specifically with healing through story, health promotion, disease prevention, early childhood intervention, children with medical problems, adopting families, schools, sexual identities, grief, and spiritual healing. The Healing Heart ~ Communities focuses on community-building, with sections on youth, violence prevention, poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse and addiction, racism, elders, culture, environmental protection, homelessness, and community development. Allison Cox is a therapist and Prevention Specialist, in Tacoma, Washington, with 20 years experience as a professional storyteller, and is a founder of the Healing Story Alliance—part of the National Storytelling Network. David Albert is a storyteller, writer, and Senior Planner and Policy Analyst with the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and a contributor to Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope (New Society, 2002).
Author : Allison M. Cox,David H. Albert
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781550923155
Stories and narratives aimed at helping families work through an array of subjects like health, illness, grief, adoption, sexual identity, and school. The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degradation, homelessness, abuse). The books are a collective effort containing the expertise of more than 60 storytellers and health professionals who illustrate the power of story in moving others to commitment and action, in building self-esteem and mutual respect. The Healing Heart ~ Families focuses on families, dealing specifically with healing through story, health promotion, disease prevention, early childhood intervention, children with medical problems, adopting families, schools, sexual identities, grief, and spiritual healing. The Healing Heart ~ Communities focuses on community-building, with sections on youth, violence prevention, poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse and addiction, racism, elders, culture, environmental protection, homelessness, and community development. Praise for The Healing Heart ~ Families “Both children and adults, sick or well, need the embrace of soulful storytelling. They need to witness and be witnessed, for it is in this state that healing occurs . . . . If newscasters were to read aloud each night to their listeners for 1,001 nights one of the stories from this treasury, we would all be healed and lose our fear, recapturing real security in our homeland.” —N. Michael Murphy, MD, author of The Wisdom of Dying “An extraordinary work . . . . Hit the bulls eye by providing both process and practice. Thought provoking and insightful theory is intertwined with appropriate stories for direct application. It makes clear that story can be a powerful catalyst for change, giving eloquent voice to what many of us have known for some time but have been unable to express. What a gift for those who work with families!” —Elizabeth Ellis, co-author of Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking about Difficult Stories
Author : Katherena Vermette
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781553798118
Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, so different from Amik's school, so Amik has an idea... The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe -- love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth -- are revealed in these seven stories for children. Set in an urban landscape with Indigenous children as the central characters, these stories about home and family will look familiar to all young readers.
Author : Meenu Gupta
Publisher : Pinwheel Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789380278520
An all time classic book which is a must read for every individual and an absolute library essential. The book contains illustrations and are abridged in view of being made suitable for readers of all ages.
Author : Jan-Philipp Sendker,Lorie Karnath,Jonathan Sendker
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781590519653
From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn’t classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The Long Path to Wisdom’s evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker’s incandescent writing.
Author : Adwoa Badoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 0888998694
A collection of ten stories about the trickster spider god, Ananse. Sometimes things go Ananse's way and other times he makes a fool of himself and is ashamed-but never for very long. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Author : Nic Dunlop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802718242
In Cambodia, between 1975 and 1979, some two million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Twenty years later, not one member had been held accountable for the genocide. Haunted by an image of one of them, Comrade Duch, photographer Nic Dunlop set out to bring him to life, and thereby to account. "I needed to understand how a movement that laid claim to a vision of a better world could instead produce a revolution of unparalleled ferocity; how a seemingly ordinary man from one of the poorer parts of Cambodia could turn into one of the worst mass murderers of the twentieth century:" Weaving seamlessly between past and present, Dunlop unfolds the history of Cambodia as a lens through which to understand its tragic last forty years. He makes clear how much responsibility the United States must share, through failed political alliances and the illegal bombing of Cambodia, for the bloodshed that followed. Guided by witnesses, Dunlop teases out the details of Duch's transformation from sensitive schoolchild and dedicated teacher to the revolutionary killer who later slipped quietly back into village life. From the temples of Angkor to the prisons of Pol Pot's regime, to his unexpected meeting with Duch himself, Dunlop's special vision as a photographer enlarges our own. The Lost Executioner is a blend of history and testimony-and a reminder that, whether in the killing fields of Cambodia or the deserts of Darfur, if we turn our backs on genocide, we must bear a collective guilt.
Author : Jarem Sawatsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0995324298
"This is one of those books you wish everyone would read and keep and meditate on."-Thomas Moore, NYT bestselling author of Care for the Soul "Wise, beautiful and invaluable" -Tara Brach, bestselling author of Radical Acceptance 2018 NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER Has an unfair past yielded years of endless anguish? Discover ancient traditions that will teach you to live a brighter future. Does your life seem rife with injustice? Have you ever noticed that sometimes seeking out justice only leads to more suffering? Are you searching for a less destructive path to fulfillment? Bestselling author Jarem Sawatsky has travelled the world to find a better way. After spending extensive time studying communities that practice healing justice, he's ready to share these joyful teachings with you. Healing Justice: Stories of Wisdom and Love combines research, storytelling, and honest observations to challenge the outdated notion that justice requires trading an eye for an eye. Sawatsky immersed himself in communities in Canada, Scotland, and France that employ little-known practices to transform suffering into wellness. By sharing the teachings of the lotus, the eagle feather, and the Celtic knot, the author lights the path in your journey toward regaining your wholeness. In Healing Justice, you'll discover: Practical steps to turn pain and suffering into positivity The relationships necessary to support holistic inner healing The alternatives to violence, vengeance, and shame when seeking justice How to incline your life toward a healthier future Observations from a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated author, and much, much more Healing Justice is an inspirational guide for adapting a painful past into a restorative future. If you like the works of Anne Lamott, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Bren Brown, then you'll love Jarem Sawatsky's groundbreaking guide about returning to a life of joy. Buy Healing Justice to begin your journey toward peace today Book 2 in the award-winning & National bestselling series. More than 35K copies of the series sold and over 475 of five-star reviews. Available in digital, print and audiobook.
Author : Bobby Norfolk,Sherry Norfolk
Publisher : august house
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0874837987
Throughout history, traditional cultures have recognized the role of storytelling in teaching values to children. This user-friendly, hands-on guide to using storytelling and folktales in character education provides not only a rationale for this approach, it includes stories. These twelve stories are fun, time- and audience-tested, and accessible to a wide range of listeners, from preschool to high school. The tales are enhanced by suggested activities or informal lesson plans, source notes, and extensive bibliographies that point the reader to additional sources of folktales suitable for character education. Book jacket.
Author : Janaka
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780595130702
Throughout the ages, all over the world, stories have been used to inspire, to guide and to awaken humanity in our quest to rediscover our Divinity. In a style similar to Kahlil Gibran, Silent Ripples: Parables for the Soul, is a collection of 23 parables to remind the reader of our Absolute, Unchanging, Divine Self. Greatly inspired by A Course in Miracles, the tarot and the sage Ramana Maharshi, these stories were written while the author was on his world travels. The parables are eclectic in nature, incorporating a multiple of archetypes for people of different backgrounds and upon different paths. Like the tarot, which is a collection of images representing qualities the soul must develop on her way to Self-awareness, these parables represent such qualities as well. Some stories may seem contradictory to other ones, but they are actually only another viewpoint of the indefinable Truth of existence.
Author : Nkechi Taifa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734769351
This gem from master storyteller Nkechi Taifa is a magical adventure into wisdom-land with principles and proverbs transmitting positive values to children. The book incorporates three exciting short tales for youth: Ayanna; Remembering Garvey, and Jabari's Journey. In the story Ayanna," Anansi the Spider's magic helps Ayanna get to the Harvest Festival, despite the fact that her two sisters failed to follow the Seven Principles of their New Afrikan value system. In "Remembering Garvey," a young brother in New York City learns the story of a great Black hero. In "Jabari's Journey," wisdom is attained through Jabari's encounters with spiders, lions, warriors, elephants, cockroaches, camels and birds! Three Tales of Wisdom, illustrated in full color, includes a potpourri of African proverbs and a pronunciation guide to African words in the book.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UVA:X006162075
Author : Mark Bracher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000580334
This book responds to the pressing and increasingly recognized need to cultivate social wisdom for addressing major problems confronting humanity. Connecting literary studies with some of the biggest questions confronted by researchers and students today, the book provides a practical approach to thinking through, and potentially solving, global problems such as poverty, inequality, crime, war, racism, classism, environmental decline, and climate change. Bracher argues that solving such problems requires “systems thinking” and that literary study is an excellent way to develop the four key cognitive functions of which systems thinking is composed, which are causal analysis, prospection/strategic planning, social cognition, and metacognition. Drawing on evidence-based learning theory, as well as the latest research on systems thinking and its four cognitive functions, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed explanation of how these advanced thinking skills can be developed through literary study, illustrating the process with numerous examples from major works of literature. In explaining the nature and importance of these thinking skills and the ability of literary study to develop them, this book will be of value to literature teachers and students from introductory to advanced levels, and to anyone looking to develop better problem-solving and decision-making skills.
