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Review of The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernandez; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate TOON 48 pp. 4/18 978-1-943145-28-7 $16.95 Paper ed. 978-1-943145-29-4...
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Review of The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. 10/16 978-1-4197-2130-4 $16.95 After a string of award-winning...
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Fantastical folklore
The following works of folklore — a new Grimm like you’ve never seen, a Norwegian folk story in silly/creepy graphic novel form, a pourquoi tale done in Duncan Tonatiuh’s unmistakable visual style, and...
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Review of The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales
The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales by Shaun Tan; abridged and adapted from translations of Grimms’ fairy tales by Jack Zipes; sculptures and photos by the author Intermediate, Middle...
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Folklore and poetry | Class #5, fall 2016
For our class on November 16, we are reading four books and one article. I like combining these two genres because both need to be read aloud in order to really appreciate them. Folklore has to have a...
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The King’s Ears app review
Based on Katarina Jovanovic’s 2008 picture book The King Has Goat Ears, illustrated by Phillipe Béhà (Tradewinds Books), The King’s Ears app (Rascal Media, 2016; iOS only) adds music, movement, and...
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Poetry and folklore | class #5, fall 2017
For our class on November 1, we will read four books and one article. Since this class only meets six times, we have to double up on some genres. These two go together better than some because they...
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Iona Opie (1923-2017)
British folklorist Iona Opie died October 23, 2017, in Hampshire, England, at the age of ninety-four. With her late husband Peter Opie she was “one of the world’s greatest experts on the folklore,...
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Reviews of Selected Books Edited by Iona Opie
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild’s Pocket Book edited by Iona and Peter Opie; illus. by Maurice Sendak Of Interest to Adults Candlewick 160 pp. 6/92 1-56402-046-0 $19.99 Generously...
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Myths and folktales around the world
Bowles, David Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico Middle school, high school 303 pp. Cinco In this dense but readable anthology of captivating tales from pre-Columbian...
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