Clik here to view.
Review of Gobble You Up!
Gobble You Up! by Gita Wolf; illus. by Sunita Preschool, Primary Tara 40 pp. 10/13 978-81-923171-4-4 $34.95 The outline is familiar: after gulping down animal after animal, a greedy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal
One of the fascinating and mysterious things about folklore is that the same story types appear all over the world. Here’s a single picture book that tells a Cinderella-type story as found in several...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile
There are so many stand-alone folktale picture books that it’s always hard to choose just one for us to read together. But I like this one for its humor, voice, and authenticity. Interestingly, it also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of You Can’t Have Too Many Friends!
You Can’t Have Too Many Friends! by Mordicai Gerstein; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Holiday 32 pp. 4/14 978-0-8234-2393-4 $16.95 g e-book ed. 978-0-8234-3101-4 $16.95...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of Treasury of Egyptian Mythology
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals by Donna Jo Napoli; illus. by Christina Balit Intermediate, Middle School National Geographic 192 pp....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of Little Roja Riding Hood
Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya; illus. by Susan Guevara Primary Putnam 32 pp. 4/14 978-0-399-24767-5 $16.99 g Little Red rides an ATV to deliver la canasta (basket) to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of Brave Chicken Little
Brave Chicken Little retold by Robert Byrd; illus. by the reteller Preschool, Primary Viking 40 pp. 8/14 978-0-670-78616-9 $17.99 g The chick is not just a witless wonder in this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of Egg & Spoon
Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire Middle School Candlewick 479 pp. 9/14 978-0-7636-7220-1 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7636-7582-0 $17.99 An imprisoned man tells his story,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of Very Little Red Riding Hood
Very Little Red Riding Hood by Teresa Heapy; illus. by Sue Heap Preschool Houghton 32 pp. 9/14 978-0-544-28000-7 $16.99 In this re-imagining, Little Red is a toddler. She’s affectionate,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From the Guide: Folklore (and Fakelore)
In her article “Folklore vs. Fakelore, the Epic Battle,” Jane Yolen rejects the derision of “fake folklore,” tracing the tangled and not-so-folky histories of many tales we think of as folklore....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of My Grandfather’s Coat
My Grandfather’s Coat retold by Jim Aylesworth; illus. by Barbara McClintock Preschool, Primary Scholastic 32 pp. 11/14 978-0-439-92545-7 $17.99 Revisiting the Yiddish folksong celebrated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Song of the Sea movie review
I’m a sucker for fairy-tale and folklore retellings, and a major sucker for selkie lore…so I had very high hopes for animated film Song of the Sea (Cartoon Saloon, December 2014), directed by Tomm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Folklore from around the world
Andrews, Jan When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean Gr. 4–6 69 pp. Groundwood Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Ti-Jean, cheerful, hapless stripling of French-Canadian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal | Class #5, 2015
One of the fascinating and mysterious things about folklore is that the same story types appear all over the world. Here’s a single picture book that tells a Cinderella-type story as found in several...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile | Class #5, 2015
There are so many stand-alone folktale picture books that it’s hard to choose just one for us to read together. But I’ve used this one for several years because of its humor, voice, and authenticity....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Folklore and poetry | Class #5, 2015
For our class on April 2, 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of The Grasshopper & the Ants
The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry Pinkney; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 4/15 978-0-316-40081-7 $18.00 g Moving right up Maslow’s hierarchy of needs,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cuckoo’s song
I discovered the podcast “Lore” yesterday, and I’m already eleven episodes in. Created by supernatural thriller author Aaron Mahnke, “Lore” tells real-life stories behind or informed by scary folklore,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal | Class #5, 2016
One of the fascinating and mysterious things about folklore is that the same story types appear all over the world. Here’s a single picture book that tells a Cinderella-type story as found in several...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile | Class #5, 2016
There are so many stand-alone folktale picture books that it’s hard to choose just one for us to read together. But I’ve used this one for several years because of its humor, voice, and authenticity....
View Article
