Download or read book Cockadoodle Doo Mr Sultana written by Michael Morpurgo and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and greedy sultan meets his match in a VERY cheeky little red rooster... Hilariously wacky tale by bestselling author of War Horse.
Download or read book Cockadoodle Doo Mr Sultana written by Michael Morpurgo and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a clever little rooster finds a diamond, he thinks it only just that he shares his good fortune with his poor and loving mistress. But a greedy sultan is determined to claim the diamond for his own - and devises a series of traps to outwit the plucky bird. A hilarious chase ensues, and we are shown that greed and avarice lead to nothing but sorrow, whilst true happiness lies in a generous spirit.
Download or read book Why Fairy Tales Stick written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Grimm Legacies written by Jack Zipes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world—the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands of wonderful folk and fairy tales poured into books throughout Europe and have kept coming. Zipes looks at the transformation of the Grimms' tales into children's literature, the Americanization of the tales, the "Grimm" aspects of contemporary tales, and the tales' utopian impulses. He shows that the Grimms were not the first scholars to turn their attention to folk tales, but were vital in expanding readership and setting the high standards for folk-tale collecting that continue through the current era. Zipes concludes with a look at contemporary adaptations of the tales and raises questions about authenticity, target audience, and consumerism. With erudition and verve, Grimm Legacies examines the lasting universal influence of two brothers and their collected tales on today's storytelling world.
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Download or read book An Elephant in the Garden written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Elephant in the Garden is Simon Reade’s new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling children’s novel. 1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother – and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping the Allies’ advance from the West – and also the advancing Russian armies from the East – this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. It is Lizzie’s story – but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing, indestructible, cheering – Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.
Download or read book Mossycoat written by and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this adaptation of the classic tale, Cinderella, a loving mother spends years making her daughter a magic coat of moss and gold thread. When she is wearing the coat, whatever she wished would come true. Then it was time for her to leave her home and she wished herself 100 miles away. There she found employment in the kitchen of a great house. The owners of the house were kind, but the other servants bullied her and made her do the dirtiest tasks in the kitchen.
Download or read book Mr Skip written by Michael Morpurgo and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believing in magic makes dreams come true...
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Download or read book the racing calendar for the year 1859 written by c. j. and e. weatherby and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
