Download or read book Fairy Tales Fables Yarns for All Ages written by Robert Lee and published by Robert Lee. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales are escapes into wondrous worlds. It is only our inflexible adult reasoning that tells us that they are just for children. Fables, too, are disdainfully disregarded by grown-ups, in spite of the valuable life lessons that they often provide. It is only yarns and tall tales that are permitted to dwell in the structured world of the adult. I have compiled this collection of silly, inconsequential stories and poems to satisfy the child in any of us that has been handicapped by active imagination, and has been unable to fully embrace the responsible, pedantic adult world. A few of these little stories were written for my children, as they journeyed from childhood, to adolescence to adulthood. I hope that the tales have allowed them to avoid becoming staid grownups. A few of these yarns were written for staid adults. I am glad to say that they, for a few moments anyway, were able to become irresponsible children again. A couple – specifically, the romantic poems – were written for my wife, who I hope will not be terribly upset that I have shared private thoughts with the world. Many were written just for me. No reason, other than that I like being a perpetual child. For those of you who dare to explore wondrous worlds, even if you do so in the secrecy of your own hidden sanctums, I welcome you to my haven. Please enjoy, and thank you
Download or read book Yarn Whirled Fairy Tales Fables and Folklore written by Pat Olski and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to create adorable yarn dolls? Give it a whirl! Create a lovable character from the classic stories of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm with this brand new craft. This unique way of wrapping yarn requires no previous experience or special tools, and uses yarn that can be found at your local craft store. Fun, step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs show all you need to know to create Cinderella and Prince Charming, Hansel and Gretel, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, Robin Hood and Maid Marian, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and many other beloved favorites.
Download or read book Yarn Whirled Fairy Tales Fables and Folklore written by Pat Olski and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you've never made a doll before this easy-to-follow guide will show you how to create characters from fairy tales and fables. Each of 30 projects features simple instructions and color photographs.
Download or read book What We Have Lost written by Robert Lee and published by Robert Lee. This book was released on with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the hen lays her eggs, the shells are soft and pliable, forming their durable armour as they experience the outside world. Each of us enters the world, with similarly flawed and weak shells. Our shells are not broken and cracked by life, but are formed of the fragments that we encounter, piece by piece, growing more complete with each experience. What We Have Lost is a series of disconnected but closely related anecdotes in the lives of a family shaped by extreme poverty. These individual narratives chronicle the slow sculpting of the characters, as they fuse with their world, enveloped in mental illness. Molded by their mother’s paranoia, social isolation and obsessive drive to instill the hunger for learning and sense of duty to others, the four siblings evolve in unique and often pathological ways. Not knowing or understanding the bonds of familial love, Garry, Judy, Rob and Roger need to discover their own path to personal peace. None may make it. What We Have Lost exposes the cruelty of poverty. It opens up the heart of that world, in surprising and convoluted ways. The pathos is clear, the hidden pleasures need unearthing. What We Have Lost is a collection of anecdotes, but, as you read, you will find that they are far from disconnected, after all.
Download or read book Extra Yarn written by Mac Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a cold afternoon in a cold little town, where everywhere you looked was either the white of snow or the black of soot from chimneys, Annabelle found a box full of yarn of every colour. It seemed like an ordinary box. But it turned out it wasn't.
Download or read book Living Simply Living Rich written by Robert Lee and published by Robert Lee. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Simply, Living Rich offers a unique perspective on the concept of simple living. While most discussions on the topic take the position that simple living requires adherence to the idea that we must “do without” and embrace absolute minimalism, Bob Lee insists that simple living is no more the right path than capitalism or materialism. “Crash diets, whether in nutrition or lifestyles, have no chance of permanent success,” he states. Instead, this book shows how a more focused lifestyle offers fulfillment, a responsible way of living and a more realistic approach to sustained changes in the way we interact with the world around us. Living Simply, Living Rich works, whether you are poor or rich, middle-income or no income. It is an approach to living that remembers that the whole approach is just that: about living. Experiences replace acquisitions, relationships replace career success. This book may be life changing, but it is not a lifestyle manual. It is a pathway to choosing your unique road. Robert Frost was right. Choosing the least travelled path will make all the difference.
Download or read book Bizarre Bachelors written by Robert Lee and published by Robert Lee. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years, he laboured to construct his ultralight airplane, then, on a whim, he doused it with gasoline and set fire to it. When the rat invades his home, Gerry goes to drastic lengths to rid himself of the vermin, but ... Dying of mesothelioma, but living with zest. A bachelor shoots himself in the back with a shotgun. A meal of moose testicles. More than forty true, but unbelievable stories of the bizarre lives of an endangered species: the bachelor. No single man worth his salt is married. The thought could have come straight from Yogi Berra’s vault of butchered expressions. However, many married men – the wannabes - in spite of wanting to remain married, idolize and envy the bachelor. Few bachelors return the favour. But the bachelor is a unique breed. Always threatened with extinction, bachelors have survived, and thrived, by doing things and thinking their own way. They are Robert Frost’s travellers in the yellow wood. It is true. No single man worth his salt is married. All the good ones are not taken; they are recalled from the market
Download or read book From the Fairy Tales and Other Children s Yarns written by Jo Bartels Alderson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yarn Whirled The Royal Family written by Pat Olski and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of these 31 projects features simple instructions and color photographs. No previous crafting experience necessary. Figures include Queen Elizabeth, Charles and Di, Prince Harry, Will and Kate, and many others.
Download or read book Great Australian Stories written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country, and this?new edition contains?10 extra stories. Australia has a rich tradition of story telling that reflects?a unique history and experience. Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories?Aussies tell about themselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.
Download or read book The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain s Short Stories written by Mark Twain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
Download or read book The Fabrics of Fairy Tale written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weaving of fabulous worlds, with words and with fabrics, has occupied humans from all countries and cultures for thousands of years. This collection brings you the best of these yarns, spun through the ages by communities near and far.
Download or read book Crochet Stories Grimms Fairy Tales written by Vanessa Putt and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners of amigurumi, the Japanese art of crocheting stuffed dolls, will delight in these patterns for fairy tale figures. Sixteen illustrated projects include characters from "Hansel and Gretel," "Rapunzel," and more.
Download or read book A Tale Dark Grimm written by Adam Gidwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
Download or read book The Hard Facts of the Grimms Fairy Tales written by Maria Tatar and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this groundbreaking and intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Nursery and Household Tales. This expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix featuring translations of six tales with commentary by Maria Tatar. Throughout the book, Tatar draws on the disciplinary tools of psychoanalysis and folklore while also providing historical context to explore the harsher aspects of these stories, presenting new interpretations of tales that engage in a kind of cultural repetition compulsion. No other book so thoroughly challenges us to rethink the happily-ever-after of these classic stories.
Download or read book Knitted Fairy Tales written by Sarah Keen and published by GMC PUBLICATIONS LTD. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the magical, fantastical land of fairy tales, with giants, witches, princes and princesses. Be spellbound by this beautiful book full of fun and fabulous characters to knit and recreate 15 of the well-loved fairy tales, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Little Red Riding Hood.
Download or read book Gypsy Lee s Fairy Tales Fables Yarns written by Robert Lee and published by Robert Lee. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales are escapes into wondrous worlds. It is only our inflexible adult reasoning that tells us that they are just for children. Fables, too, are disdainfully disregarded by grown-ups, in spite of the valuable life lessons that they often provide. It is only yarns and tall tales that are permitted to dwell in the structured world of the adult. I have compiled this collection of silly, inconsequential stories and poems to satisfy the child in any of us that has been handicapped by active imagination, and has been unable to fully embrace the responsible, pedantic adult world.A few of these little stories were written for my children, as they journeyed from childhood, to adolescence to adulthood. I hope that the tales have allowed them to avoid becoming staid grownups. A few of these yarns were written for staid adults. I am glad to say that they, for a few moments anyway, were able to become irresponsible children again. A couple – specifically, the romantic poems – were written for my wife, who I hope will not be terribly upset that I have shared private thoughts with the world. Many were written just for me. No reason, other than that I like being a perpetual child.For those of you who dare to explore wondrous worlds, even if you do so in the secrecy of your own hidden sanctums, I welcome you to my haven. Inside, you will discover fairy tales for children, fables for adults, stories for teenagers and tall tales for everyone. You may choose to read a moral into each tale, or choose not to do so. But, I ask you to take the time to embrace a little of the magic and make believe in every story. Please enjoy, and thank you.
