The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World
10 best books like The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World (Ethel Johnston Phelps): African Folktales, Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fairy Tales Of Madame d'Aulnoy, Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales: Tales From Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Iceland, Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood, Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England, Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment, The Serpent Slayer: And Other Stories of Strong Women, Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World, Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
Just like the others, I really enjoyed the tales, but not the commentary, which seemed excessive, superficial and a justification for the white scientist to have his name on the cover. Also, the grouping was weird (I would prefer by tribe), and the pictures of art objects seemed to be attached to fairy...
| Author | Joseph Jacobs |
| ISBN | 0486218260 |
The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination.
The 26 stories of "Guleesh," "The Horned Women," "King O'Toole and...
| Author | Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy |
| ISBN | 1410208311 |
CONTENTS Gracieuse and Percinet Fair Goldilocks The Blue Bird Prince Ariel Princess Mayblossom Princess Rosette The Golden Branch The Bee and the Orange Tree The Good Little Mouse The Ram Finette Cendron Fortun?e Babiole The Yellow Dwarf Green Serpent Princess Carpillon The Benevolent Frog The...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0517436205 |
I hate to say that these were really disappointing :(
(There was literally only ONE story about vikings in this whole book!)
Also worth noting, is that these tales are heavily influenced by early christian views of the Scandinavian countries, rather than the pantheon of norse gods and goddesses....
| Author | Maria Tatar |
| ISBN | 0691000883 |
When fairy tales moved from workrooms, taverns, and the fireside into the nursery, they not only lost much of their irreverent, earthy humor but were also deprived of their contestatory stance to official culture. Children's literature, Maria Tatar maintains, has always been more intent on producing...
| Author | Jack D. Zipes |
| ISBN | 0415902630 |
This anthology of feminist fairy tales and critical essays acts as an example of how the literature of fantasy and imagination can be harnessed to create a new view of the world. It demonstrates how recent writers have changed the aesthetic constructs and social content of fairy tales to reflect cultural...
| Author | Marina Warner |
| ISBN | 0195178211 |
Once upon a time, in the Paris of Louis XIV, five ladies and one gentleman-- all of them aristocrats-- seized on the new enthusiasm for "Mother Goose Stories" and decided to write some of them down. Telling stories resourcefully and artfully was a key social grace, and when they recorded these elegant...
| Author | Katrin Hyman Tchana |
| ISBN | 0316387010 |
I've just read this quickly before sending it to my niece. I'm disappointed that the prose doesn't sparkle. Tchana is a pedestrian stylist and there are certainly better-written folktales. But the content is fabulous. The 'princesses' are bright, curious, patient, physically courageous, thoughtful,...
| Author | Kathleen Ragan |
| ISBN | 0393320464 |
Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters' books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines. Gathered from around the world, from regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe, from North and South American Indian cultures and...
| Author | Robert Chandler |
| ISBN | 0141442239 |
For fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years In these folk tales, young women go on long and perilous quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese, and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical...
| Author | Lynd Ward |
| ISBN | 0395643775 |
A wordless children's graphic novel and/or picture book about a farm boy who sees a silver flying horse. Is it real? Well, he tells his Dad, who punishes him for lying. But we know differently. We have actually seen the horse, who carries the boy all across the country, giving him the opportunity to help...
| Author | H.M. Bouwman |
| ISBN | 0761454411 |
I didn't think I'd like this book. Yes, it had a fantasy element, but it was written like historical fiction, which I've been avoiding.
Anyway, I liked it. It read extremely fast - the plot builds and builds but isn't predictable at all. I couldn't believe I was more than half way through when I...
This anthology of folk and fairy tales brings together 52 stories from a range of historical and geographic traditions. Sections group tales together by theme or juxtapose variations of individual tales, inviting comparison and analysis across cultures and genres. An accessible section of critical...
| Author | Amy Ehrlich |
| ISBN | 0394856937 |
Review: This particular book has all of the classic fairy tales combined into one larger book. Stories like Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Bean Stalk, and many others. This story book has only a few pictures for each story, but the stories all have a little bit of a twist in comparison to the...
The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0690002165 |
Awards and Recognitions: Golden Kite Award – 1974, Nominated for National Book Award – 1975
This collection contains five original fairy tales and is illustrated with a combination of black and white drawings and color illustrations reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style. The title story,...
The Victorian fascination with fairyland is reflected in the literature of the period, which includes some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as Thackeray,...
A Rule Is to Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy
| Author | John Seven |
| ISBN | 0615503462 |
As soon as I saw this book I got it for my niece, even though she isn't two yet (I just hope I remember to give it to her in a few years!)
Anyway, I read some reviews of it, some praising the illustrations (which are great) or decrying it for its 'anarchistic' sentiments. But really this book only touches...
Single State of the Union: Single Women Speak Out on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness
| Author | Diane Mapes |
| ISBN | 1580052029 |
Are single women happy individualists? Neurotic man-hunters? Crazed cat ladies? Are they confused, or content? Bitter, or better off?
No one seems to know. The popular media gives us shoe shopaholics, ditzy desperados, wannabe brides forever making cow eyes at The Bachelor. But what do...
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
Do You Know...
where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from?
why "mama" is a word understood in nearly all languages?
how the custom of kissing began?
whether there really was a female pope?
why Cinderella's glass slipper was so important to the Prince?
The...
