Land of the Story Tellers
Author : Stephen Deck
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,47 MB
Release : 2022-09-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781948035897
The Last Storytellers
Author : Richard Hamilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 35,23 MB
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857720155
Book Description
Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed at first hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb.
The Truth about Stories
Author : Thomas King
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 11,86 MB
Release : 2003
Category : American literature
ISBN : 0887846963
Book Description
Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Author : Chris Colfer
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 37,11 MB
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316204919
Book Description
The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world! Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change forever, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.
The Storytellers
Author : Mark Rubinstein
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 30,4 MB
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1982583673
Book Description
Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post. Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michael Connelly, Ken Follett, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow. These are their personal stories in their own words, much of the material never before published. How do these writers’ life experiences color their art? Find out their thoughts, their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.
The Story Tellers' Magazine
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Storytelling
ISBN :
Book Description
The Storyteller
Author : Evan Turk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481435183
Book Description
In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Author : Anika Aldamuy Denise
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 33,61 MB
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 006305664X
Book Description
RECIPIENT OF THE PURA BELPRÉ HONOR * A Today Show's Best Kids' Books of 2019 * Indie Next List Pick * Junior Library Guild Selection * “An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the groundbreaking librarian...a must-have for all libraries.” —School Library Journal (starred review) An inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature. When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular retellings into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today, these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and storytellers continue to share her tales and celebrate Pura’s legacy. Brought to colorful life by Paola Escobar’s elegant and exuberant illustrations and Anika Aldamuy Denise’s lyrical text, this gorgeous book is perfect for the pioneers in your life. Informative backmatter and suggested further reading included. A Spanish-language edition, Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos, is also available. “Anika Aldamuy Denise’s intimate telling captures the magical, folk-tale feeling of Belpré’s own stories. Her lyrical text, sprinkled like fairy dust with Spanish words, begs to be read aloud, while Paola Escobar’s stylishly detailed and warmly expressive illustrations capture the joy of sharing stories.” —New York Times Book Review
Shadow Spinner
Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442446811
Book Description
Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan's story begins.... It falls to Marjan to help Shahrazad find new stories -- ones the Sultan has never heard before. To do that, the girl is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, pulling tales from strangers and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.
Voices from Pejuhutazizi
Author : Teresa Peterson
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2021-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781681341842
Book Description
The stories told by these two talented men of the Upper Sioux Community in Mni Sota Makoce--Minnesota--bring people together, impart values and traditions, deliver heroes, reconcile, reveal place, and entertain.
