Fantasy Tales 6

Fantasy Tales 6
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147211373X

In this frighteningly full issue of Fantasy Tales you will find: Foreign Parts, a bizarre tale of sex and death by the award winning Neil Gaiman (award-winning comics writer and co-author of the bestselling Good Omens). Thomas Ligotti opens a window into the beyond in The Spectacles in the Drawer. And a stomach-churning meal is on the menu in Gobble, Gobble by Logan's Run author William F Nolan. Plus non-fiction by Clive Barker and stories, verse and art by Kim Newman, Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, Marvin Kaye, Janet Fox, J.K. Potter and others.

Adventure Tales #6

Adventure Tales #6
Author: John Gregory Betancourt
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434417735

This issue of ADVENTURE TALES includes 3 stories by H. Bedford-Jones ("Mustered Out," "The Badman's Brand," and "Surprise in Sulphur Springs") plus "The Fugitive Statue," by Vincent Starrett (featuring detective Jimmy Lavender), "Miracle," by John D. Swain, "The Devil's Heirloom," by Anthony M. Rud, "The Tapir," by Arthur O. Friel," "Thubway Tham's Dog," by Johnston McCulley, "Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate," by Nelson S. Bond, and "Payable to Bearer," a crime novelet by Talbot Mundy. Poetry by Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Clark Ashton Smith, and Fritz Leiber.

FAIRY TALES

FAIRY TALES
Author: Narayan Changder
Publisher: CHANGDER OUTLINE
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2024-05-25
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

THE FAIRY TALES MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE FAIRY TALES MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR FAIRY TALES KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.

Six Fantasy Stories Volume One

Six Fantasy Stories Volume One
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452391238

Welcome to six of the most amazing fantasy stories you'll ever read. This volume includes five full-length fantasy e-book stories plus an exclusive bonus short story for one low price. The lineup includes the following fantastic tales: "Forced Retirement": What if Alzheimer's struck the World's Mightiest Hero? His daughter, heroic Hericane, finds out the hard way. Gripped by dementia, godlike Epitome tears apart a city, and no one can stop him. Will his madness destroy the entire world? Not if Hericane recruits the one big gun who stands a chance in Hell of stopping her father in his tracks. "Blazing Bodices": Hardcore adventurer Sir Algernon Hogshead takes down badass steampunks in Victorian London. But the case of a lifetime might just ruin his winning streak and his life. When his wife starts keeping mysterious secrets and bad company, Sir Hogshead craves a peek behind the velvet curtain. But he can't possibly break through the world of women...or can he? "Fear of Rain": Thanks to the sorcerous Mr. Flood, Johnstown, Pennsylvania has drowned three times...and the fourth time will be the charm. By the time he gets done flooding Johnstown, the city will vanish beneath the waves forever...unless his flood-making apprentice, Dee, has anything to say about it. "The Genie's Secret": A sexy genie held captive by a brutal master has no choice: she must obey his twisted wishes at all costs. When a federal agent with a flair for the supernatural comes to the rescue, the genie must obey her master's orders to capture and torture him. But the agent knows the genie's deepest secret, a passion so powerful it could free her forever from servitude. "Rose Head": In a world where everyone has a flower for a head, who can stop the serial killer called the Pruner? Enter Inspector Glisten, a hard-boiled, two-fisted, rose-headed cop who'll stop at nothing to cut down the Pruner. But when the trail leads to a seedy underworld he never imagined, Glisten gets in way over his rose-head. "The Duck Lover": In this special bonus story, which you won't find anywhere else, a duck fights to save the man she loves from the heartless woman who uses and abuses him. Will his broken heart drive him to destruction, or will the ducks' ultimate secret lead to his salvation in the most amazing journey of all time?

Fantasy Tales 1

Fantasy Tales 1
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472113705

New fantasy and horror from the UK and USA, including stories by Guy N. Smith and J. N. Williamson. Lin Carter's last story from the land of Yish. A terror-filled summer from Charles L. Grant. Profile of Chris Achilleos, mater of fantasy art. ...and news and views from the world of fantasy.

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136646809

The fairy tale is arguably one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until the first publication of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children's lives – their behavior, values, and relationship to society. As Jack Zipes convincingly shows in this classic work, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. How and why did certain authors try to influence children or social images of children? How were fairy tales shaped by the changes in European society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Zipes examines famous writers of fairy tales such as Charles Perrault, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and L.Frank Baum and considers the extraordinary impact of Walt Disney on the genre as a fairy tale filmmaker.

Why Fairy Tales Stick

Why Fairy Tales Stick
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135204349

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.

Creativity and Children's Literature

Creativity and Children's Literature
Author: Marianne Saccardi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Today's students need to be able to do more than score well on tests—they must be creative thinkers and problem solvers. The tools in this book will help teachers and parents start students on the path to becoming innovative, successful individuals in the 21st century workforce. The children in classrooms today will soon become adult members of society: they will need to apply divergent thinking skills to be effective in all aspects of their lives, regardless of their specific occupation. How well your students meet complicated challenges and take advantage of the opportunities before them decades down the road will depend largely upon the kind of thinking they are trained and encouraged to do today. This book provides a game plan for busy librarians and teachers to develop their students' abilities to arrive at new ideas by utilizing children's books at hand. Following an introduction in which the author defines divergent thinking, discusses its characteristics, and establishes its vital importance, chapters dedicated to types of literature for children such as fantasy, poetry, and non-fiction present specific titles and relevant activities geared to fostering divergent thinking in young minds. Parents will find the recommendations of the kinds of books to read with their children and explanations of how to engage their children in conversations that will help their creative thinking skills extremely beneficial. The book also includes a case study of a fourth-grade class that applied the principles of divergent thinking to imagine innovative designs and come up with new ideas while studying a social studies/science unit on ecology.

Books in the Life of a Child

Books in the Life of a Child
Author: Maurice Saxby
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1997-10-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780732945206

Books in the Life of a Child explores the value of books and reading in the stimulation of children's imagination and their fundamental importance in the development of language and true literacy. It examines not only the vast range of children's books available but also how to introduce young people to the joys of reading in the home, the school and in the community. The book has been written as a resource for all adults, especially teachers, student teachers, librarians and parents, and those who care about the value of literature for children. It is a comprehensive and critical guide, with chapters on the history of children's literature and an analysis of its many forms and genres, from poetry, fairytale, myth, legend and fantasy, through realistic and historical fiction, to humour, pulp fiction and information books.

The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales

The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0486158772

DIVTitle story plus "The Red Shoes," "Thumbelina," "The Emperor’s New Clothes," "The Little Match Girl," "The Nightingale," two more. /div