This book presents 27 versions of Beauty & the Beast and provides several tales that reverse traditional gender roles. Included are a commentary on each tale, activities, bibliographies, and resources.
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“This series includes four books which explore four of the fairytales and myths that we take for granted....Not only are the stories fascinating, but despite their origins, each one will be familiar to everyone....The books are efficient in explaining where the stories come from and their mutations over time and land....These books are definitely an asset to multicultural literature and make the comprehension of other cultures that much more accessible.”–Multicultural Education
“...professionals will be very grateful for this sensitively written, thoughtful, and accessible interpretive collection.”–Youth Services in Libraries
“Teachers seem to be looking for prepackaged sources that do a lot of the work for them. This series fits that criteria well....The versions of the story included were unknown and well presented.”–Off the Loom
“...professionals will be very grateful for this sensitively written, thoughtful, and accessible interpretive collection.”–
“Teachers seem to be looking for prepackaged sources that do a lot of the work for them. This series fits that criteria well....The versions of the story included were unknown and well presented.”–
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Hearne has provided Beauty and the Beast fans and teachers with two valuable resources. Her first book, Beauty and the Beast : Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale, discusses the history and various versions of the tale. This book, Beauties and Beasts, is a collection of tales that are related to the well-known Beauty and the Beast tale. The tales come from various cultures and periods in history. Hearne provides short discussions of the tales, but mostly allows them to speak for themselves. The stories are suitable for all ages so the book will work well in the classroom, library or at home. The book emphasizes humanity's similarities and differences across time and space by presenting a small collection of its folklore.
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Putting on airs like great ladies, they looked down their noses at the daughtersof other merchants; only aristocrats would do for them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gold chinquapin, fairy serpent, bull clothes, laidley worm, steel dress, white hog, glassy hill, laurel blooms, picture book versions, soaring lark, nine eyes, stone pen, loathly lady, enchanted prince, tale type, nine windows, steel shoes, gold apple Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Prince White Hog, Sir Gawain, Dame Ragnell, Pinto Smalto, King Arthur, Sir Gromer, Children's Literature, Indiana University Press, King Henry, University of Chicago Press, Black Bull of Norroway, Sir King, Kemp Owyne, Queen of Serpents, Old Man Coyote, Whitebear Whittington, Aunt Blanche, Houghton Mifflin, The Enchanted Tsarevitch, The Frog Prince, The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs, The Small-Tooth Dog, The Story of Five Heads, The Ten Serpents New!
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Putting on airs like great ladies, they looked down their noses at the daughtersof other merchants; only aristocrats would do for them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gold chinquapin, fairy serpent, bull clothes, laidley worm, steel dress, white hog, glassy hill, laurel blooms, picture book versions, soaring lark, nine eyes, stone pen, loathly lady, enchanted prince, tale type, nine windows, steel shoes, gold apple Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Prince White Hog, Sir Gawain, Dame Ragnell, Pinto Smalto, King Arthur, Sir Gromer, Children's Literature, Indiana University Press, King Henry, University of Chicago Press, Black Bull of Norroway, Sir King, Kemp Owyne, Queen of Serpents, Old Man Coyote, Whitebear Whittington, Aunt Blanche, Houghton Mifflin, The Enchanted Tsarevitch, The Frog Prince, The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs, The Small-Tooth Dog, The Story of Five Heads, The Ten Serpents New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Creative Storytelling: Building Community/Changing Lives by Jack Zipes in Back Matter
- The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of the Imagination by Steven Swann Jones in Back Matter
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