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Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World [Paperback]

Jane Yolen (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); 1st Printing edition (April 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140276181
ISBN-13: 978-0140276183
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

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5.0 out of 5 stars Proves Fairy Tales Aren't Just for Kids, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World (Paperback)

Fairy tales and folk tales are for all ages and about all ages. The amazing Jane Yolen edited this collection of tales that are often overlooked or forgotten. The tales, as the title implies, focus on older characters instead of the younger ones we often read about in Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Yolen has collected tales that will be of interest to any reader looking for a different focus when reading fairy tales and folklore. The multicultural sources emphasize the presence of elder characters around the world. This book would be particularly great as a gift to a parent, grandparent or other person who first read you a fairy tale as a child.

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First Sentence:
The most popular positive characterization of an old person in folklore is that of the wise man or wise woman, the sage, the magic helper. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anger until tomorrow, ten taels, poor countryman, other old woman

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Bucca Dhu, Bucca Gwidden, Kitta Gray, Undying Sun, David's Flood, Garden of Eden, Loch Garten, Holy Land, Human People, Queen of Death

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This book cites 62 books:

Folk Tales by Tina Richard on 7 pages
Around the World (Fantastic Journeys) by Steve Skidmore on 5 pages
Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World by Suzanne I. Barchers on 5 pages
Arab Folktales by Inea Bushnaq on 4 pages
Alaskan Igloo Tales by Kenneth Gilbert in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)

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Story Medicine: Multicultural Tales of Healing and Transformation by Norma J. Livo on page 34, and page 99
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The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life by M.D., Ph.D., Gene D. Cohen in Back Matter
The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom by Angeles Arrien in Back Matter

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