A children's guide to folklore and wonder tales

Format:

Video disc

Title:

A children's guide to folklore and wonder tales

ISBN:

9781629974194

9781629974217

Publication:

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2017]

Physical Description:

4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) + 1 transcript book (vi, 443 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm)

Series title(s):

Great courses (DVD).

General Note:

Title from container.

Course includes 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.

"Course no. 2411."

Contents:

disc 1. "Sleeping Beauty": once upon a time ; "Beauty and the Beast" I: the sleeping prince ; "Beauty and the Beast" II: being brave ; "The sorcerer's apprentice": transformations ; "Cinderella" I: if the shoe fits ; "Cinderella II": Baba Yaga and goddesses -- disc 2. "Cinderella" III: the mooing godmother ; "The brave little tailor": giants! ; "Jack and the beanstalk": archetypes ; Hansel and Gretel": ogres ; "Rumplestiltzkin": naming our fears ; Tom Thumb and Thumbelina: little heroes -- disc 3. "Emperor's new clothes": looks can deceive ; "Town musicians of Bremen": unwanted animals ; "Puss in boots" and "The frog prince": fitting in ; "Three little pigs": third time's a charm ; "The little red hen": formula tales ; "How the camel got his hump": pourquoi tales -- disc 4. Lion and tigers and bears: fables ; "Snow White": beauty and handsomeness ; "Rapunzel": maiden/mother/crone ; King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh: heroic quests ; American tall tales and folk songs ; Happily ever after: how our stories end.

Summary:

Discover the history and deeper meaning of some of the best loved folk tales.

Subject(s):

Folklore.

Folk literature -- History and criticism.

Fables -- History and criticism.

Genre:

lectures.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Educational films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Films éducatifs.

Conférences.

Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.

Added Author:

Harvey, Hannah B.,

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company,

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Newberg Public Library	GREAT COURSES 398.2 CHILDREN'S	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Dr. Hannah Blevins Harvey unpacks more than 60 of our most beloved stories, fables, fairy tales, and songs from around the world. Not only does she provide a fascinating, in-depth view into the history, context, and deeper meaning of the tales known and loved, she also treats one to dynamic, theatrical, and engaging tellings of these cherished tales.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-In a series of lectures, Dr. Hannah B. Harvey, a professional storyteller, shares more than 60 stories or versions of stories, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and classic literature for children from around the world. More than half of the 12 hours consists of Harvey telling stories to presumably a group of children and their parents. Wedged between the stories is information about themes, motifs, history, and context of the tales by authors ranging from Grimm and Aesop to Oscar Wilde and A.A. Milne. Also included are insights from child psychiatrist Zheala Qayyum, who discusses imagination, transformation, independence, and many other qualities of a healthy childhood and growing up. The arrangement of the CDs allows one to skip the tracks that provide information about the stories in favor of the tales themselves. Harvey is a fabulous storyteller who uses an endless number of voices, accents, made-up songs, and sound effects, like the clomping of a giant or a horse's trot, to bring the stories to life. Both adults and children will be thrilled to hear folklore and wonder tales in a new way. A 13th CD includes a 192-page PDF companion guide for the lessons. This guide could encourage adults to become storytellers in their own right, since it includes outlines of each story. VERDICT While teaching adults about some of the stories of childhood, this guide will entertain children with humor and incredible storytelling.-Ann Brownson, formerly at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.