Overview

"For children, folktales enhance awareness of culture diversity while bringing together universal characteristics and behaviours that all people share. Teachers, librarians, and storytellers can now choose from 25 variants of the popular, internationally told ""Cinderella"" folktale in this first volume in ""The Oryx Folktale Series"". The folktale variants in ""Cinderella"" represent a broad range of cultures and geographical areas, styles, and variations on the basic theme of the persecuted heroine who emerges victorious, regardless of the circumstances. Addressed to teachers and librarians, the preface discusses the background of Cinderella, folktales in general, and the concept and development of variants. The 25 variants that follow are geographically arranged, with each variant accompanied by a short introductory paragraph that summarizes the plot and discusses the cultural background of the story. These paragraphs, and the book's introduction, are written to read aloud to children from 6-9 and alone by those nine and up."

Full Product Details

Author:   Judy Sierra
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.446kg
ISBN:  

9780897747271

ISBN 10:   0897747275
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   24 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 12 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Take the Cinderella classic select the 24 which represent the broadest range of cultures and variations on the theme, and include the author's research notes on the text and you have a unique, educational approach capable of wide interest. - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Accessible and well organized, this will be a boon to librarians and storytellers. - Children's Bookwatch The usefulness and excellence of this part of the series will certainly create a demand for future works. - Public Library Quarterly For the storyteller who love variants. - Off the Loom Newsletter

For the storyteller who love variants. - Off the Loom Newsletter The usefulness and excellence of this part of the series will certainly create a demand for future works. - Public Library Quarterly Accessible and well organized, this will be a boon to librarians and storytellers. - Children's Bookwatch Take the Cinderella classic select the 24 which represent the broadest range of cultures and variations on the theme, and include the author's research notes on the text and you have a unique, educational approach capable of wide interest. - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

?Take the Cinderella classic select the 24 which represent the broadest range of cultures and variations on the theme, and include the author's research notes on the text and you have a unique, educational approach capable of wide interest.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Information

Judy Sierra, PhD, a former children's librarian, is a leader of workshops in storytelling, folklore, and children's literature. She has received wide recognition as both a storyteller and a teacher of storytelling. She is author or coauthor of several books on storytelling, including Cinderella and Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children, published by Oryx Press.

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