Sentences with phrase «folktales by»

Not exact matches

They're sober - minded tales, and the Grimm boys and Hans Christian Anderson would certainly not recognize the cartoons inspired by their folktales.

Ox - Cart Man written by Donald Hall illustrated by Barbara Cooney The Little Red Hen retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone The Year At Maple Hill Farm written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale retold and illustrated by Demi Ish written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Billy and Blaze written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson The Little Yellow Leaf written and illustrated by Carin Berger A Book of Sleep written and illustrated by Il Sung Na Listen, Listen written by Phillis Gershator illustrated by Alison Jay Art written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell Little Owl Lost written and illustrated by Chris Haughton The Story of Ferdinand written by Munro Leaf illustrated by Robert Lawson

Jamie Tehrani heard multiple versions of the folktale as a child and became fascinated by this question.

«Evil Queen» by Nathaniel Gold In the classic Scandinavian folktale «The Twelve Wild Ducks,» also known as «The Twelve Brothers» in Grimms» Fairy Tales, a wicked old Queen is jealous of her daughter - in - law's beauty.

These multi-cultural eclipse folktales were researched and recorded by professional storytellers Cassandra Wye and Fran Stallings at the request of the Lunar and Planetary Institute, to engage a variety of audiences, particularly in preparation for the August 21 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.

A New - England Folktale, written & directed by Robert Eggers.

Narrated by Alfre Woodard, John Henry is the longest short on the entire Blu - ray, clocking in at just under 11 minutes, but it's exceedingly colorful and snappily paced, even as the adaptation of this well - known folktale reaches its tragic conclusion.

A Tale of Two Sisters is based on an old Korean folktale of two sisters so abused by the capriciousness of the world that they're forced to take refuge in one another and within themselves.

The Witch: A New - England Folktale is written and directed by first time director Robert Eggers.

Based on the folktale illustrated by Jan Brett.

On the screen appear short folktales posted by Ayesah and her fellow students, who look on.

In a modern childhood world, populated by Barbie and Harry Potter (not together, of course), schoolkids often know very little about the folktales of their own country and almost nothing about those from other parts of the world.

The Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By Web site is a treasure trove of fairy tales and folktales.

The outsider child gains power and recognition in this Nigerian folktale about the orphan Mbi, who is helped by a magic tree.

The tension in this Japanese folktale is heightened by the rich texture of the mixed - media illustrations.

Based on a folktale told by both Jews and Arabs, this tale of two brothers gives children hope for what the world might look like if people thought more about one another than themselves.

(Also keep an eye out for Annotated African American Folktales edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., coming November 14 from Liveright!)

Throughout the book, Danticat underscores her family's entanglement with Haitian politics and history by paralleling their lives to the characters in her Granmé Melina's folktales.

Stories inspired by Chinese folktales enliven this exciting saga about a young girl who embarks on a wild, mystical quest to reverse her family's bad luck.

Siberian cats are popular in Russian folktales and for some 1,000 years that they have been known in the country, they were considered as champions by household owners and shopkeepers because they keep mice away.

Australian artist Jayne Dyer's incredible installation of hundreds of polished steel butterflies soars skyward up the atrium wall, inspired by the famous Chinese folktale Butterfly Lovers.

I Feel Nothing is a video - poem inspired by a Palestinian folktale The Handless Maiden and Titian's painting Noli me Tangere c. 1514.

Simon Starling's film Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) critiques Moore's advocacy of nuclear energy by inserting him into a Japanese folktale about deceit and betrayal.

At the core of the exhibition is the artist's first major work, Aerospace Folktales (1973), an installation that was acquired by the Museum in 2015.

Installations by Jonas can be seen all day in the atmospheric subterranean setting of The Tanks, along with a piece by Jumana Emil Abboud based on Palestinian folktales.

1999 Five Decades of Drawings by John Biggers, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Aunt Dicey Tales: John Biggers» Drawings for the Folktale, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX

No matter our age, the folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 19th century never fail to enchant us.

Inspired by the Story of Shim Cheong, a Korea folktale as well as by Shakespeare's Ophelia, Lee JeeYoung made this installation by painting paper lotus and flooding the room with fog and carbonic ice in order to create a mystic atmosphere.