Sentences with phrase «for folktales»

This lively, humorous retelling of a traditional tale in an unusual and modern setting engendered the usual concerns about cultural stereotyping, the provision of sourcing (always an issue for folktales), and the portrayal of a generic «Africa» — as well as plenty of admiration.

If there is justice in the universe, Stanton and Judge Hoskins will meet in the Home Run Derby final, and they'll be responsible for folktales that are told after the collapse of civilization.

That same notion is the basis for a folktale about a man who died and went to the place of souls.

Lushly illustrated, this will be a sparkling treasure for folktale collections.

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

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That doesn't change the fact that the New Testament is a collection folktales that were intermingled with real life politics and intended for an audience of jewish xenophobes.

To give a more immersive experience to kids at the resort, there are also Spanish and cultural lessons, barro clay pottery painting, bilingual folktales and cooking classes tailored for the youngsters.

Loosely based on the folktale about the three little pigs, these three pigs have a different surprise for the wolf who is trying to blow their houses down.

Science Punk blogger Swain connects the undead dots from Haitian folktales to CIA mind - control research as he hunts for definitive proof of zombiism.

«This is an important innovation because despite centuries of scholarship there exist many unresolved questions about the... evolution for different folktale traditions,» says Robert Ross, a psychologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, who has studied the origins and transmission of folktales.

Still, he says, «I have some concerns about whether or not the particular folktale dataset he has used is appropriate for phylogenetic analysis.»

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.

As it draws to a close and the forest's sinister forces begin to reveal themselves, our characters descend deeper into hysteria, and the true breadth of the story and these actors» talents bubble to the surface for a superb, ensemble - driven folktale that chills to the bone.

Rafael Motamayor chats with writer / director Sebastian Gutierrez, and stars Carla Gugino and Abbey Lee on folktales, directing your partner, fainting in the theater and more... Where did you get the idea for Elizabeth Harvest?

Jessica Oreck's fantastical work combines animation, traditional storytelling, and contemporary nonfiction filmmaking styles to recount the Slavic folktale of the frightful Baba Yaga, a witch said to live in a woodland hut perched on chicken legs who roasts her guests for dinner.

A folktales project is behind schedule because of lack of electricity, lack of heat in the school — which kept students home for several weeks — and infrequent access to computers at their school.

For older kids, it leads to a study of oriental cultures or folktales.»

Folktales of Cooperation for Your K - 3 Class Are you looking for a fun and effective way of promoting the spirit of cooperation in your K through 3 classroom?

For older students: Have students use print or online sources to research and select the folktales, fairytales, or myths for their plaFor older students: Have students use print or online sources to research and select the folktales, fairytales, or myths for their plafor their plays.

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For younger students: Help the class work together to create a play or skit about one folktale, fairy tale, or myth.

A folktale lesson about the «The Crane Maiden,» for example, should include vocabulary like crane, marsh, loom, and quilt.

Folktales of Cooperation for Your K - 3 Class Are you looking for a fun and effective way of promoting the spirit of cooperation in your K through 3 classrooms?

Length: 10.47 minutes The Stonecutter - folktale from Japan An unhappy Stonecutter sees a Lord Mayor and wishes for the Lord Mayor's life, through the magic of stories his wish is granted.

Have students write their explanations for the riddles in these stories: All for a Paisa» This folktale from India shares how a seemingly lazy boy is able to prove his worth — and the worth of a paisa coin — to his disbelieving father.

In this folktale, the town of Barletta faces destruction until Zia Concetta asks the town's giant statue for help.

For example, a project for fourth - graders involves reading folktales and reviewing cartooFor example, a project for fourth - graders involves reading folktales and reviewing cartoofor fourth - graders involves reading folktales and reviewing cartoons.

Luckily, the Bishop Museum Press had just published Mary Kawena Pukui's bilingual collection of Hawaiian folktales, and breaking my department's copying budget, I set about using it as the basis for a semester long project on family folk stories incorporating oral, written, and visual presentations.

Located at the Folktale Winery, over 150 influential individuals enjoyed a night of exquisite wine, gourmet food and the beauty of both historic and current Alfa Romeo vehicles for a night to remember!

Ideal for reading aloud, this sparkling, original story about Silly Bear, who unwittingly gets the best of a stingy fox, has the feel of a traditional folktale.

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.

In this plucky contemporary rendition of an ancient Buddhist folktale, Kapi the monkey king knows that human greed for the mangoes will destroy their home, and risks his life to save his people.

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

Just as reading a Russian folktale inspired her to write The Snow Child, so too did the concept for Eowyn Ivey's second novel arise from a piece of literature - this time on the fragile pages of a rare book she discovered at the bookshop where she worked.

Virginia Hamilton, the first Black to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant, won the Coretta Scott King Award for The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales.

«Theres not a lot of traditional material for kids being produced in Australia,» says Sophie Masson, one of the co-founders of Christmas Press, a new boutique picture book publisher with a focus on folktales and traditional stories.

Even if I could create a collection of «books I got free» it would be a lower to - read priority than the books of Siberian and Alaskan folktales and mythology I've been reading for research.

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.

- Explore volcanic islands - Stargaze for Northern Lights - Viking folktales from locals - Relax in natural hot pools - Glaciers, volcanoes, & waterfalls - Stay in the Icelandic Countryside

Stella was drawn to folktales for their simplicity and fantasy and for their potential to be narrated in term...

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.

If you look at The Folktale painting, for example, something happened a while ago and now things are calm once again.

«Works like Aerospace Folktales altered the way in which documentary photography was conceptualized and used in contemporary art, and the work continues to be an urgent model for representing the political and social realities of our world.»

Setting the tone for the exhibition, her wailing figuration calls to mind the haunting incarnations of the weeping woman in folktales, wandering the liminal space between the living and the dead, keening for lost loves.

Day mines these themes for their symbolism as he explores the psychological, sexual, mythic, and moral subplots of folktales.

Translated into English, the title means «The Peacock Feather» and is named for an Italian folktale that reminds us of the artist's ancestry in Sicily.

«Pile up» — the accumulation of the history of her images / Dating as far back as our earliest folktales, advocates for mythical behavior.

In references, for example, to nineteenth - century American clipper ships, Civil War battles, endangered and extinct birds, Formula 1 racetracks, Italian folktales, and Herman Melville's Moby - Dick, the titles add another sensuous dimension to Stella's richly layered art.

Responsible for interpreting folktales in a dramatic way and adapt them for short performances