Sentences with phrase «on 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.

REAGAN: Did you have to do any research on these folktales while writing The Serpent's Secret, or did you rely on your own memories and experiences?

I've been working on folktales.

One line from «Let It Rock» — «working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer» — led right into a mini-lesson on folktales and heroes like John Henry, and we compared working and living conditions from the past with today, which is California State Social Studies Standards 2.1

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?

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.

Based on the folktale illustrated by Jan Brett.

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.

Government through Education and Culture Department holds folktale recitation competitions occasionally to increase the interest of the youth on folktale.

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So i hardly think their opinion on fictional folktales characters matters much beyon explaining their bigotry and mysogeny.

A former student of mine traveled widely in a country that was closed to the Gospel, collecting the folktales of the people on a recording device.

On property his creativity inspires events, such as Folktale Chef Duels, as well as a chef's garden and along with his team - make Folktale Winery a California culinary destination.

The show at the Forest Theatre's outdoor amphitheater puts a spotlight on monsters and beasts that inhabit our dreams and folktales.

Since then they have created numerous shows based on favorite, familiar folktales and have toured throughout western New England.

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.

Mulan, Disney's retelling of the popular Chinese folktale, may seem its gutsiest choice yet, but on closer examination it's obviously less a matter of guts than careful calculation.

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.

Take any shot from Robert Eggers» assured debut - based on a New England folktale - and your spine will tingle.

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.

An impressive shot establishing Pumpkinhead as he strides into the skeleton of an old, broken - down church in blue half - light suggests more than the triumph of practical effects on a low budget and tight shooting schedule: it suggests that the film's simplicity could — should — be read as pagan folktale, complete with cautionary spiel, brutal exposition, and a surprisingly strong moral grounding.

«We were able to do what we do as teachers,» says theater arts teacher Judy Dove, who had students in her puppetry class make Asian - style rod puppets and write and perform folktales based on Popoviciu's Everest climb.

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Assess students based on their written reflections / critical thinking about the riddles behind the folktales.

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.

Despite her immigrant parents» obsession with Indian princesses and folktales, Kiranmala has always had a fairly normal life in a New Jersey town — until she arrives home on her twelfth birthday to find her parents gone, a mythical rakkosh demon waiting to ambush her, and two warrior princes who tell her that she's actually an Indian princess from another dimension, born to slay demons.

On one hand, they're fun and adventurous, whether you're talking Jack and the Beanstalk or these traditional Bengali folktales that I use in my story.

KELLER: I can't say too much, but I'm writing another middle grade, this one based on the Korean folktales my grandmother used to tell me.

An array of independent comics writers and artists present a panoply of Native American folktales centering on the trickster archetype.

AuthorImprints Services: eBook conversion, distribution, marketing on Amazon consulting About the book: Dolitsky and Michael have selected four of Nagishkin's folktales in which the Siberian tiger is closely associated with the main characters.

In warm, melodious tones Almasy deftly narrates this imaginative blend of traditional folktales and the harsh reality of a young girl's life in nineteenth - century Norway in an original and inspirational story based on the author's great - great - grandmother's immigration diary.

In this historical steampunk folktale, young William Everett is traveling across Canada on the maiden voyage of The Boundless.

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.

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.

I'm the creative half of indie duo Brain & Brain: drawer of beards and writer of salty exclamations in folktale adventure Burly Men at Sea, coming to both PS4 and PS Vita on September 19.

After interviewing refugees from Eritrea and Sudan seeking asylum in Israel, the artist made mixed - media works on paper, a book, and a video recounting their folktales and -LSB-...]

Weems (American, born 1953) began the work while completing an MFA at the University of California, San Diego, where the late artist Allan Sekula created a similar installation about this family, Aerospace Folktales (1973), on view in the historical wing of the museum during the run of the exhibition.

Enrique Martinez Celaya, The Folktale, 2017 oil and wax on canvas © Enrique Martinez Celaya.

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.

It reminded me of the powerful story, based on a West African folktale, that Mary Pat Champeau, director of education, shares every summer at IHE's student residency.