Sentences with phrase «traditional folktales»

An obsession with Lord of the Rings and traditional folktales inform her drawings, which frequently contain mountainous landscapes and unusual characters.

Some efforts have been done to translate Balinese folktale into English, but these efforts quite off the track to preserve and increase the knowledge of Balinese of their own traditional folktales.

The books draw from the traditional folktales of West Bengal, India and follow the interdimensional adventures of a 12 - year - old girl who finds out she's an Indian princess destined to slay blood - thirsty rakkhosh demons.

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.

Weaving together the story of their life with China's recent political history, as well as traditional folktales and myths, the Kitchen God illuminates the most impenetrable aspects the human condition.

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.

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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.

Included: Activities that involve students in dramatizing folktales, learning new words, preparing traditional foods, and much more!

In 2005 she launched the Children's Afghan Songbook & Literacy Project, an internationally recognized project that strives to preserve and redistribute traditional Afghan children's songs and folktales that were almost completely eradicated due to the devastation that has afflicted Afghanistan over the past 30 years.

Many kinds of traditional literature — folktales, legends, myths, fables, as well as short stories, poetry, and scenes from plays — enable and reward close reading.

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.

Juan Bobo Goes to Work is a retelling of a traditional Puerto Rican 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.

«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.

A traditional Southern folktale provides a hilarious lesson about work, ingenuity, and resourcefulness.

Visit the formal royal palace and Vat Xien Tong monastery, then catch a show at the Garavek Traditional Storytelling Theater, which tells traditional Laos folktales Traditional Storytelling Theater, which tells traditional Laos folktales traditional Laos folktales in English.

This modern drama enacted a story about Cupak, an antagonist in traditional Balinese folktale «Cupak and Grantang».

The reminiscence of traditional Balinese folktales can be found in the textbook of Balinese language lesson in elementary and junior high school.

The traditional Balinese folktales range from local tales to fables which are taken from Tantri story, transferred from older generation to the younger one every night before the young soundly asleep.