Twice Upon a Time: A Guide to Fractured, Altered, and Retold Folk and Fairy Tales

by Catharine Bomhold, Terri Elder

Overview

Create dynamic story or theme units, booktalks, and other activities with this lively, comprehensive guide to more than 300 fractured, altered, and otherwise retold classic folk and fairy tales presented in picture books for K-5 students. Annotations describe each book, explaining how it diverges from the original. Settings and themes are highlighted and extras such as author's notes and glossaries are noted. Organized by original story (Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and so forth) and then by author, all entries also provide full bibliographic information. Indexes offer access by author, title, illustrator, location, and motif. This thorough and authoritative reference is also useful for collection development and reader's advisory, and researchers and students who are mapping story variations will find it invaluable. Grades K-5.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591583905
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/2008
Series:	Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Catharine R. Bomhold is assistant professor of library and information science and director of the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Terri E. Elder is a school media specialist with the Birmingham (AL) Public School District.

Table of Contents

Preface
Beauty and the Beast
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brenmen Town Musicians
Cinderella
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
The Emperor's New Clothes
Goldilocks
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Little Red Hen
The Pancake
The Princess and the Pea
Rapunzel
Red Riding Hood
Rumpelstilskin
The Shoemaker and the Elves
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Stone Soup
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs
Tortoise and the Hare
The Turbanip
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Ugle Duckling
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Bibliography
Author Index
Title Index
Illustrator Index
Country/Culture Index
Motif Index

Editorial Reviews

This reference title is a complete and comprehensive guide to more than 300 fractured, altered, and otherwise retold classic folk and fairy tales. . . . The numerous variants of titles like Cinderella, The Little Red Hen, Stone Soup, The Three Little Pigs, and a bevy of other originals, as well as annotations that explain the story variations, make this guide a wonderful tool for collection development purposes. Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

“This would be a useful work for those interested in either serious folklore or new approaches to old tales…it is the most complete of its kind, is well-researched and of obvious use to the right professionals.” —The Australian Library Jourbanal

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