Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts

Author: Craig Phillips
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 192557685X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
A cobbler girl tricks the Wawel Dragon, after all the king's knights fail... The Polar Bear King loses his skin... Momotaro, born from a peach, defies the ogres everyone else is too scared to face... Snow White and Rose Red make friends with a bear... From Poland to Iceland, Japan to Germany, these ten fairytales from across the globe re-told as comics will have you enthralled. Giants! Trolls! Witches! Beasts! You will encounter them all in this visual cornucopia of a book. 'Magnificent storytelling...I can't remember when I have read classic fairytales that have been presented with more life, charm, and heart than in this wonderful book.' TED NAIFEH, Eisner-Award-nominated creator of the Courtney Crumrin series 'Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts is not only a collection of terrific tales from around the world; it is also a feast for the eyes.' CAROLE WILKINSON, bestselling author of the Dragonkeeper series

Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts

Author: Craig S. Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760630027
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Diverse myths and legends from around the world, from Iceland to Poland to Japan, retold in comic book form by a Australian artist.

Storytelling

Author: Janice M. Del Negro
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
This book serves as both a textbook and reference for faculty and students in LIS courses on storytelling and a professional guide for practicing librarians, particularly youth services librarians in public and school libraries. Storytelling: Art and Technique serves professors, students, and practitioners alike as a textbook, reference, and professional guide. It provides practical instruction and concrete examples of how to use the power of story to build literacy and presentation skills, as well as to create community in those same educational spaces. This text illustrates the value of storytelling, covers the history of storytelling in libraries, and offers valuable guidance for bringing stories to contemporary listeners, with detailed instructions on the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories. It also provides guidance around the planning and administration of a storytelling program. Topics include digital storytelling, open mics and slams, and the neuroscience of storytelling. An extensive and helpful section of resources for the storyteller is included in an expanded Part V of this edition.

Fantastical Creatures and Magical Beasts

Author: Shannon Knudsen
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0822599872
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Meet some of the magical creatures people have invented throughout history.

Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits

Author: Emily Hibbs
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1838741410
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Deep in the library is a book that tells of giants and elves, woffs and deer foxes, and all manner of creatures from the Wilderness to the center of Trolberg. Those who wish to learn will glean all the knowledge they need from Hilda's own copy of this fascinating compendium of beasts and spirits. For fans of Netflix's hit animated Hilda series, this gorgeous guide to creatures from tiny to giant will keep young adventurers spellbound, with a behind-the-scenes bestiary that teaches Hilda fans everything they'll want to know about the fauna of Trolberg, featuring trivia and brand new art! A perfect companion book to Hilda's Sparrow Scout Badge Guide.

Wizards and Witches

Author: Ann Kerns
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 082259983X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
An introduction to magical beings, wizards and witches.

The Troll Inside You

Author: Ármann Jakobsson
Publisher: punctum books
ISBN: 1947447009
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
What do medieval Icelanders mean when they say "troll"? What did they see when they saw a troll? What did the troll signify to them? And why did they see them? The principal subject of this book is the Norse idea of the troll, which the author uses to engage with the larger topic of paranormal experiences in the medieval North. The texts under study are from 13th-, 14th-, and 15th-century Iceland. The focus of the book is on the ways in which paranormal experiences are related and defined in these texts and how those definitions have framed and continue to frame scholarly interpretations of the paranormal. The book is partitioned into numerous brief chapters, each with its own theme. In each case the author is not least concerned with how the paranormal functions within medieval society and in the minds of the individuals who encounter and experience it and go on to narrate these experiences through intermediaries. The author connects the paranormal encounter closely with fears and these fears are intertwined with various aspects of the human experience including gender, family ties, and death. The Troll Inside You hovers over the boundaries of scholarship and literature. Its aim is to prick and provoke but above all to challenge its audience to reconsider some of their preconceived ideas about the medieval past.

Aroha's Way

Author: Rebekah Lipp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781761214677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Typhon and the Winds of Destruction

Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442488441
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
The Olympians must face the fierce giant Typhon in order to find magic seeds that will help grow the earth after the terrible drought brought upon the land by Hyperion.

Battle Drift

Author: Todd Strasser
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416905820
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Kennin is determined to go legit despite the popularity he has gained with racing, but when his sister's boyfriend starts causing trouble, Kennin decides he must put his family first and accept the risks involved.