tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post2602274860254077921..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Reading the Old to the YoungAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-2915355560933155002014-03-07T07:48:54.001-05:002014-03-07T07:48:54.001-05:00Thanks for the tip, Janice. I'll be sure to c...Thanks for the tip, Janice. I'll be sure to check her out.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-92062017331592009312014-03-06T21:01:32.857-05:002014-03-06T21:01:32.857-05:00These are all wonderful recommendations, Anne. We ...These are all wonderful recommendations, Anne. We have great memories of reading most of these to our daughters. I would like to suggest that an excellent reteller of both the Arabian Nights stories and those by Hans Christian Andersen is Naomi Lewis, who wrote in a literary but readable style. While most bookstores won't be carrying her books (Can the fairy-tale sections shrink any further?), they're readily available from online booksellers and from libraries.Durante/Westermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928687421928685003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-47889105408058921282014-03-06T09:02:19.829-05:002014-03-06T09:02:19.829-05:00There are so many!
And in addition to the joy of s...There are so many!<br />And in addition to the joy of story, many of them are pretty educational about different historical periods, too. When we read "Swiss Family Robinson" (fantasy too, in its own way, with animals from every continent lumped together indiscriminately!) P and T were pretty appalled by the casual cruelty that came out of the Lords of Creation attitude of the family. But at the same time they also enjoyed the creativity and hard work our heroes applied to making do. It's so important to expose kids to different ways of seeing the world, as well as different ways of writing about it.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-65464552311746538392014-03-04T12:13:53.782-05:002014-03-04T12:13:53.782-05:00Hooray for reading aloud "older books". ...Hooray for reading aloud "older books". Let me add "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling to the list, even if it may not quite be fantasy. My grandchildren loved this and I've read it to them more times than I can count.Paxnoreply@blogger.com