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Le Québec en contes et légendes
Par Michel Savage. 2007
"[...] Écrit de manière simple et accessible, [ce livre] raconte l'histoire romancée du Québec depuis ses débuts. Il parle de…
loups-garous, de feux follets, de diables, de revenants et de fantômes. Il répond aussi à des questions comme "D'où vient l'hiver ?", "Qui est le Bonhomme Sept-heures ?" ou "Comment a-t-on découvert le sirop d'érable?". Le Québec en contes et légendes est un heureux mélange d'histoires les plus connues de la tradition orale, de contes inédits et de faits historiques relégués aux oubliettes. Plusieurs textes connus ont été réécrits par les auteurs pour mieux captiver les lecteurs d'aujourd'hui, pour leur faire peur, pour les faire pleurer ou pour les faire rire. [...]" -- 4e de couvMyths
Par Tana Reiff. 1991
Collection of myths from Greece, where they were used to explain how the world came about and how things worked.…
Includes "Pandora's Box," "Midas and the Golden Touch," and several stories about the Trojan War. Uncontracted braille. 1991Les rapaillages: contes
Par Lionel Groulx. 2004
Recueil de contes paru en 1916. Ces "souvenirs composites où les personnages résument un type plus qu'ils n'évoquent une personne"…
constituent un authentique classique québécois. Ce sont, comme le note dans une pénétrante préface (p. 7-16) J. Ethier-Blais, "Les sublimes anecdotes de notre subconscient collectif". A noter que l'oeuvre fut écrite en 1915 et que l'auteur la décrit ainsi: croquis et souvenirs rapaillés le long des routes de chez nous (p. 17)Légendes et récits de la Côte Nord du saint-Laurent (Documents)
Par E. Lacasse. 1937
Fables
Par Tana Reiff. 1991
Sixteen of Aesop's fables, originating in early Greece. These stories, which present a moral or lesson, include the well-known tale…
of "The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf'," which teaches that if you often tell lies, no one will believe you when you tell the truth. Uncontracted brailleLes plus beaux mythes d'Asie: la Bible, l'Orient, l'Extrême-Orient
Par Viviane Koenig. 2002
"Les plus beaux mythes d'Asie, des pays bibliques jusqu'à l'Extrême-Orient, rassemblés en un volume pour découvrir et partager les récits…
millénaires de ce grand continent. Du sage Noé sauvé du Déluge, au dragon à huit têtes qui dévore les jeunes filles, voici quinze histoires où se mêlent les dieux, les hommes et les animaux". -- 4e de couvTales of wonder
Par Tana Reiff. 1993
"A tale of wonder is like a good dream--it's not real, but it's fun." Reiff's words introduce these ten tales…
from Russia, Japan, Norway, Venezuela, Vietnam, India, and elsewhere. Some teach a lesson about the risks of wanting too much. Others portray real-life activities, and some are just fun. Uncontracted brailleLe livre des dupes: contes d'Orient et d'ailleurs
Par Gilles Zenou. 1989
Legends
Par Tana Reiff. 1991
Nine famous legends from around the world retold in simple language. Begins with a West African tale about Anansi, the…
spider. Includes stories from Mexico, England, Canada, Persia, Switzerland, and Ireland. Uncontracted brailleTall tales
Par Tana Reiff. 1993
Seven tall tales from America, Ireland, Burma, and Syria. Includes the legendary Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill. The Irish tale…
"Oona and the Giants" tells how the wife of one giant outwits another giant. Uncontracted braille. 1993Folktales
Par Tana Reiff. 1991
Eight folktales from around the world. Some teach a lesson, while others are just fun. Includes "Lazy Jack" from England,…
"The Man in the Moon" from China, "The Shoes of Jewels" from Vietnam, and "Stone Soup," which comes from France, Sweden, and other countries. Uncontracted braille. 1991Fair is fair: world folktales of justice (American storytelling)
Par Sharon Creeden. 1994
International tales that relate to themes of law and justice. Traditional stories are used to illustrate a variety of modern…
legal issues and court cases. For example, the Danish fable "The Lawyer's Advice" elucidates the concept of the insanity defense. For high school and older readersOnce upon a galaxy
Par Josepha Sherman. 1994
Forty-two tales of folklore, fantasy, and science fiction. Five categories, each prefaced by an essay, include the fantastic voyage, the…
child who becomes a heroic leader, the hero ignorant of his origins, the quest for a magic item, and the cunning of the trickster. ViolenceWhere did Christmas come from?
Par Al Remson. 1996
The age of fable: Bulfinch's mythology
Par Thomas Bulfinch. 1995
A reprinting of the 1855 classic with a foreword by professor Norma Lorre Goodrich. Harvard-educated Bulfinch, a successful businessman, set…
out to counter common ignorance of mythology by presenting the stories as a "source of amusement." He details Greek and Roman legends from Prometheus to Aeneas and touches on the stories of Thor, the Druids, and othersSnow place like home: A christmas novel
Par Lacey Baker. 2023
On a rare trip home for the holidays, Ella may have finally uncovered the secret to a joy-filled future by…
getting lost in her past. Ella Wilson has avoided home and the holidays for nearly a decade. For her, the season is plagued by a jinx that's brought nothing but painful memories: her mother's death nearly two decades ago, her fiancé's abandonment last year, and now the loss of her job as an art curator. But without work to occupy her, home is exactly where Ella has ended up. And somehow, she's also been roped into planning the town's Christmas tree auction—side by side with her first love. Seth Hamil knows that home is where the heart is, and for him, it's always been the sleepy community of Bellepoint, Pennsylvania . . . and for a while in high school that included Ella Wilson. Since then, he's been married and widowed and has spent the year throwing himself into his career as a music teacher and trying to keep his wife's memory alive, starting with the church fundraiser she launched to support local kids. So, despite their history, Seth isn't about to let his wife's vision for the event be easily dismissed by Ella's temporary presence and big-city ideas. To find a way to work together, the two strike a deal: Ella can incorporate her splashy ideas into the auction if she will allow Seth to show her why Christmas is about more than decorations. Soon both begin to wonder whether fate has brought them together for a fresh start—and if Christmas wishes really can come true. A romantic holiday novel Perfect for fans of Nancy Naigle and Brenda Jackson Book length: 83,000 wordsThe scary book of christmas lore: 50 terrifying yuletide tales from around the world
Par Tim Rayborn. 2023
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen...but do you recall the most petrifying Christmas figures of all? Not…
all children fear just a lump of coal in their stockings. Discover the terrifying Yuletide fables that have horrified kids for generations. He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake. This lighthearted song is a bit more ominous in the context of other Christmas traditions. From beasts that threaten to cook children into stew to sinister crones who snatch little ones from their beds, you won't find any dancing sugar plums here. Outside of the heartwarming Christmas tales we all know and love, there are an abundance of frightening stories to chill all who hear them to the bone. Discover folklore from all corners of the world, including: Krampus (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and northern Italy), a demonic half-goat monster who drags chains and whips bad children with birch sticks, or stuffs them in his sack to take away The Kallikantzari (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey), goblins who come out during Advent to cause mischief Père Fouettard (France, Belgium, Switzerland), Saint Nicholas' eternal cannibal manservant who deals with naughty children Hans Trapp (Alsace-Lorraine, France), who roams the countryside disguised as a scarecrow and goes door to door on Christmas looking for children to feast upon Gryla (Iceland), the giant ogre who emerges from her cave on Christmas to hunt children and cook them into stew Mari Lwyd (Wales), a creature with a horse's skull and a long cloak that is followed by a group of chanting people Frau Perchta (Austria and Bavaria), who slits the bellies of bad children and stuffs them with straw These tales are sure to leave you wishing for the Grinch. Whether you are a fan of history and folklore, you love learning about different cultures, or you just want to give a holiday gift that will bring the joy of Christmas to that lucky someone (just kidding), The Scary Book of Christmas Lore is for you. 'Tis the season! Is it beginning look a lot like Christmas, yet?In the beginning: creation stories from around the world
Par Virginia Hamilton. 1988
Since the beginning of time, people have told stories of how the world came to be. This collection of twenty-five…
creation myths includes: "First Man, First Woman" from the Bible, "Bursting from the Hen's Egg" from China, and "An Endless Sea of Mud" from Africa. For high school and older readersMules and men
Par Zora Hurston. 1935
This collection includes seventy black American folktales, a series of hoodoo rituals, a glossary of folk speech, an appendix of…
folk songs, conjure formulas, root prescriptions, and a personal account of the author's collecting experiences. Its publication was historically important as the first book of African-American folklore collected by a black American and presented by a major publisher for a general audienceMythology
Par Edith Hamilton. 1942
Greek, Roman, and Norse myths retold, as nearly as possible, in the words of the poet or poets who told…
each story best. Considered a classic in its field, this retelling is appropriate for both casual readers and students