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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 brailleHistoires des Arméniens: un peuple du Caucase (Contes et mythes de la Terre)
Par Reine Cioulachtjian. 2007
"Aux confins de l'Asie et de l'Europe, à l'ombre des montagnes du Caucase et de l'Ararat, les hauts plateaux arméniens…
ont longtemps supporté le passage des invasions. Opprimé par les différents envahisseurs, le peuple arménien a cherché refuge dans les contes et légendes, et imaginé ainsi une vie plus conforme à ses valeurs et à sa vision du monde... Ainsi sont nés dans la conscience populaire des Arméniens les personnages de la reine Sémiramis, des deux amis liés jusque dans la mort, du roi coléreux ou du marchand d'oies dégourdi. Ces récits évoquent les images et les croyances d'un peuple encore mal connu, et nous restituent toute la sagesse et l'esprit de ses vieux conteurs." -- 4e de couvTall 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 readersPays légendaires (B.a.-ba)
Par Daniel Kircher. 2004
"À toutes les époques, y compris la nôtre, l'humanité a cru à l'existence de pays qu'elle ne connaissait que par…
ouï-dire. Ces contrées lui ont paru si fascinantes que des aventuriers, des savants, et même des papes, se sont mis à leur recherche. Ce B.A.BA des pays légendaires nous fait découvrir ces destinations fabuleuses : l'Atlantide, bien sûr, recherchée par les Modernes plus encore que par les Anciens, le Pays d'Ophir, célèbre pour ses richesses, Thulé et l'Hyperborée. Mais aussi le royaume du Prêtre Jean, le Vinland et le fameux El Dorado. Ainsi que, plus près de nous, le continent Mu découvert par le colonel Churchward et l'extraordinaire royaume souterrain d'Agartha. L'auteur analyse strictement les débuts de leur légende, en décrit le développement et les conditions, parfois burlesques, souvent tragiques, qui ont présidé à la recherche de ces contrées considérées comme le Paradis perdu par toutes les générations." -- 4e de couvOnce 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 othersWarrior girl unearthed
Par Angeline Boulley. 2023
"Isabella Star LaBlanc, a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota narrator, accurately delivers Native intonations and rhythms while narrating a second book about…
an Indigenous heroine from Sugar Island, Michigan. LaBlanc excels at weaving a gripping plot, Perry's snarky wisdom, and a lyrical blending of languages." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner) "LeBlanc's captivating voice draws readers in, expressing every mundane, sweet, heartbreaking, and life-threatening moment." — School Library Journal "Isabella Star LaBlanc brings an authentic-sounding narration to this powerful audiobook. " — AudioFile on Firekeeper's Daughter From the New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter comes a thrilling YA mystery about a Native teen who must find a way to bring an ancestor home to her tribe. Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she's stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program, Team Misfit Toys, and even her twin sister Pauline. Together they ace obstacle courses, plan vigils for missing women in the community, and make sure summer doesn't feel so lost after all. But when she attends a meeting at a local university, Perry learns about the "Warrior Girl", an ancestor whose bones and knife are stored in the museum archives, and everything changes. Perry has to return Warrior Girl to her tribe. Determined to help, she learns all she can about NAGPRA, the federal law that allows tribes to request the return of ancestral remains and sacred items. The university has been using legal loopholes to hold onto Warrior Girl and twelve other Anishinaabe ancestors' remains, and Perry and the Misfits won't let it go on any longer. Using all of their skills and resources, the Misfits realize a heist is the only way to bring back the stolen artifacts and remains for good. But there is more to this repatriation than meets the eye as more women disappear and Pauline's perfectionism takes a turn for the worse. As secrets and mysteries unfurl, Perry and the Misfits must fight to find a way to make things right – for the ancestors and for their community. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & CompanyThe 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 readers