I suppose I should mention that in sci.archaeology there is a current
discussion in the thread 'Evidence for a great flood' over the blurring of
fact and fiction in myth.
Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
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Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: outside over there
> on 26/2/05 8:30 AM, Alison Croggon at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> Books for young children
>> are a very particular gift, I think.
>
> Indeed. I listened to two specialist public librarians at Balwyn last
> week,
> an hour attended mostly by parents of toddlers. I was pleased one held up
> Where the Wild Things Are - once thought too scary in certain circles.
> Nursery rhymes and verse were strongly recommended - the librarians felt
> Mother Goose is not strong in many families nowadays - for the fun and for
> the stimulus to language... I went because at my wife's new speech therapy
> practice* she reckons I can read books and tell stories to boys who've
> missed out.
> A book I learned much from when my two kids were being read to -
>
> Elizabeth Cook,
> The Ordinary and the Fabulous:
> an introduction to myths legends and fairy tales for teachers and
> storytellers
> Cambridge University Press 1969.
>
> I wonder if it has a successor in the important task of leading us to the
> best (ie clear, resonant, etc) tellings of Greek, Northern, Arthurian etc
> myths, versions of Grimm, Andersen, etc. She led me to many Dover
> reprints,
> especially the four by Joseph Jacobs, of English and Irish folktales. 'The
> Hobyahs', for instance.
> As my wife is enlisting me as mentioned above, I may have a chance to try
> out some Homer for children, if I find a version listenable-to for today's
> kids.
>
> Max Richards
>
> *her first practice was called 'Cooee', and the new one is 'Express!'
> In the waiting room there is to be an HO-gauge 'reading express' under
> glass. She reckons it will be better than a goldfish tank. Reading
> Pennsylvania rolling-stock is being acquired.
>
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