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A Children's Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales

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Overview

Hear the historic tales of your childhood from a professional storyteller and learn how they will shape the children of generations to come.

Syllabus

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  • 01: "Sleeping Beauty": Once Upon a Time
  • 02: "Beauty and the Beast" I: The Sleeping Prince
  • 03: "Beauty and the Beast" II: Being Brave
  • 04: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice": Transformations
  • 05: "Cinderella" I: If the Shoe Fits
  • 06: "Cinderella" II: Baba Yaga and Goddesses
  • 07: "Cinderella" III: The Mooing Godmother
  • 08: "The Brave Little Tailor": Giants!
  • 09: "Jack and the Beanstalk": Archetypes
  • 10: "Hansel and Gretel": Ogres
  • 11: "Rumplestiltzkin": Naming Our Fears
  • 12: Tom Thumb and Thumbelina: Little Heroes
  • 13: "Emperor's New Clothes": Looks Can Deceive
  • 14: "Town Musicians of Bremen": Unwanted Animals
  • 15: "Puss in Boots" and "The Frog Prince": Fitting In
  • 16: "Three Little Pigs": Third Time's a Charm
  • 17: "The Little Red Hen": Formula Tales
  • 18: "How the Camel Got His Hump": Pourquoi Tales
  • 19: Lions and Tigers and Bears: Fables
  • 20: "Snow White": Beauty and Handsomeness
  • 21: "Rapunzel": Maiden/Mother/Crone
  • 22: King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh: Heroic Quests
  • 23: American Tall Tales and Folk Songs
  • 24: Happily Ever After: How Our Stories End

Taught by

Hannah B. Harvey

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