The role of objects and images in everyday life are illuminated incisively in Material Vernaculars, which combines historical, ethnographic, and object-based methods across a diverse range of material and visual cultural forms. The contributors to this volume offer revealing insights into the significance of such practices as scrapbooking, folk art produced by the elderly, the wedding coat in Osage ceremonial exchanges, temporary huts built during...

These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these thirty stories from Leicestershire and Rutland reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the counties and its people. Leicestershire and Rutland have a rich and diverse collection of tales, from stories of epic battles and heroic deeds to legends of mythical...

Abductors took the princess to the fearful forest; where the combined efforts and fighting skills of animal and human race is required to set her free.

The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. This title contains a little known French fairytale about a wicked blue bearded husband and the well-loved classic Puss in Boots. Richard Heighway's story specific text...

The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. H. Isabel Adams was chosen to illustrated Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb. Her black and white pen and ink drawings are full of emotion and magnificently complement...

Here is a collection of tales to send sleepyheads off to dreamland with visions of princesses, adventurers and emperors, an owl that marries a pussycat, and a walrus that walks with a carpenter. Fanciful tales of whimsy and fun are accompanied by art from the golden age of children's book illustration.

Nursery rhymes have entertained and educated children for hundreds of years. Enjoy reading these memorable rhymes to children and trust that you are instilling in them a love of reading and learning. Engaging illustrations from a collection of masters bring these whimsical tales to life.

Denise Roxanne Bunbury-Westford was born in Guyana, South America. She migrated to the United States in the mid 1990s with her son Marlon, and was joined by her husband Lindsley (Wayne) in 2004. The family currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Denise taught the Nursery Sunday School Class at her church for several years. It was her love for children and the many pleasant experiences she had working with them that inspired her to write childrens books....

Legends have a way of working themselves into our lives. You may not know the stories, but you know the signs. Discover the chilling tale of the jack-o-lantern, learn the legacy of the witch, and find out why you think breaking a mirror will have consequences… if you dare. Explore the origin stories of Halloween, witches, and different superstitions and how they came to be the versions we know today. Spooky Nonfiction Book Features: • After-reading...

If a story begins with "Once Upon A Time," it's a good bet it will end with "and they all lived happily ever after." Readers of all ages will delight in this collection of tales with fanciful beginnings and happy endings. For generations, readers have enjoyed the tales of Rapunzel and her golden locks, Red Riding Hood's close call, the Shoemaker's good fortune, and the cunning adventures of the Brave Little Tailor. Each tale is beautifully crafted...