Tales from Silver Lands

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I tried to read them faster and faster. These tales come from such diverse places as Honduras, the Orinoco region of Venezuela, Guiana, Cape Horn, Brazil, the Andes, the southern Patagonia area of Argentina, Chile, the pampas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, and Bolivia. Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award-winning collection of 19 South American folktales. short review. I have to do one book at a time. In them an assortment of animals, magical creatures, witches, giants, and children struggle for a life in which good overcomes evil. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! They stress the importance of close relationships, hard work, bravery, gentleness, and beauty, and contain colorful explanations of natural phenomena.In the canon of Newbery winners, there isn't a lack of stinkers. Here is the link to that large selection discount online bookseller. The book is a collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations of Central and South America.

In fact, it was from Hamilton that I procured my copy of the above book as part of a larger order. Even with a few boring bits, I think the cute pieces can pull the weight without too much trouble.A very pleasant book of retellings of folktales from all over South America, first published in 1925. Not an especially fun read. Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Joseph Finger, 1924, Doubleday & Company edition, in English We used to take our kids to storytellers. Quirky little stories, some were okay, others made me wonder what I just read. It took longer to read for a variety of reasons, all of them having to do with my life, not the book.

We read of giants or ogres, talking animals, magical beings, witches, and jealous, scheming, greedy stepmothers, and animals in human form in these stories. In them an assortment of animals, magical creatures, witches, giants, and children struggle for a life in which good overcomes evil. Someone else needs to illustrate them, too. These are indigenous stories that sample the folklore of the individual groups that the author came in contact with during his travels nearly a century ago.As with many folk tales the world over, there is often a conflict between good and evil that is resolved through struggle and personal sacrifice, with the good – the hero or heroine – eventually overcoming their adversaries.

Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking animals, witches, giants, and ordinary people in supernatural settings provide remarkable insights into regional values and culture.The first of the stories, “A Tale of Three Tails,” tells of an age when the rat had a tail like a horse, the rabbit had a tail like a cat, and the deer’s tail was plumed like the tail of a dog. Some people will like them while others will not. These fast-moving and adventuresome fantasies provide insight into the values and culture of native South American peop In them an assortment of animals, magical creatures, witches, giants, and children struggle for a life in which good overcomes evil.

Nothing yet! The cold open, where Finger meanders through a Honduran village and ends up hearing a story is a usual bit of business in folktale collections in the first half of the 20th century that is supposed to give the author credibility (they got the story from an actual person) and also provide the appropriate setting for the tale. Jolting English the wasn't trying to reconstruct the Spanish.

Tales from silver lands by Finger, Charles Joseph, 1869-1941; Honoré, Paul, 1885-1956. But even more were just tedious. My favorite was the story of Nasca and the fox-faced man.

That being said, I enjoyed This book has 19 folk and fairy tales from Finger’s travels in South America. I was going to return it to the library but then I came upon a webpage of Newberry winners which also does short reviews.Thanks to the Goodreads book summary, I know that these stories are folktales collected by Finger in South America. Here is the link to their website.Some Dover titles can also be found at reduced prices over at Hamilton Books. Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award–winning collection of 19 South American folktales. To find out, you will have to read the stories.Spooky wooden block printed illustrations and the most boring collection of folk lore short stories I’ve ever read. So I've some familiarity with Anansi and Coyote tales. ISBN: 978-0-486-82093-4 Softcover, 225 pages. It was just bad. I really wanted to like it, and can not understand how these folktales could be written in such as way that I can’t remember half of them. This is a Newberry book and quite enjoyable- I think children would really enjoy its I actually found the reviews of this book much more interesting that the short stories in the book itself. Reading some of the Goodreads reviews on this one, it comes in for a lot of poor marks, too. You should let Charles know that you want more details about Tales from Silver Lands! Just bad. Reading folk tales and short stories has been very enjoyable over the years for me.

These fast-moving and adventuresome fantasies provide insight into the values and culture of native South American peoples. And where one of these stories might be a treat, nineteen of these stories are an annoyance. Copyright 2020 by BookRags, Inc.