Penny Pollock
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The slug who thought he was a snail door Penny Pollock
Early chapter book for those new readers. Sam the slug meets a snail who convinces him that he is not a slug, but a snail who has lost his home. Authors note includes brief information about slugs.
Ugh. Anya the ant is tired and doesn't want to work anymore. Then the nest is flooded and she realizes that work will be the only way for anyone to survive. From that point on there is just suffering and agony, for Anya and the young reader. Anya encounters challenge after challenge, her outlook (as well as that of the young eggs she is carrying) looks bleak, too bleak for the 1st grader who might happen upon this book. With all the great reads out there, this depressing tale can be skipped.
A poor orphan with no friends and no possessions, Turkey Girl eked out a living by caring for the turkeys which belonged to the more affluent families in her Zuni settlement, given scraps of food and rags in payment. When the Dance of the Sacred Bird is announced, she grieves that she is unable to attend, until the turkeys magically provide her with jewels and a beautiful dress. They warn her that she must return to them before sundown, or she will lose them forever, and she promises, but dancing can be addictive...
Adapted from a story in Frank Hamilton Cushing's 1901 Zuñi Folk Tales, this Zuni variant on the 'persecuted heroine' tale type (sometimes known as the 'Cinderella story') is quite unusual. It is more of a pourquoi story, explaining how turkeys came to live separately from humans, than it is a tale of a mistreated but kind girl getting her just reward, and it is quite atypical, in its unhappy ending. Penny Pollock's retelling here was engaging enough, although it didn't strike a strong chord with me. Similarly, the accompanying pastel and oil crayon illustrations from Ed Young didn't do much for me. I found them interesting, on the whole, but also thought them a little too blurry and indistinct. Tastes vary of course, so I'd still recommend The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story to young folktale lovers, as well as to readers interested in the Cinderella tale type in world folklore.… (meer)
Adapted from a story in Frank Hamilton Cushing's 1901 Zuñi Folk Tales, this Zuni variant on the 'persecuted heroine' tale type (sometimes known as the 'Cinderella story') is quite unusual. It is more of a pourquoi story, explaining how turkeys came to live separately from humans, than it is a tale of a mistreated but kind girl getting her just reward, and it is quite atypical, in its unhappy ending. Penny Pollock's retelling here was engaging enough, although it didn't strike a strong chord with me. Similarly, the accompanying pastel and oil crayon illustrations from Ed Young didn't do much for me. I found them interesting, on the whole, but also thought them a little too blurry and indistinct. Tastes vary of course, so I'd still recommend The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story to young folktale lovers, as well as to readers interested in the Cinderella tale type in world folklore.… (meer)
To a young girl who tends turkeys for a living, an opportunity to go to The Dance of the Scared Bird seems but a distant dream.
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- #97,994
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