William J. Brooke

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Teller of Tales

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Teller of tales por William J. Brooke

Funny, and gentle. Teller the writer and the nice little girl who could cry to order. Much more streetwise than the innocent teller. The tales are twisted to make them more logical e.g. Why didbRumplstiltsin wnt the baby? Why didn't he lie about his name?

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Kattermole | 1 outra crítica | Dec 18, 2012 |

Untold tales por William J. Brooke

At first, I was going to give this book at 3 star. I had decided that after half way. I was not really all that inspired with the first 2 stories. The Last story was Really intriguing. Well at first it was really weird, and I thought to myself, "what is the point" I don't get it. But then The story was over and The last story was actually a continuation of it. Then I started to get excited. There was meaning, and then all three stories linked together! That is what gave me the initiative to give another star.
The reason why it is only 4 stars is simple, the whole grasping the bytes and hard drive, and linking the stories together would not have held fast to a child's mind and this book is meant for a child. If i had read this as a child I would have been totally lost in the last chapter. and I had a good imagination.… (mais)

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moonchildoxo | Nov 5, 2008 |

Teller of Tales por William J. Brooke

Deborah Stevenson (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December 1994 (Vol. 48, No. 4))
Brooke's first two books (A Telling of the Tales, BCCB 5/90, and Untold Tales, 9/92) were sophisticated, layered, and funny retellings of folklore; in Teller he has added another level-he is telling tales about retelling tales. The background story is that of an old man who is learning to tell old stories through the new medium of type; he is encouraged, taunted, and eventually loved as a father by a tough and streetwise young girl whom he takes into his home. Using these two characters sometimes as tale-telling mouthpieces and sometimes as folkloric dramatis personae, Brooke tells versions of "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Goldilocks," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Rumpelstiltskin," with the tales shaped to shed both light and mystery upon the relationship between the man, Teller, and the girl, whose name continually changes. This is conceptually elaborate but smooth and compact to read; the stories, which Teller says "are meant to illuminate the originals, not corrupt them," generally perform that task quite well, and the frequent wit lends a playfulness to the enterprise. The occasional paeans to the power of story are touched with a self-conscious sentimentality that crops up in the work as a whole now and then, but the book is still an entertaining and unusual read. In addition to fans of the earlier books, kids who liked The Magic Circle, or who regretfully think themselves too old for The Stinky Cheese Man, will appreciate the blend of tradition and exploration here. R--Recommended. (c) Copyright 1994, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1994, HarperCollins, 170p, $14.89 and $15.00. Grades 6-9… (mais)

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