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Robert D. San Souci (1946–2014)

Autor(a) de The Talking Eggs

81+ Works 10,022 Membros 465 Críticas 2 Favorited

About the Author

Robert D. San Souci was born on October 10, 1946 in San Francisco, California. He attended college at St. Mary's College in Moraga. After holding jobs in book stores and in publishing, he became a full-time author in 1974. He was best known for his adaptations of folklore for children. During his mostrar mais lifetime, he wrote more than 100 books for young readers including Song of Sedna, Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend, The Talking Eggs, Two Bear Cubs, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Brave Margaret: An Irish Tale, Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow, and Cinderella Skeleton. He wrote 12 books which were illustrated by his younger brother Daniel San Souci including The Legend of Scarface, Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females, and As Luck Would Have It: From The Brothers Grimm. He also wrote nonfiction works for children, several novels for adults, and the film story for Disney's Mulan. The Legend of Scarface won the Notable Children's Trade Book in the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies, and was a Horn Book honor list citation. Sukey and the Mermaid won the American Library Association's Notable Book citation in 1992 and Cut from the Same Cloth won an Aesop Award from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society. He died on December 19, 2014 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Robert D. San Souci

The Talking Eggs (1989) 1,799 exemplares
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims (1991) 782 exemplares
Cinderella Skeleton (2000) 614 exemplares
The Faithful Friend (1995) 490 exemplares
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (1998) 480 exemplares
Sukey and the Mermaid (1992) 230 exemplares
The Boy and the Ghost (1989) 185 exemplares
Young Arthur (1997) 179 exemplares
Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure (1999) 174 exemplares
Young Guinevere (1993) 171 exemplares
Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend (1995) 168 exemplares
Young Lancelot (1996) 125 exemplares
A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale (1998) 124 exemplares
The Hired Hand (1997) 118 exemplares
Song of Sedna (1981) 112 exemplares
Young Merlin (1990) 104 exemplares
Robin Hood And The Golden Arrow (2010) 102 exemplares
The Samurai's Daughter (1992) 84 exemplares
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1986) 81 exemplares
The Christmas Ark (1991) 80 exemplares
More Short & Shivery (1994) 79 exemplares
The Enchanted Tapestry (1986) 72 exemplares
Nicholas Pipe (1997) 65 exemplares
The Well at the End of the World (2004) 56 exemplares
The Secret of the Stones (2000) 50 exemplares
The Red Heels (1996) 46 exemplares
Larger Than Life (1991) 43 exemplares
Six Foolish Fishermen (2000) 43 exemplares
The Firebird (1976) 41 exemplares
The Hobyahs (1994) 39 exemplares
Tarzan (1999) 38 exemplares
The Snow Wife (1993) 35 exemplares
The Reluctant Dragon (2004) 35 exemplares
Pedro and the Monkey (1996) 34 exemplares
The Birds of Killingworth (2002) 32 exemplares
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear (2000) 28 exemplares
The Silver Charm (2002) 27 exemplares
The Brave Little Tailor (1982) 21 exemplares
As Luck Would Have It (2008) 19 exemplares
Zigzag (2005) 18 exemplares
Peter and the Blue Witch Baby (2000) 15 exemplares
Blood Offerings (1985) 14 exemplares
Emergence (1985) 14 exemplares
The Six Swans (1989) 13 exemplares
The Dreaming (1989) 13 exemplares
Giant Short & Shivery (1998) 12 exemplares
The House in the Sky (1996) 11 exemplares
Spännande spökhistorier (1998) 1 exemplar
Casey's Color Surprise (1985) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Mulan [1998 film] (1998) — Screenwriter — 811 exemplares
Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (2006) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
San Souci, Robert D.
Data de nascimento
1946-10-10
Data de falecimento
2014-12-19
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
San Francisco, California, USA
Local de falecimento
San Francisco, California, USA
Locais de residência
San Francisco, California, USA
Educação
St. Mary's College (BA|Creative Writing)
Ocupações
bookstore manager
copy editor
screenwriter
Relações
San Souci, Daniel (brother)
San Souci, Michael (brother)

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Robert Daniel San Souci (October 10, 1946 – December 19, 2014) was a multiple award-winning children's book author, who resided in San Francisco, California. He often worked with his brother, Daniel San Souci, a children's book illustrator. He was a consultant to Disney Studios and was instrumental in the production of the film Mulan, for which he wrote the story. He studied folklore in graduate school. He died after suffering a head injury due to a fall in San Francisco in December 2014. [from Wikipedia]

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Based on a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Using various objects, such as a spoon, a wooden rolling pin, a piece of burlap material for the jacket, a pumpkin, and spindly wood for legs and arms, the old witch, Mother Rigby, who lives in a hoven in New England with her black cat, used her broomstick to conjure up the objects to make a dandy looking man. With a dusty tri colored hat , worn red britches worn silk stockings and a tarnished buckle, he became a handsome man.

Sending him on the path of Judge Goodkin to trance his beautiful daughter, the dapper looking man instantly fell in love with Mistress Goodkin. Polly brought him inside to meet her father. walking away, she realized she was in love with with the handsome man. Looking in the mirror in the hall as Polly walked in front of him, he did not see a handsome man, but the scarecrow.

When Polly saw the scarecrow, she cried, remembering the handsome man that she longed for. No matter what, if he was a scarecrow or a handsome man, she loved him and visited the field where he stood, she continue to visit him each day.

Mother Rigby dared to say she was not a witch and thus broke the spell. And together they walked away hand in hand.
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Whisper1 | Mar 17, 2024 |
This is taken from the American South, specifically the Creole collection of Louisiana stories.

As a young girl, a widow with two daughters lived in a poor farm. They hoped their luck would change so that they could be well-dressed and successful high-born ladies. Mean and cross, they and their mother loved to bully Blanche, the youngest child. She did all the work around the house and was severely punished for no reason. While performing the task of obtaining cold water, Blanche was found by an old lady dressed in a black garment. When she gave the old lady some cold water, the lady walked far into the woods.

When Blanche returned to nasty group, she cried and in despair, ran away. She found the old woman who treated her well. She was tested when asked not to laugh at what she will find at the elder woman's house. While she found some very silly things, still, she did not laugh.

After a period of time, she was told to return to her original home. but before leaving, she was told to collect eggs in the hen house. She was instructed only to take the eggs that said "Take me," Those that were heavily jeweled and gold and silver were to be left alone, and when they said "Don't Take Me," Blanche needed to heed the instructions. Told to toss the eggs over her shoulders one at a time, she received many treasures.

The wicked mother was able to gain information from Blanche regarding the treasures, and she and the other two daughters went to the house of the old lady. Laughing at the objects Blanche did not, and collecting all the eggs, Throwing them over their shoulders did not accomplish the gift of jewels, rather there were nasty animals that could harm them.

The end of the story: Blance left the wicked family and living the life of a grand lady. Whit for the remaining years of their lives, the mother and sisters tried, but never could find the old lady again.
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Whisper1 | 92 outras críticas | Dec 9, 2023 |
Great book for kids who enjoy scary stories. I first read this when I was about 9 or 10 years old. Upon re-reading some of the stories came back to me, some didn't. The stories are mostly re-tellings of folk tales and there is a note at the beginning of each saying what region the story comes from. I think it's cool that the author wrote an appendix so you can research the stories more and maybe track down the original wording of a particular one.
 
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LynnMPK | Jul 1, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
81
Also by
2
Membros
10,022
Popularidade
#2,377
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
465
ISBN
332
Línguas
4
Marcado como favorito
2

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