Storyland in Play

Title

en_US Storyland in Play

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Ada M. Skinner

Creator

en_US Skinner, Ada M.

Contributor

en_US Spoor, Mary L.

Date

2016-01-25T15:47:37Z

en_US 2013-07

en_US 1930

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:47:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 1915

Abstract

en_US This is the seventeenth book in the collection with Storyland in the title. This copy belonged to the Board of Education of New York City. Even those not explicitly described as dramas involve a good deal of quoted dialogue. Each story gets one duochrome brown and orange illustration. They seem to me adequate. The book is in good condition. Twelve fables are presented. First, there is something quite like Marrying the Mouse Daughter, namely The Little Mouse and the Fairy (11). The fairy transforms the frightened mouse into a cat, but then the cat is frightened of the dog. Several further transformations have a tiger that is still frightened. The fairy proclaims that she still has the heart of a mouse and so transforms her back into a mouse. She is still afraid of the cat! Grasshopper Green is another story I had not seen as a fable but it works very well as one (15). FG involves a second fox who laughs at the first (16). TH (29) includes a jingle on 31: Creep and no stop,/Beats hop, sleep, hop. The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts (41) is presented as a drama. So is A Lesson (42), but two children, and not a philosopher, discover that pumpkins are not acorns. GA is on 44. SW (49) is presented as a drama but follows the poorer form. OF is on 68. On 80, camel and pig dispute whether it is better to be tall or short. Each likes his own gift. TT on 92 gives a good line to the flying tortoise: Why shouldn't I fly? Of course that line does him in. Seeing the World (95) has a little mouse experiencing the cat and the rooster.

Identifier

en_US 9903 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76713

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Rand McNally & Company

en_US Chicago, IL

Subject

en_US PE1119.S55 1930

en_US Collection

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole