Tag Archives: Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen’s Ring Out!, Tam Lin, Mother Goose Songbook, The Sleeping Beauty, and Touch Magic

Used bookstores are great places to find those books that you never expected to locate. A recent trip down a street near where we live yielded three books by Jane Yolen, a writer who has been called the American Hans … Continue reading

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Jane Yolen, Shulamith Oppenheim and Stefan Czernecki’s The Sea King

In Russian folklore, the Morskoi Tsar was the king of the sea. His daughters were beautiful maidens known as rusulkas who appeared on the water as swans, geese, ducks, or spoonbills. The sea king lived under the water in crystal … Continue reading

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Jane Yolen’s Mightier Than The Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys 

It is not only the sword that wields power, but also the mind, the heart, and the will. (from the cover) Standing around the virtual water cooler in the GMR break room recently — in between suggesting names for the newest pet … Continue reading

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On Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose

I’ve so many favorite Yolen stories and I am so grateful to her for them all, but I suppose that right now my favorite is ‘Briar Rose’, her re-telling of Sleeping Beauty within the framework of the Holocaust. There are … Continue reading

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