Just For Fun: A Collection of Stories & Verses
Illustrator:
Robert Lawson 
Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1940 by Rand McNally
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction
Pages:
64
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These gay stories and verses, lavishly illustrated by Robert Lawson in his most delightful manner, make a book every young boy and girl will cherish.
Here are amusing tales about wizards, dragons, princes in disguise, and fairy enchantments, mingled with jolly nonsense jingles and charming child poems—all chosen for their appeal to younger boys and girls. Among the distinguished writers for children who are represented here are Padraic Colum, Eunice Tietjens, Beatrice Curtis Brown, Laura E. Richards, Carol J. Sharp, Constance Savery, Anne Brewer, Mildred Plew Meigs, Nancy Byrd Turner, and Florence Page Jaques.
The wide variety of the selections offer ideal scope for Robert Lawson's distinctive style as an illustrator. The humor, fantasy, and rich imaginative quality of his work were never better displayed than they are in Just For Fun.
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Robert Lawson
1892 - 1957American
Robert Lawson is a native New Yorker who has become an ardent country dweller. He has built a charming house a few miles from Westport, Connecticut,... See more
Just For Fun: A Collection of Stories & Verses
Reprinted in 2013 by Dover Publications
Available formats: Paperback
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From the copyright page: "This Dover edition, first published in 2013, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Rand McNally & Company, New York, in 1940."
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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