Leprechauns Never Lie
Author:
Lorna Balian
Illustrator:
Lorna Balian
Publication:
1980 by Abingdon Press
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
48
Current state:
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The thatch needs patching,
the potatoes need digging,
the firewood needs gathering,
and the water barrel needs filling
at the hut of Gram and Ninny Nanny.
But Gram is ailing—and Ninny Nanny
is just plain lazy!And that is that—
until Ninny Nanny has a grand idea.
She'll catch a leprechaun, who's
bound by fairy law to tell where his
gold is hidden, and all their problems
will be solved!She easily captures one of the wee men,
From the dust jacket
but discovers that finding his gold
requires more than a little effort.
Can it really be true that
leprechauns never lie?
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1929 - 2016American
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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.
View on the The Literary Life site
"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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