The Garden Behind the Moon: A Real Story of the Moon Angel
Author:
Howard Pyle 
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Illustrator:
Howard Pyle Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1895 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre:
Classic Literature, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Tough Topic Discussion Books
Pages:
192
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In the fishing village where he lives, David sits alone by the shore at night, watching the path of light that stretches across the sea until it almost touches the moon. Wondering, where does it go? Then one day he hears a voice of the Moon-Angel.
Why not try the moon-path tonight?
As David will discover, the glimmering moonlit path leads to a magical world behind the moon—a beautiful garden. And golden riches and a great flying horse to whisk him back to earth. But first he will have to battle a giant.
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The Garden Behind the Moon: A Real Story of the Moon-Angel
Reprinted in 2005 by Dover Publications
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Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
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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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