tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344548830618247839.post2200021591903616831..comments2023-10-29T09:53:52.702-06:00Comments on The Earthly Paradise: Beautiful Children's Books: The Wild SwansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344548830618247839.post-35506960323793223682009-08-13T00:11:54.816-06:002009-08-13T00:11:54.816-06:00I found this story sitting in a pile of books in m...I found this story sitting in a pile of books in my 2nd grade class. I read it 3 or 4 times every week all though my 2nd grade year. Before i left at the end of the year, my teacher gave it to me a a gift beause i enjoyed it so much. i still have it and i start my first year of college in a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344548830618247839.post-43263991757143740402008-03-01T23:38:00.000-07:002008-03-01T23:38:00.000-07:00The Wild Swans! I love that story! Have you read t...The Wild Swans! I love that story! Have you read the retelling by Juliet Marillier? It's part of a trilogy actually. I'm still trying to figure out if I like them. The first one, the one based on The Wild Swans (and she says also The Children of Lir, though I guess the version I read was a different telling, because the only similarity is the Stepmother's transformation of the children into swans), is called Daughter of the Forest. I read it in high school so it's due for a re-read.skatejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774816589101208646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344548830618247839.post-34463234829693761632008-03-01T02:23:00.000-07:002008-03-01T02:23:00.000-07:00Dear Margaret,Your mother wishes to point out to y...Dear Margaret,<BR/>Your mother wishes to point out to your gentle readers that you were a model child in nearly every way (one doesn't wish to be immodest). Your proud maman was pleased to allow you unlimited access to the family library, while you remained comfortably nestled among the cushions in our best room. Of course, you carefully turned the pages with immaculately clean hands. Some of my personal favorite illustrated children's books are Nancy Ekholm Burkert's Snow White, Errol Le Cain's Snow Queen, and his Twelve Dancing Princesses. Le Cain's illustrations are very reminiscent of Edmund Dulac's--my favorite art nouveau illustrator.Thorsprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657577541627403938noreply@blogger.com