tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post5679165701117519806..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Almira and the Robbers (in Felt)Saints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-64620925385598099252007-07-12T09:28:00.000-07:002007-07-12T09:28:00.000-07:00LSM: This is why, when I went into the schools to ...<B>LSM</B>: This is why, when I went into the schools to do summer reading programs, I told a lot of the older folktales to the older kids. Captive audiences! They can't go anywhere for 45 minutes! Mwa ha ha... cough, cough, oh my, it really hurts to talk straight from 8:30 am to 2:15 pm with a 1/2 hour lunch break.<BR/><BR/><B>Adrienne</B>: Thanks! The thing these old folktales <I>don't</I> have that a lot of modern-day stories do have is gratuitious violence. Fairy-tale violence is swift and just (not merciful). <BR/><BR/><B>Jules</B>: I need to find that interview. Too materialistic? Rather, the mommy and the daddy keep buying the baby things that <I>break</I>. What's up with that?:)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-25253074752393803502007-07-12T06:11:00.000-07:002007-07-12T06:11:00.000-07:00I do tend to remove violence when talking to littl...I do tend to remove violence when talking to little children, as I think the violent ones are really for older children (who, in our culture, wouldn't listen to them).Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-53645439659254857112007-07-11T16:37:00.000-07:002007-07-11T16:37:00.000-07:00I love that particular raccoon. That purplish blu...I love that particular raccoon. That purplish blueish color is lovely, and I like the white stripes on the tail. <BR/><BR/>I always feel like I want to trust traditional tales, even when something about them doesn't make sense to me. I mean, there has to be *some* reason they've lasted so long, eh? I try not to change them, especially not for reasons that mostly make adults feel better. (When I tell the Three Little Pigs, for ex., I always have the wolf eat the first two pigs, which the kids take in total stride: those pigs are paying for doing something dumb. It may be sad, but it's not like it's way out there, either, at least IMHO.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-60782857973950523772007-07-11T15:58:00.000-07:002007-07-11T15:58:00.000-07:00AMEN to that boo and hiss and grumble. That bugs m...AMEN to that boo and hiss and grumble. That bugs me, too. I have complained on the blog before about Sylvia Long's complaint in her picture book adaptation of "Hush, Little Baby" that it was "too materialistic." Oh puhleeez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-48235755913786743822007-07-10T14:23:00.000-07:002007-07-10T14:23:00.000-07:00YP: Who are these "native red Indians" of whom you...YP: Who are these "native red Indians" of whom you speak? I know of a wide array of indigenous people, and their skin tones are various shades of brown, as are the skin-tones of the rest of the world. But yes, you are right, raccoons are sweet, cuddly creatures and I cannot fathom why Lucia has not yet befriended any. Then again, she doesn't even care for bunnies and ducks.<BR/><BR/>Limpy99: Sometimes P.C. really gets to me! I'm all for calling people what they want to be called, but when people start tampering with traditional stories in order to further modern agendas, the anthropologist in me grits her teeth.<BR/><BR/>Lady K and LSM: Thank you!Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-42024480017985022312007-07-10T13:15:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:15:00.000-07:00Why are you colonists so spiteful towards the racc...Why are you colonists so spiteful towards the raccoon? After all they were there before you arrived and they lived in harmony with the native red indians. I thought a democratic and kindly lady like you would have been more farsighted than to make one of the thieves in your story a raccoon! Boo! Hiss! Bad Alkelda! Raccoons are sweet, cuddly creatures and I think you should get a pet one for Lucia!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-85717976238283278602007-07-10T12:44:00.000-07:002007-07-10T12:44:00.000-07:00Sometimes people steal stuff. Deal with it.In sho...Sometimes people steal stuff. Deal with it.<BR/><BR/>In short, right on sister!limpy99https://www.blogger.com/profile/06975672608204212282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-66625339008705183652007-07-10T06:20:00.000-07:002007-07-10T06:20:00.000-07:00That's a great storyboard! And might I say, "GO Al...That's a great storyboard! And might I say, "GO Almira!"Lady Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926068286599905945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-63881014724133764652007-07-10T06:09:00.000-07:002007-07-10T06:09:00.000-07:00You are so cool.You are so cool.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com