Tales and Their Tellers Archive
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Tales and Their Tellers 13: A Conversation with Pegi Deitz Shea
Posted on April 16, 2012 | No Comments"Yes, there must be joyous books! I love joyous books! But there need to be books that tell kids in need: You're not alone." -
Tales and Their Tellers 12: Jon J. Muth’s Stillwater Trilogy
Posted on March 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsIt is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean. -
Tales and Their Tellers 11: Queen Esther, Jewish Cinderella
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No Comments"Where is God in the Purim story?" -
Tales and Their Tellers 10: Brer Rabbit Reincarnate, a Conversation with Lain Shakespeare
Posted on June 11, 2011 | No CommentsBrer Rabbit, The Wire and Eminem. -
Tales and Their Tellers 9: Adam and Eve Don’t Belong to You
Posted on March 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsStories belong to no one -
Tales and Their Tellers 8: Curious George is Not a Monkey
Posted on February 9, 2011 | No CommentsWith just a few curious strokes, he can single-handedly destroy the best-laid plans of mice and men. -
Tales and Their Tellers Christmas (7): The Prayer of Saint Nicholas
Posted on December 24, 2010 | No CommentsAs soon as he was born, Nicholas showed amazing and miraculous powers. On his very first day, he stood up in his bath and prayed to God! -
Tales and Their Tellers: 6. “Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.”
Posted on November 21, 2010 | 16 CommentsEverything that was once fun was now brought into league with sacrificing babies beneath bridge trestles. -
Tales and Their Tellers: 5. Three Maurice Sendak books which will most likely not be made into films by Spike Jonze
Posted on October 16, 2010 | 1 CommentWhether or not we cherish them, ban them or turn them into feature films is entirely our problem, not his.










