San Antonio College Library

In "The Canterbury Tales" Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories, and low farce. A storytelling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook. -- Text...

A collection of the well-known stories, including "How the Whale Got His Throat," "The Elephant's Child, " and "The Butterfly that Stamped."

Classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, and The BFG may initially appear to be yarns spun for the amusement of the adolescent mind. However, upon digging deeper, one uncovers a treasure trove of philosophical richness that is anything but childish, and which reveals the true existential weight, and multi-layered meaning of some of our favorite children s stories.

In 'The wise woman' a distraught king and queen with an ill-tempered daughter seek the advice of a wise woman. In 'Little daylight' a baby princess is cursed by a jealous fairy. In 'Cross purposes' the Queen of Fairyland decides to bring two mortals to her land. 'The castle' is an allegory about siblings who live in an enchanted castle.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland One sleepy summer's day, Alice sees a white rabbit disappear down a rabbit hole. But this is not an ordinary rabbit, this one wears a waistcoat, has a pocket watch and is talking to himself, so Alice follows him! When she stops falling down the rabbit hole she finds herself in a curious hall full of locked doors and one small key, and now her adventures begin. In this sequel to "Alice in Wonderland" Alice goes through...

Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.

"How did a middle-aged Professor with no children write books that have become beloved classics of children's literature? What is the best order for reading the Chronicles of Narnia? Whatever one's question, The Way into Narnia offers valuable guidance for first-time visitors to Narnia and fresh insights for those who have already traveled there often." "Exploring ideas from Lewis's friend J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Schakel shows that the best way to enter...

"Analyzes the themes and literary styles of the children's novels of authors such as S.E. Hinton, Russell Hoban, and Peter Dickinson."--GoogleBooks.