Gianni Rodari

From the father of modern Italian children's literature, a guide to fairytales and folk tales and their great advantages in teaching creative storytelling. A groundbreaking pedagogical work that is also a handbook for writers of all ages and kinds, The Grammar of Fantasy gives each of us a playful, practical path to finding our own voice through the power of storytelling. Full of ideas, glosses on fairytales, stories, and wide-ranging activities, including the fantastic binomial, this book changed how creative arts were taught in Italian schools. Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian children's literature, but he is also remembered for his visionary pedagogy, and it is these two fields he combines in this revolutionary essay collection. Translated into English by acclaimed children's historian Jack Zipes and illustrated for the first time ever by Matthew Forsythe, this edition of The Grammar of Fantasy is one to live with and return to for its humor, intelligence, and truly deep understanding of children. As translator and esteemed fairytale scholar Jack Zipes puts it, "Rodari grasped children's need to play with life's rules by using the grammar of their own imaginations. They must be encouraged to question, challenge, destroy, mock, eliminate, generate, and reproduce their own language and meanings through stories that will enable them to narrate their own lives." "I hope this small book," writes Rodari, "can be useful for all those people who believe it is necessary for the imagination to have a place in education; for all those who trust in the creativity of children; and for all those who know the liberating value of the word."

In this enchantingly whimsical tale from Italy's great children's author, Gianni Rodari, a young onion named Cipollino sets out into the world to study scoundrels, and in so doing, he undoes the tyrannical Prince Lemon, while making a legion of friends along the way. Cipollino is young, brave, clever, and determined—exactly the kind of valiant hero that’s bound to triumph in fairy tales. In this colorful, episodic adventure story, in which nearly everyone is animal, vegetable, or fruit, Cipollino leaves home and sets off into the world to free his wrongfully imprisoned father. In the process, he faces off against scoundrels of all kinds with wit and humor, while winning both allies and friends. What hangs in the balance is the freedom of an entire kingdom from the ridiculous rules of the all-powerful Prince Lemon and the dignity of each blueberry, string bean, and spider! This is a charming, comic, highly-readable work of fiction for readers 9 and up, which also has the distinction of being one of Hayao Miyazaki’s
"50 Favorite Children’s Books" of all time.

Humorná audiokniha Jána Mikuša Bláznivý príbeh bohatého milionára, plný neskutočných zvratov. Uprostred hôr sa nachádza jazero d´Orta, uprostred jazera ostrov San Giulio, na ostrove krásna vila, v ktorej žije staručký, deväťdesiatštyriročný pán – barón Lamberto. Počas pobytu v Egypte akýsi mudrc prezradí barónovi tajomstvo faraónov: Muž, ktorého meno sa vyslovuje, žije. Táto prorocká veta stáva sa kľúčovým bodom celého príbehu. Starec si nájme šiestich zamestnancov, ktorí v podkroví jeho vily za bohatú odmenu bez prestania vyslovujú jeho meno. A hľa, stane sa zázrak: barón začne mladnúť, choroby miznú jedna po druhej, začne športovať, až jedného dňa… Jeden z najvtipnejších talianských spisovateľov pre deti a mládež, zakladateľ modernej detskej literatúry! Doplňujúce informácie: 1CD, formát mp3 / Celková dĺžka 3 hod 23 min Text copyright Gianni Rodari / podľa prekladu Márie Štefánkovej zo slovenského vydania z roku 1987 / obálka a réžia Ján Mikuš / Grafická úprava Ján Humaj / Vydalo KC Diera do sveta o.z. ako svoju štvrtú audioknihu v roku 2022

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