Mouse Morality

Author : Annalee R. Ward
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292773935
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mouse Morality written by Annalee R. Ward and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2004 – Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award — The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research Kids around the world love Disney animated films, and many of their parents trust the Disney corporation to provide wholesome, moral entertainment for their children. Yet frequent protests and even boycotts of Disney products and practices reveal a widespread unease with the sometimes mixed and inconsistent moral values espoused in Disney films as the company attempts to appeal to the largest possible audience. In this book, Annalee R. Ward uses a variety of analytical tools based in rhetorical criticism to examine the moral messages taught in five recent Disney animated films—The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Mulan. Taking the films on their own terms, she uncovers the many mixed messages they purvey: for example, females can be leaders—but male leadership ought to be the norm; stereotyping is wrong—but black means evil; historical truth is valued—but only tell what one can sell, etc. Adding these messages together, Ward raises important questions about the moral ambiguity of Disney's overall worldview and demonstrates the need for parents to be discerning in letting their children learn moral values and life lessons from Disney films.

Author : Laura Joffe Numeroff
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063229633
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a hungry little traveler shows up at your house, you might want to give him a cookie. If you give him a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim.... The consequences of giving a cookie to this energetic mouse run the young host ragged, but young readers will come away smiling at the antics that tumble like dominoes through the pages of this delightful picture book.

Author : John A. Zukowski
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
ISBN 13 : 0829800441
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Spiritual Movies to See before You Die written by John A. Zukowski and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual themes are common in movies: The unconventional savior. The hero’s journey. The redemption tale. The balance of creation. Journalist John A. Zukowski reflects on twelve major spiritual themes in the world of cinema, discussing films from Dead Man Walking to Bruce Almighty, from Groundhog Day to Chariots of Fire, and many more. See them all—read them all—before you die!

Author : Ed Young
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 039925742X
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Blind Mice written by Ed Young and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caldecott Honor book and modern classic now in boardbook format. Finally! Nearly twenty years ago, Ed Young translated the ancient parable of the seven blind men and the elephant into a modern children's classic, one as simple as it is profound. A lesson in colors, numbers, the days of the week and most important, knowledge, this beautifully illustrated book has stood the test of time and continues to entertain and teach. Now in board book format, even the youngest children can experience the beauty and wisdom.

Author : Benjamin Lefebvre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136227172
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Textual Transformations in Children's Literature written by Benjamin Lefebvre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new critical approaches for the study of adaptations, abridgments, translations, parodies, and mash-ups that occur internationally in contemporary children’s culture. It follows recent shifts in adaptation studies that call for a move beyond fidelity criticism, a paradigm that measures the success of an adaptation by the level of fidelity to the "original" text, toward a methodology that considers the adaptation to be always already in conversation with the adapted text. This book visits children’s literature and culture in order to consider the generic, pedagogical, and ideological underpinnings that drive both the process and the product. Focusing on novels as well as folktales, films, graphic novels, and anime, the authors consider the challenges inherent in transforming the work of authors such as William Shakespeare, Charles Perrault, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and A.A. Milne into new forms that are palatable for later audiences particularly when—for perceived ideological or political reasons—the textual transformation is not only unavoidable but entirely necessary. Contributors consider the challenges inherent in transforming stories and characters from one type of text to another, across genres, languages, and time, offering a range of new models that will inform future scholarship.

Author : Alastair J.L. Blanshard
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004440062
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Hercules written by Alastair J.L. Blanshard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero’s transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.

Author : April Seldon
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3755417995
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sayings of Daryl Frank Seldon written by April Seldon and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rest in peace, my brother. You live on in all of our hearts forever. You are truly missed. You are loved by many people. We still cannot believe that you are gone, and it does not feel like it, it feels like you are still here with us. Your memory lives on. Your very words will live on.

Author : Brian Jacques
Publisher : Philomel
ISBN 13 : 9780399242830
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mice written by Brian Jacques and published by Philomel. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the greatest tribe of all the Redwall tribes--the mice. Introduces individual mice and their secrets. Includes a challenging quiz and a pull-out poster.

Author : Eve Titus
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375839011
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatole written by Eve Titus and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family--but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper. And so he heads for the tasting room at the Duvall Cheese Factory. On each cheese, he leaves a small note--"good," "not so good," "needs orange peel"--and signs his name. When workers at the Duvall factory find his notes in the morning, they are perplexed--but they realize that this mysterious Anatole has an exceptional palate and take his advice. Soon Duvall is making the best cheese in all of Paris! They would like to give Anatole a reward--if only they could find him...

Author : Beverley Clack
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509516964
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Religion written by Beverley Clack and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over twenty years, Beverley Clack and Brian R. Clack's distinctive and thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of religion has been of enormous value to students and scholars, providing an approach to the subject that is bold and refreshingly alternative. This revised and updated edition retains the accessibility which makes the book popular, while furthering its distinctive argument regarding the human dimension of religion. The central emphasis of the philosophy of religion – the concept of God, and the arguments for and against God's existence – is reflected in thorough analyses, while alternative approaches to traditional philosophical theism are explored. The treatments of both the miraculous and immortality have been revised and expanded, and the concluding chapter updates the investigation of how philosophy of religion might be conducted in an age defined by religious terrorism. Clear, systematic and highly critical, the third edition of The Philosophy of Religion will continue to be essential reading for students and scholars of this fascinating and important subject.