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Circling back

April 13, 2016 By Ying 8 Comments

Last night, I realized that we forgot to introduce our 7yo to fairy tales and fables. No Hans Christian Andersen. No Brothers Grimm. No Aesop. No Monkey God, from the Chinese tradition. No Coyote, from indigenous traditions. No Disney versions, even. Exception: the summer he was 2, we took a roadtrip and he was so fussy and tearful that I spent the entire trip facing backwards (from the front … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: Brothers Grimm, children's literature, fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen, Monkey God, Monkey King, myths, Things I Read, Wu Cheng En

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