Volta ao Mundo em 52 Histórias

by Neil Philip, Nilesh Mistry (Illustrator), Hildegard Feist (Translator)

Com 52 narrativas de 33 países dos cinco continentes, essa coletânea inclui clássicos como "Chapeuzinho Vermelho" e histórias cuja difusão se restringiu a determinadas culturas, como "Soliday e o corvo", da Jamaica. Alguns contos pouco conhecidos no Brasil, como o tcheco "A raposa manca", assemelham-se a narrativas famosas, como "O Gato de Botas". Todas as histórias são complementadas por informações paralelas sobre sua origem, seu tema e seus símbolos, sobre locais e personagens relacionados com os protagonistas, sobre o país e a época em que teriam se desenrolado, etc. Desenhos, quadros famosos e fotografias compõem o material iconográfico e ajudam a dar a esse livro o caráter de uma "história das histórias". A pesquisa e a organização do volume são do inglês Neil Philip, especialista em mito e folclore na literatura infantil.

Genres: Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Short Stories, Folklore, Anthologies, Picture Books

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 1997

About the author

Neil Philip is a writer, folklorist and poet. He is married to the artist Emma Bradford, and lives in the Cotswolds, England. Neil loves words, poetry, and the art of storytelling in all its forms. Among his many books are A Fine Anger, Victorian Village Life, The Cinderella Story, The Penguin Book of English Folktales, Mythology (with Philip Wilkinson), The Great Mystery, War and the Pity of War, The New Oxford Book of Childrens Verse, The Tale of Sir Gawain, Horse Hooves & Chicken Feet, and The Adventures of Odysseus. Neil has contributed to numerous journals, including The Times, and Signal: Approaches to Childrens Books, and has also written for stage, screen, and radio. His work has won numerous awards and honours, including the Aesop Award of the American Folklore Society and the Literary Criticism Book Award of the Childrens Literature Association. Outside of the storied world, Neil is passionate about cats, art, music, France, food & wine, and friendship.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terrific collection in that 1. historical, geographic, and other contextual information is given, including photos and art by past masters, 2. comparisons are made between different variants of the tales, 3. the whole world is truly represented, not just a token Chinese story as in the 'world' anthologies of my childhood, and 4. there are *lots* of stories; it actually took me several days to read this. I found many tales unfamiliar to me! Any child, any reader, who has a budding scholarly interest in the stories behind the stories will likely love this.

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading several of these fairy tales until I read the beginning front introduction and was suddenly confronted with a large printed image of my worst fear in the world, a severe phobia I’ve had since childhood. This caused me to throw the book across the room and the shock brought me to tears. For that reason I have to rate this book one star and I would prefer zero. There is no good reason a children’s book should contain such a visually horrifying image especially without any warning.

[Payal Pasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

So-so. Or probably I’m too old to read fairy tails.

[juju · Rating 5 out of 5]

melhor livro da minha infância hands down

[João Teixeira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma muito boa colectânea de contos de fadas de todo o mundo.

[Lucija · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was given to me as a gift when I was about 8 years old. I loved this book so much, the illustrations were so enchanting and the variety of tales was amazing - it was because of this combination that I kept getting back to it. I must have spent numerous hours reading over and over, always "saving" some tales for later and being sad when the last page was turned.
I remember that I used to read the tale itself and then examining those notes by the sides that would offer more informations about the tale. They consisted of text and a photograph or an image, which would spark my imagination even more along the illustrations that were so enthralling.
I am so grateful that I had this book as it has been one of those books that shaped my childhood and made those days fun and wonderful. Yesterday I took the book of the shelf and relived those memories again, I remembered my thoughts so vividly. Great book that awakes colorful memories.

[Gertrudez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Livro de infância, muuito bom.

[Jose Clayton]

A primeira coisa que o livro trás, para atrair o adulto que porventura está a ler, é a introdução dos contos de fadas a partir da história, retratando as primeiras pessoas que registraram no papel os contos.

A estrutura do livro nos leva a entender como contos de fadas do mundo inteiro, de alguma forma, tem temas tão comuns entre si. Cada capítulo retrata um arquétipo diferente dos contos fadas: você conhece "outras Cinderelas", de culturas completamente diferentes que contam histórias parecidas para suas crianças ao redor da fogueira.

As ilustrações do livro são fascinates. Passam as ideias de modo lúdico e fantasioso. Outro ponto interesse são os cantos das páginas: há imagens variadas, que vão desde desenhos antigos até artefatos arqueológicos. Auxiliam no entendimento da cultura que origina o conto que está sendo lido, nos dando uma ideia melhor de onde se passa ou o porquê de tal cultura decide repassar dada história.

É uma leitura que te instiga a continuar. Você pode não ter gostado do último conto, mas você nunca sabe o que te espera no próximo.

[Dademaru · Rating 4 out of 5]

Come tutte le edizioni DK, questo volume merita di essere sfogliato.
Non tanto per le fiabe in sé, purtroppo in larga parte succinte, costrette ad occupare massimo 1-2 pagine (eccezionalmente 4), come in una lampada del genio troppo stretta.
Piuttosto, per le magiche illustrazioni di Nilesh Mistry, in questo caso vero maestro di sintesi, capace di condensare l'intero racconto in un'unica composizione.
Meritano altresì le didascalie e il materiale corollario, con ottimi spunti per ricerche o confronti.
Non conoscevo molte delle fiabe raccolte e di altre conoscevo versioni differenti.
Quindi un ottimo spunto per approfondire e ricercare versioni più complete di alcune di queste.
Interessante poi riscontrare somiglianze e differenze, temi comuni e trasversali a culture, tempi, continenti.

[Cecília Lorca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que livro  delicioso  e singelo, com ricas histórias  que encantam crianças  e também  adultos como eu!

 

Divididos em temas,  bem didático  por sinal, os contos são  narrados e apresentados  de forma bem ilustrativa, com ênfase a Encantamentos,  Trapos e Plumas,  Heróis  e Heroínas  e  O Amor Tudo Vence. Uma coletânea  de contos  tradicionais que desperta nosso  interesse.

 

O folclore e a mitologia  universais, as histórias  que  mostram os costumes de 33  países,  dos cinco continentes,  e o nosso desejo de conhecer  e de resgatar valores antigos e às vezes esquecidos, fazem com que nos entreguemos  a essas páginas,  sem reservas.

 

Abra logo o livro e e liberte os espíritos  das histórias!

 

 

Eu sou Cecilia Lorca,  professora aposentada e escritora apaixonada!

[Paul Groos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Verrassend fijn sprookjesboek met een prettige combinatie van overbekende sprookjes en minder vaak navertelde verhalen uit zeer uiteenlopende culturen (al ligt de focus toch wel relatief veel op Europese verhalen).
De verhalen zijn kort, maar vaardig naverteld, voorzien van deels zinvolle en deels er aan de haren bijgesleepte toelichtingen, uitleg en zijweggetjes in heel korte terzijdes, vaak voorzien van een plaatje.
Over plaatjes gesproken: de illustraties zijn echt waanzinnig mooi. Alleen daarom al is dit boek de moeite waard.
Een aanwinst (die ik bij de kringloopwinkel voor een habbekrats op de kop tikte):

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing stories of famous mythology stories from around the world.
For children and grandchildren and adults

[Savaan Lansink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book with short original old fairy tales of different cultures. Interesting and straight forward.

[André · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it to my kids (7 and 5) and they loved it. The artwork is also great.

[Lydia (ps_i_still_read_you) · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Ariel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um dos meus livros favoritos da infância

[Vanessa Reis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incrível ❤️

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

releitura do livro da minha infância

[alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

the stories were sooo cute !!! and it was a nice change in the middle of these dark and ”adult” books hahsh

[Helena Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contiene muchos cuentos muy interesantes.

[Nickolas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obra que expande os clássicos contos de fadas, e nos apresenta contos não populares, dos cinco continentes do mundo.

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

A childhood favorite. I checked this out most in the library as a child, so much so that the librarians knew what I was there for. Such a cute lil story book :)

[jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

First off, I’m very thankful to Neil Philip for presenting his audience with such a culturally diverse storybook. I think it’s both vital and important, especially for children, that there are representations of different cultures, ethnicities, and in general of people of colour (POC) in the media, including literature. And this fairy tale book does a great job of adding to that, with 52 stories from over 30 different countries. The gorgeous illustrations only strengthen the representation of cultures and POC by having the settings, surroundings, skin colours, clothing, jewellery, make-up – shortly, the entire scene – matching the country and time period of origin.

As for the actual content of the stories: short, concise, and to the point. There’s little use of flowery or elegant language, which makes the texts seem a little simplistic, though at the same time very suitable for short bedtime-story-readings. There’s a lot of room for trivia in the margins of the pages, in which Philip sets apart certain symbols and/or settings that give the story a little bit more imagination. Descriptions are also added to the beautiful illustrations, making clear which moments of the story the drawings are portraying, which can be especially fun for children who are learning how to read.

It’s a great book to read together with children, looking at the pictures, and exploring the trivia and/or explanations. Keep in mind, however, that the stories in this fairy tale book are quite close to the original source material, which might make them a bit gruesome in the eyes of children who grew up on the edited versions suitable for all ages. For example, in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the story actually ends with both Red and grandma getting killed and eaten by the wolf. They aren’t saved by the hunter character. And the story of Bluebeard is also included, which is pretty gruesome in and of itself (with an added illustration of Bluebeard just before the act of cutting his present wife’s head off). Personally, I really enjoyed how close Philip stayed to the source material, and spent both time and trivia on the origins of the stories, but I can see how some stories could be problematic for small children.

As an adult, I really enjoyed reading this book because of several reasons: a) I greatly enjoy fairy tales, b) I’m very much interested in the original versions, and where they hailed from, and c) the culturally diverse stories from all over the world, often with universal themes, were interesting and enlightening. Plus, the illustrations are just lovely, and the trivia were fun (though at times a bit useless) to read.

A recommendation for those who enjoy fairy tales, and are looking for a more accurate, culturally diverse representation that stays close to the source material. Can also easily be used as a bedtime storybook. Three out of five stars for the actual text/writing, and four out of five for the cultural diversity, and the exploration of the fairy tales’ origins.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting representation of fairy-tales from all over the world. Many stories were themes very familiar to me, but some of those from more exotic lands were entirely new. The story-telling was straightforward, not especially beautiful or eloquent: many of them felt rushed, but I suppose that is to be expected in a compilation like this.

In the margins were provided facts, photos, and trivia that were supposed to place the story in an historical setting and give additional background information; for instance, in the margin of the story "Rapunzel" there was a picture of the "rapunzel" or "rampion" plant, with a description of its culinary uses. Several of the tidbits were fascinating, but overall, most of them were rather random and useless.

It would be a nice book for bedtime reading aloud, since the stories are all short with fairly simple vocabulary. The illustrations were decent, but it seems to me that young ones might be easily distracted by the extra pictures and stuff in the margins.

[Ženija · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kopumā lielākā šīs grāmatas vērtība ir krāšņās ilustrācijas - mākslinieciskā kvalitāte, izkārtojums... Ļoti iepriecina tas, cik dažādas tautas šeit iekļautas. Noderīgs arī ievads par pasakām un to stāstīšanu.

[Terri Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautifully illustrated book as all DK Publishing books are and covers some favorite fairy tales.