{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-life-in-childrens-literature-books-that-inspire-a-love-of-life-paperback-1","title":"The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature: Books That Inspire a Love of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Kalpakgian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Fairy tales clear the way for sanctity. They are the child's first morality play, clear-cut, \u003cbr\u003e no-nonsense black and white, good and evil, life and death - with a bit of fun thrown in to alleviate the pain.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -Ethel Pochocki \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The wonders found in fairy tales and myths have enriched childhoods for centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In between \"Once upon a time\" and \"happily ever after\" we embark on adventures that seem an eternity away from our everyday lives, \u003cbr\u003e and yet through these adventures we are brought back to the innocence and beauty of the truth. In \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e journey through a treasury of well-known fables and folk tales, as well as others not so well known, and discover the wisdom hiding within them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an age that rejects the moral absolutes and repudiates the whole idea of intrinsic evils, \u003cbr\u003e children's literature restores the meaning of good and evil, beautiful and ugly, and normal and abnormal, helping us see the nature of our world more clearly than we ever have before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Mitchell A. Kalpakgian is a native of New England, the son of Armenian immigrants. He was Professor of English at Simpson College (Iowa) for 31 years. During his academic career, Dr. Kalpakgian received many academic honors, among them the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellowship (Brown University, 1981); the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship (University of Kansas, 1985); and an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Children s Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46033436147909,"sku":"9780911845990","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Wwi50dmK89780911845990.webp?v=1775541609","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-mysteries-of-life-in-childrens-literature-books-that-inspire-a-love-of-life-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}