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Week 2 Reading Overview



Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: ____Jewish Fairy Tales_____

Week 4: ____Cupid and Psyche_____

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: ___Indian Fairy Tales______

Week 6: ___Twenty-Two Goblins______

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9.

Week 7: ___Japanese Fairy Tales (Lang)______

Week 9: ______Chinese Fairy Tales ___

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: _____Tejas Legends____

Week 11: ____Blackfoot Stories_____

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: ___Celtic Fairy Tales______

Week 13: _____More English Fairy Tales____

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: ___Brother's Grimm (Crane)______

Week 15: ____Czech Folktales_____

Going through these reading assignments made me so incredibly excited for this class! I love reading and always have since I was a kid but I feel like since college I've really let that go. In case you couldn't tell from my choices above I absolutely love fairy tales. I've loved fairy tales for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest reading memories is this collection of fairy tales from various European countries that had these beautiful illustrations. I used to read that book every single week until the cover fell off. Ever since then I have had a deep love for fairy tales from all different cultures. While I enjoy myths and hero stories and the like, I am most excited for the fairy tale stories. In fact, there were so many interesting reading choices I had a really hard time deciding and I'm sure I'll read some more for an extra credit assignment!
(Andersen's Fairy Tales Inside Cover Illustration, From Wikipedia Commons)

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