Fairy Tales

Today’s session of the Gabfest Club (at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) was dedicated to the International Day of children’s book.
We decided to focus on the fairy tales as a highlight of the children’s literature.
A collection of English speaking fairy tales was presented to the group. We had some fun comparing the English and Russian titles of world famous tales.
The next funny activity was to describe illustrations to the American book “The Red Riding Hood”. The most exciting moment was the description of the final illustration where the Grandmother was having a glass of wine to celebrate the saving from the Wolf’s belly.
The other book under scrutiny was an American version of the “Three Bears”. We have discussed the illustrations and watched an animated cartoon about the bears and Goldilocks.To draw the line of the discussion we have discussed the American tale “Little Chicken”. The plot of the tale was funny and innocent at the beginning. But the club members were shocked by the twist in the tail – a helicopter crashed on the wagon where Little Chicken and other poultry characters were incarcerated by the cunning Fox. Such development was considered inappropriate for the children’s story.
The session was both funny and educational. The adult Club members enjoyed the topic that aroused nostalgic feeling in each participant.
Number of participants – 29  persons.
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