Storynory Free Audio Stories For Kids » Story Reviews http://www.storynory.com Audio Stories Mon, 13 May 2013 13:37:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fairytales & Rules of Three http://www.storynory.com/2011/06/07/fairytales-rules-of-three/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/06/07/fairytales-rules-of-three/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:13:07 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/2011/06/07/fairytales-rules-of-three/ Fairytales and Rules of Three- Fairytale Story-link: Goldilocks, J& B, Cinderella Three fairytales, which have fairytales rules character’s places, phrases that occur in ‘threes’ of two quite different fairytale authors; Goldilock & the three bears and Jack & The Beanstalk by Andrew Lang and Cinderella by Charles Perrault. To begin Goldilocks and the three bears, [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/19/5007/feed/ 16 Lewis Caroll, Lexicon Language & Nonce Verse http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/07/4922/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/07/4922/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 23:04:18 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/2011/05/07/4922/ PCR Lewis Carroll, Lexicon and Nonse Verse The Jabberwocky poem in the chapter, ‘Looking Glass House’ is known is a poem of Nonce verse.The nonce words in the poem are part of Lewis Carolls invention and what he coined as Lexicon: a language without direct or obvious meaning. Nonce words have a whimsical nonsensical quality, [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/07/4922/feed/ 2 Alice Day July 09 in Oxford and Author Lewis Carroll http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/04/4898/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/04/4898/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 01:45:05 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/2011/05/04/4898/ Alice Day July 09 in Oxford and author Lewis Caroll Did you know that there is a celebration known as ‘Alice Day’ that takes place in Oxford every year on, July 09. It features fictional characters from the book including the Mad Hatter and his Tea Party, the Red Queens croquet game, along side the [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2011/05/04/4898/feed/ 3 The Dulcimer and Musicality, Kublah Kahn http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/29/4871/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/29/4871/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:05:47 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/2011/04/29/4871/ The Kublah Kahn PCR Musicality, Verse rhythm and The Dulcimer Dear Listeners, The Dulcimer is a fascinating musical instrument, with three strings to its body and forms part of the image the poet uses in the last Stanza of the Abyssinian maid, playing on her Dulcimer. The image forms part of the poets dream, to [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/29/4871/feed/ 5 Romanticism and The Daffodils http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/08/romanticism-and-the-daffodils/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/08/romanticism-and-the-daffodils/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:01:28 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/?p=4790   PCR- Romanticism and The Daffodills Dear Listeners, ‘The Daffodils’  by William Wordsworth, from our audio recording of the poem on Storynory.com, is a distinctively Romantic poem.  But what makes it a romantic ? Wordsworth was a central writer of the Romantic movement in the Victorian era known as English Romanticism. It is full of key Romantic features in [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2011/04/08/romanticism-and-the-daffodils/feed/ 6 The Art of Reading Poetry Aloud http://www.storynory.com/2011/03/24/the-art-of-reading-poetry-aloud/ http://www.storynory.com/2011/03/24/the-art-of-reading-poetry-aloud/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:58 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/?p=4686 Dear Listeners, The latest Victorian poems we have recorded include William Wordsworth’s ‘The Daffodil’s and Tennyson,s The revenge. These are companions to the Victorian classics; William Blake’s ‘Tyger,Tyger’ and Browing Browning’s ‘Pied Piper of Hamelin’,  already on Storynory.com. They have spurred some thoughts about the benefits of reading poetry out loud. Reading poetry aloud can [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2010/12/14/good-king-wenceslas-christmas-review/feed/ 5 Old Man and the Figs Post Recording Review http://www.storynory.com/2010/11/17/old-man-and-the-figs-post-recording-review/ http://www.storynory.com/2010/11/17/old-man-and-the-figs-post-recording-review/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:21:54 +0000 Bertie http://storynory.com/?p=3744 Natasha's view of the Old Man and the figs

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2010/10/31/the-wicked-witch-of-the-west-from-the-wizard-of-oz-on-halloween/feed/ 1 It’s How you Tell it http://www.storynory.com/2010/06/08/its-how-you-tell-it-3/ http://www.storynory.com/2010/06/08/its-how-you-tell-it-3/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:23:56 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/2010/06/09/its-how-you-tell-it-3/ There have been many ways in which stories are told but the key to good storytelling is not the way you tell it but How you tell it. Lots of interesting words can all be gathered up in a story and as the reader we have to grab hold of those, imagine them as a [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2010/06/08/its-how-you-tell-it-3/feed/ 13 Natasha is a big fan of Gladys and the Chix! http://www.storynory.com/2009/04/17/natasha-is-a-big-fan-of-gladys-and-the-chix/ http://www.storynory.com/2009/04/17/natasha-is-a-big-fan-of-gladys-and-the-chix/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:23 +0000 Natasha http://storynory.com/?p=1625 Ive just finnished Gladys and the Chix part three! I love reading the voices for the four sisters. It’s really funny seeing them on the road to stardom that they’re after.. if it really is what they truly want! Gladys is a great character too and I love the fact she’s the talent..I just hope [...]

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]]> http://www.storynory.com/2009/04/17/natasha-is-a-big-fan-of-gladys-and-the-chix/feed/ 10 Through the Looking-Glass 1 http://www.storynory.com/2008/01/05/through-the-looking-glass-1/ http://www.storynory.com/2008/01/05/through-the-looking-glass-1/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:42:19 +0000 Bertie http://storynory.com/2008/01/05/through-the-looking-glass-1/ Looking Glass House. Alice is playing with her cats and a ball of wool. Curiosity leads her through the mirror into a world of upside down logic where she meets the Red Chess Queen.

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