The Maggie B.
Amazon link is to the 1976 printing
Author:
Irene Haas
Illustrator:
Irene Haas
Publication:
1975 by Atheneum
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
32
Current state:
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This is the story of a wish come true. Margaret Barnstable wanted more than anything else to sail for a day, "alone and free with someone nice for company," on a ship named after her. One night, she wished for it on the North Star, and when she woke up she was in the cabin of The Maggie B., with her small brother James. It was a most wonderful ship, with everything she needed, including a tiny farm on the poop deck.
From cock-crow till bedtime, Margaret does exactly what she wants, sailing over the ocean, glorying in her independence. She scrubs the deck, she tidies the cabin, she fishes for their supper, she plays with James, she sings sea chanteys—and even when a fierce storm blows up, she is not afraid, furling the sails and battening down the hatches securely.
In a simple, straightforward text and in luminously beautiful full-color paintings and sensitive brush drawings filled with fascinating details, Irene Haas lovingly creates a world of her own into which children will eagerly go to share Margaret Barnstable's wonderful day on The Maggie B.
From the dust jacket of the Margaret K. McElderry Books reprint
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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