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Natalia Maree Belting (1915–1997)

Auteur de The Sun Is a Golden Earring

28 oeuvres 274 utilisateurs 16 critiques

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Natalia Maree Belting taught history at the University of Illinois from 1941 to 1985.

Œuvres de Natalia Maree Belting

The Sun Is a Golden Earring (1962) 34 exemplaires
Moon Was Tired of Walking on Air (1992) 30 exemplaires
Kaskaskia Under the French Regime (2003) 22 exemplaires
Christmas Folk (1969) 19 exemplaires
Our Fathers Had Powerful Songs (1974) 17 exemplaires
Winter's Eve (1969) 14 exemplaires
Cat Tales (1959) 11 exemplaires
Calendar Moon (1964) 10 exemplaires
Indy and Mr. Lincoln (1960) 10 exemplaires
Summer's Coming In (1970) 9 exemplaires

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Beautifully illustrated book with poetic descriptions of old British Christmas customs. Lovers of the Christmas Revels will like this book.
 
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auntieknickers | 1 autre critique | Jan 20, 2021 |
Natalia Belting, the author of many thematic folktale collections presenting traditional lore from around the world, turns in this lovely 1969 picture-book to some of the obscure Christmas customs observed in Elizabethan England. Her poetic text covers some of the traditions of the Yule season, beginning with the first appearance of holiday mummers on November 30th, the feast of St. Andrew, and concluding on January 5th, AKA Twelfth Night (the conclusion of the Twelve Days of Christmas), with the dancing, feasting and revels associated with that night. In between are the dawn "hunsupping," or seasonal visits from a fiddler; the fireworks and canon-roar of St. Barbara's Day on December 4th; the pageantry and gift-giving of St. Nicholas' Day on December 6th; St. Finan's Eve on December 12th; Tul-ya-e'en on December 17th, on which the trows of Orkney and Shetland folklore were said to emerge; St. Thomas Eve on December 20th; and then Christmas Eve and Christmas Day itself...

I fully expected to enjoy Christmas Folk, given my appreciation for so many of Belting's other books, and given that the accompanying artwork was done by the marvelously talented Barbara Cooney. The subject matter, moreover - historical English Christmas customs - is fascinating. All that said, although I did find this engaging, I wasn't as thrilled as I'd hoped to be. The poetic free verse here sometimes felt a little difficult, and the folklorist in me was left wanting more, when it came to details about the customs described. Like the online friend who recommended it to me - thanks, Hilary! - I think Christmas Folk would have benefited greatly from an afterword giving more information. Of course, what I did learn was very interesting, and the illustrations were delightful. The frequent mentions of mumming made me think of things like the Christmas Revels, or the Waites in Kate Milford's brilliant middle-grade novel, The Ghosts of Greenglass House. Having had this sample of Elizabethan customs, I would love to track down something more detailed, even if it were historical fiction, but as it is, I still recommend this one, both to Barbara Cooney fans, and to those readers interested in historical Christmas folk customs.
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AbigailAdams26 | 1 autre critique | Dec 17, 2019 |
This is a really nice collection of stories form different cultures that explain the how the sun, moon, and stars got in the sky. This would be a good book to read before a unit on astronomy.
 
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JenniferSprinkle | 2 autres critiques | Jul 31, 2019 |
Natalia M. Belting taught history at the University of Illinois for 43 years. She wrote many children's books. Bernarda Bryson went to Cleveland School of Art and learned lithography from a friend. "Throughout history men have given strange, often, beautiful names to the months of the year. This enchanting almanac offers poetic interpretations of these names, based on legends from many times and places." Source: The book's inner page.
 
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uufnn | 1 autre critique | Jul 1, 2018 |

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Œuvres
28
Membres
274
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#84,603
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½ 3.4
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16
ISBN
20
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