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Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood: The Fantastic Imagination in European Culture (UWA)

One of two posters for the second and third year undergraduate course ‘Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood’ offered at The University of Western Australia. The course includes European folk and fairy tales, and examines their place …

Chaucer as Teaching Aid in the Colonies

The opinion piece,â€œCatallictics [mutatas dicere formas] An Introduction to New Speculations [In nova fert animus] takes it Latin from the first lines of Ovidâ€™s Metamorphoses (In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; I tell now…

Tags: Chaucer, Chaucerian, Chaucerian source, child, children, childrenâ€™s education, classical education, education, juvenile, Ovid, Ovidâ€™s Metamorphoses, Prioressâ€™s Tale, tabula rasa

The Ancient Order of Foresters' Billycart Float

Images of children belonging to the Ancient Order of Foresters riding billycart floats at a NSW parade. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first…

Float for the Juvenile Section of the Ancient Order of Foresters

Image depicting a children's float for the Ancient Order of Foresters at a parade in NSW. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first recorded Foresters…

Corpus Christi at Manly: Children in the Procession

A photograph taken by photographer Ted Hood of children participating in the Corpus Christi procession at Manly, New South Wales, in 1934.

Corpus Christi is an annual feast day observed by the Catholic Church on the Thursday following Trinity…

The Last Viking

The childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects with his inner…

Tags: child, children, Childrenâ€™s literature, fiction, Fremantle Press, illustration, James Foley, juvenile, literature, Norman Jorgensen, picture book, viking, WA, Western Australia, young adult

The Last Viking teaching blog

A blog for the childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects…

'The Last Viking' Display

A digital photograph of popular Viking items in a display case at the State Library of Western Australia. The display advertises a book signing session by Norman Jorgensen for his 2011 childrenâ€™s book The Last Viking, illustrated by James…

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