Hesperides the Aarborg - Tad Tuleja

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Résumé :
This tale began as a bedtime story that folklorist Tad Tuleja told his son when he was four. Blending elements of the animal fable and the quest narrative, it shows how even the smallest and humblest of creatures, if they believe in themselves, can work wonders. The story is set in a time long ago when all living things had voices. In those days some small friendly animals known as aarborgs lived in the High Desert in a place called the Fold. During a long summer without rain, a young aarborg named Hesperides walks bravely into the vast World Beyond the Desert to search for the water that the aarborgs need to survive. With the help of a tiny lizard, a sleepy owl, a fast-talking crow, and a kindly cactus, he uses a magical Water Key to fulfill his quest and bring the life-saving water back home. Along the way he learns a bittersweet lesson about the circle of life, the value of friends, and the gift of serving others....

Biographie:
Tad Tuleja is a writer and retired university teacher who holds a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Texas at Austin. The author of thirty books, he has published works on history, literature, anthropology, children's folklore, music, and slang. His poems have appeared in Urthona, The Road Not Taken, Adirondack Review, and other journals. Under the musical alias Skip Yarrow, Tuleja has released two EPs: he performs his songs on www.skipyarrow.com and on You Tube. Hesperides the Aarborg, which began fifty years ago as a bedtime story for his four-year-old son, is his first children's book. It reflects his longstanding affection for animal fables and for the landscape of the American Southwest, where he lives with his wife and songwriting partner Andr?e Nolen.

Sommaire:
This tale began as a bedtime story that folklorist Tad Tuleja told his son when he was four. Blending elements of the animal fable and the quest narrative, it shows how even the smallest and humblest of creatures, if they believe in themselves, can work wonders. The story is set in a time long ago when all living things had voices. In those days some small friendly animals known as aarborgs lived in the High Desert in a place called the Fold. During a long summer without rain, a young aarborg named Hesperides walks bravely into the vast World Beyond the Desert to search for the water that the aarborgs need to survive. With the help of a tiny lizard, a sleepy owl, a fast-talking crow, and a kindly cactus, he uses a magical Water Key to fulfill his quest and bring the life-saving water back home. Along the way he learns a bittersweet lesson about the circle of life, the value of friends, and the gift of serving others....