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31/12/2016

Happy new year

27/10/2016

This is to inform all FUD library users that our e-library start selling internet ticket

01/03/2016

By; Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna. ‎ Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Shehu Sani, has, donated books worth over N10million to National Library, Kaduna and Kaduna State University (KASU…

13/01/2016

Books could affect every human being on the planet.

13/01/2016

These days, listicles (a portmanteau of the word “list” and “article”) are all the rage. They’re short, digestible articles in a numbered format, and you’ve probably seen them everywhere. From serious (7 Harmful Effects of Sun Exposure) to silly (20 Reasons You’re Actually a Hamster), listicles deli

13/01/2016

It's Charles Perrault's 388th birthday! The French writer's best known work was a collection of literary fairy tales based on earlier folktales, "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé: Les Contes de ma Mère l’Oye (Stories or Tales of Long Ago: Tales of Mother Goose)." This 1695 work gave us what have become the standard versions of many fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Puss in Boots" and "Bluebeard." It also popularized the idea of "Mother Goose," although the name had been used for the archetypal elderly storyteller in France at least since the 1620s. Perrault lived from 1628 to 1703.

Perrault's influence has been pervasive in the fairy-tale world. Because his popular books preceded the Grimms' by 100 years, and because several of the Grimms' informants were bilingual in French and German, it's likely that Perrault's versions of these tales influenced the ones later collected by the Grimms. Perrault's tales have also been adapted as operas, novels, plays, and ballets. The Disney versions of such tales as "Cinderella" were directly based on Perrault's tellings.

At the first link, folklorist Margaret R. Yocom discusses less well-known versions of "Cinderella," particularly the international story of Allerleirauh, found in Asia and Africa as well as Europe. She discusses the influence of both Perrault and the Grimms:

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6280&loclr=fbafc

At the second link, find an article about an illustration from one of Perrault's tales, from the Library's Music Division:

http://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182889/?loclr=fbafc

The painting is "Red-Ridinghood and the Wolf" by William Holbrook Beard (1824-1900). Find out more about it at the link below:

http://www.loc.gov/item/2003674393/?loclr=fbafc

29/12/2015

From tech to self-help via poetry, fiction and graphic novels, here are the books you need to read.

29/12/2015

Merry Christmas from the Library of Congress. (Photo by Shawn Miller)