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The Grammar of Fantasy : An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories - Gianni Rodari

The Grammar of Fantasy

An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories

By: Gianni Rodari, Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator), Jack Zipes (Translator)

Hardcover | 20 August 2025

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A collection of essays from the visionary storyteller Gianni Rodari about fairy tales and folk tales and their great advantages in teaching creative storytelling.

'Rodari grasped children's need to play with life's rules by using the grammar of their own imaginations. They must be encouraged to question, challenge, destroy, mock, eliminate, generate, and reproduce their own language and meanings through stories that will enable them to narrate their own lives.'
- Jack Zipes

Translated into English by acclaimed children's historian Jack Zipes and illustrated for the first time ever by Matthew Forsythe, this edition of The Grammar of Fantasy is one to live with and return to for its humor, intelligence, and truly deep understanding of children. A groundbreaking pedagogical work that is also a handbook for writers of all ages and kinds, The Grammar of Fantasy gives each of us a playful, practical path to finding our own voice through the power of storytelling.
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