![]() ![]() It also allows the storyteller to look ahead and explain future consequences or events. ![]() Instead, oral storytelling allows the storyteller to explain the current state of affairs and how it got there. In oral stories there is not time to introduce large chunks of information over a period of time, nor to make it livelier by making it form a part of a dialogue. Notably, the book often takes time away from the plot for the author to speak to the reader or for the author to provide background information in a way that feels reminiscent of a story told aloud. It wants to take on the form of the stories it celebrates. It can sometimes feel a little heavy-handed and not always relevant thematically. From the opening pages when it plays readers’ knowledge of tropes to its little nod to the storytelling tradition in the form of a ship called the Scop, the book announces its interest in announcing the importance of stories. ![]() Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is a story that delights in stories. ![]() Armed with a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes, Peter and his new friends will go on a quest to do the impossible. Then one day he is given the opportunity to rescue a kingdom ruled by a tyrant usurper. Goodreads: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyesīlinded as a baby, ten-year-old Peter Nimble now lives as a thief. ![]()
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