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Publications

Standalone volumes

  • Amalia's Dreams - Tales of the saddest witch in the world. Lánchíd Kiadó, Bp. 1991.

  • Tales of the Black World Bypass Man. Elektra Publishing House, Bp. 1997. (László Márton wrote a critique about it: The Tale as an Address in the August 29, 1997 issue of Life and Literature)

  • Magic and dieting. Tales, storytellers, motifs. - Study volume. József Attila Kör-Kijárat Kiadó, Bp. 1997. 2nd edition: Didakt Kiadó, Criticism about him: by József Havasréti (present May 1998) and Klára Ágnes Papp (Holmi, September 1998)

  • Fairytale poetics. Writings about children, tales, books. Akadémia Kiadó, Bp., 2004. Criticism: Erika Csontos (AND, July 22, 2005), József Fekete (New Source, 2005/5)

  • Witch tales. Móra Publishing House, 2007.

  • Princess is born. Naphegy Publishing House, 2009.

  • Coi aussi, tu es née princesse, Planete Revéé, 2010.

  • Narodziny ksiezniczki, Námás, 2010.

  • Storytelling. Magvető Kiadó, 2010 (published in eight editions until 2015)

  • Prince is born. Naphegy Publishing House, 2011.

  • A storytelling guide for those on the road. Tales of life turns. Magvető Publishing House, 2013.

  • Tales of a kitten who couldn't moan - Home of Heaven. OBDK, 2015.

  • The thirteen swans - together with Zsuzsanna Paál. Kossuth Publishing House, 2015.

  • The lost bird feather. Conversational storybook; OBDK, Bp., 2016 (Tales on the Rights of the Child)

  • Tales of life crises. A fairytale guide for road seekers; Seeder, Bp., 2016

  • Real christmas; Simonidesz Hajnalka, Réka Farkasházi and the Ink Rabbit, frame history, sound game order. B. Turkish Fruzsina; Kolibri, Bp., 2017

  • Cinderella's Facebook profile. Storytelling cases; Jelenkor, Bp., 2018

  • The queen who imagined herself to be a bird. Storytelling group stories; Jelenkor, Bp., 2019

  • The boy who dreamed of a crow castle; Naphegy, Bp., 2020

  • How the dried well obtained water; Seeder, Bp., 2020

 

 

Fairy tale collections, textbooks

  • Wilhelm Hauff: The Legend of the Deer Collar. A selection from Hauff's tales. Móra Publishing House, Bp. 1989.

  • All of Wilhelm Hauff’s tales are for educated youth and girls. Pest Salon Publishing House, Bp. 1996.

  • The three princesses. Hungarian fairy tales - Selection from ancient Hungarian folk tales (Palatinus Publishing House, 1999). Second Edition The Cat Cat 2002.

  • Reading book for elementary school 2nd grade. National Textbook Publisher, 1998.

  • Literary reading book for the 3rd grade of elementary school. National Textbook Publisher, 1999.

  • Literary reading book for the 4th grade of elementary school. National Textbook Publisher, 2000.

  • Fairytale castle. Comprehension workbook for elementary school 1st grade. National Textbook Publisher, 2002.

  • Evening fairy tales. Novella Publishing House, Budapest, 2001.

  • Evening tales about love. Novella Publishing House, Budapest, 2001.

  • Evening animal tales. Novella Publishing House, Budapest, 2002.

  • The one-day king. Funny tales. Palatinus, Budapest, 2001.

  • The dreamy boy. Cunning tales. Palatinus, Budapest, 2002.

  • The kitten. Hungarian fairy tales. Palatinus, Nov 2001

  • Evening tales for boys. Novella, 2003.

  • Evening tales for girls. Novella, 2003.

  • Dragon Slayer Sebestyén. Hungarian folk tales with dragons. Palatinus, 2004.

  • Evening tales about happiness. Novella, 2005.

  • Tales of the wonders of life. Readers Digest, 2005, Seeder, 2015.

  • Water Spiders-Wonder Spiders ABC. 30 little storybooks. Readers Digest 2005-2006.

  • Tales about men - women. Seeder, 2007.

  • Tales about women - for men. Seeder, 2007.

  • Musical tales. Rózsavölgyi, 2007.

  • Tales about mothers. Seeder, 2008.

  • Tales about fathers. Seeder, 2008.

  • Tales of life, death and rebirth. Seeder, 2009.

  • By order of the pike. Russian folk tales. Leprechaun Books, 2011.

  • Tales of brothers and sisters. Seeder, 2012.

  • Tales of happy old people. Seeder, 2014.

  • Storytelling in practice. Seeder, 2014.

  • The Wonderbird - Tales for brave children. Transplant Foundation, 2015.

  • Evening tales for boys. Revised, refurbished edition. Móra, 2015.

  • Evening tales for girls. Revised, refurbished edition. Móra, 2015.

  • Evening fairy tales; with. Ildikó Boldizsár; Móra, Bp., 2016

 

 

Publications related to fairy tales and fairy tale therapy

  • Some miracles. Fairytale reviews. Life and Literature Dec 1986 12. 10.

  • 1986 balance sheet of Hungarian children's and youth literature. Children's Muses 1987 / Mar. 11-14.

  • Family models in fairy tales. In: Background for children's culture. Edited by Katalin Zoltán. Background Publisher, Bp., 1988. 145-146.

  • Getting started on a wandering journey. About the collection of tales from the Grimm brothers. Hungarian Diary, March 1, 1990 14.

  • The ethnographic kaleidoscope of Iván Balassa. Iván Balassa: Ethnography of Hungarians beyond our borders. Hungarian Diary April 1990 19.

  • Theater as a holiday - About children's theater performances. Hungarian Diary, May 17, 1990

  • Disturbing tales. Hungarian Diary July 1990 5. 8.

  • Not just between God and man. Zoltán Fejős-Imola Küllős: Religiosity and folk culture beyond our borders. Magyar Napló 1990. Oct. 11.

  • Traktor tér and Passenger refreshment - Pál Békés: Tribal relations. Holmi, 1990/10. 1207-1210.

  • Memory of the Heart - Gabriel García Márquez: Love in the Time of Cholera. Holmi 1990/12. 1438-1442.

  • Reception of Hungarian literature in Finland - reception of Finnish literature in Hungary. Library Monitor 1991. 1. sz.

  • It was… (Fairytale Watch) Something  1991/6 776-782.

  • Cemetery - garden. Ecotag 1992/1. 37-40.

  • Magic and dieting. Study of fairy tale metamorphoses. Holmi l992 / 7. 945-952, 2nd ed .: Selected Goods. Anthology. Bp. 1995. 47-57.

  • Bears, teddy bears, little bucks - About István Kormos' books on Vackor. Hungarian Orange July 1992

  • Who are we waiting for? - András Simonffy: We are waiting for me. Holmi 1992/10. 1494-1497.

  • Good little deaths. - Ágnes Háy: Danse macabre. Death dance in half a hundred pictures. Hungarian Orange Oct. 1992 27.

  • Pocket TV News. Hungarian Orange Dec. 1992 6.

  • Fairy tale and horror. Angela Carter: The Chamber of Torture. Holmi 1994/1. 144-149.

  • Each other in ourselves, the world in each other. - Judit B. Gáspár: My third. Hungarian Diary June 24, 1994

  • From the delicate play of the fingers to the five-pointed star. - On Love Postcards. about the exhibition. Népszabadság Nov 1994 11.

  • Will that be enough? - Marcello D'Orta: I hope we get away with it; God created us fast; Romeo married Julia from below. Népszabadság Dec 1994 23. 24.

  • Lippiti-klippiti — About Uncle Remus's filmed tales. Népszabadság Feb. 1995 3. 23.

  • The Angel Made of Wood (about puppet theater performances) Hungarian Orange Feb. 1995

  • One last small blow to the heart. - Yves Navarre: In Search of Desired Time. Hungarian Orange February 1995 23. 36.

  • Flight in a concave posture. - Gyula Zeke: Older lady with three fingers on my shoulder. Hungarian Orange March 1995 9.

  • Sunlight in an empty room. - Zsuzsa Kapecz: Mirror Writing. Holmi 1995/4. 562-564.

  • About János Berze Nagy. In: Calendar of events. Bibliography and exhibition aids for major anniversaries of the quarter. Edited by Györgyi Hölgyesi. Bp 1996/2. 6-10.

  • Csutak. About Iván Mándy's children's books. Holmi 1996/4. 535-538.

  • Fleeing tales. About the tales of Bosnian refugees. Life and Literature November 22, 1996 14.

  • Fairytale zoology with bears. Holmi 1997/10. 1435-1444.

  • The storyteller and the child. Pannonhalma Review 1997/4. 3-8.

  • Ex libris. - PL Travers: The Wonderful Mary; The wonderful Mary returns; Aliz-Háy Ágnes Mosonyi: Budapest Tales; Yehudi Menuhin and Christopher Hope: The King, the Cat and the Violin. Life and Literature Nov. 1997 28.

  • Magic objects and wonderful plants in fairy tales. New Source 1997/12. 11-26.

  • Dead ends of exegesis. - Dave Hunt: The woman sitting on the beast. Ecotag 1997 / dec.

  • Golden nocturnal cannot be eaten. - Konrad Lorenz: We were human declines. Cedar 1997/1. 25.

  • Once a shop, where there is no shop… Aliz Mosonyi: Shop stories. Holmi May 1998

  • Save what you can save. Vilmos Tánczos: The Gate of the East C. about his book. Life and Literature Aug 1998 28.

  • The bit-brained kids and the fairy tale. School culture January 1999

  • To make room for good. István Kamarás: Snail Tale. Life and Literature February 5, 1999

  • Ex libris. - Marie-Lousie von Franz: Archetypal Patterns in the Tale; The shadow and evil in the tale; Drewermann: The point is invisible; Gabriella Komáromi: The Secret Garden of Children's Books. Life and Literature Aug 1999 6.

  • The Forgotten Heroes of Grimm Tales. Ark 1999 / 1-2.

  • The tale as a healing force. New Source 1999 / Sep.

  • Criticisms published in the "Children's Book" section of Népszabadság:

  • István Kamarás: Jumping competition in the berek. June 1999 17.

  • Ervin Lazarus: King Hapci. July 1999 29.

  • Heller, David: Children's letters to God. Aug 1999 12.

  • Goscinny-Sempé: Little Nicolas. Sep 1999 9.

  • Preussler, Otfried: The Little Witch. Oct 1999 28.

  • Rowling, JK: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Jan 2000 27.

  • Gypsy folk tales. March 2000 23.

  • Alberto Moravia: Prehistory Stories. July 20, 2000

  • Ágnes Bálint: Raisins. Aug 2000 17.

  • Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Oct 2000 5.

  • David Almond: The Secret of Wings. Nov 2000 9.

  • Louis Sachar: Stanley, son of fortune. Dec 2000 7.

  • Dr. Seuss: How did Spasm steal Christmas? Dec 2000 21.

  • Sepúlveda: The case of the seagull with the cat who taught him to fly. Jan 2001 25.

  • Louis Sachar: Bradley, the horror of the class. July 19, 2001

  • Ludwig Bechstein: The Enchanted Princess. Sept. 2001 6.

  • Just don't do this! In defense of fairy tales. Sept. 2001 21.

  • Roald Dahl: Witches. Oct 2001 4.

  • Adél Kálnay: Secrets in an old garden. Nov 2001 8.

  • András Petőcz: Bojtorján. Nov 2001 22.

  • Ferenc Szijj: Prince of Szuromberek. Dec 2001 6.

  • Paul Békés: The Half-Life. Dec 2001 20.

  • Darren Shan: Circus of Horrors. Jan 2002 5.

  • Kevin Crossley-Holland: King Arthur - The Sightstone. Feb 2002 7.

  • Gianni Rodari: It was twice where it wasn't. Apr 2002 11.

  • Paul Békés: The Wise Filler. Jul 2005 27.

  • CS Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia. Sep 2005 7.

  • Ildikó Sándor: Cricket Rock. Oct 2005 12.

  • One hundred and forty-five promising nights. About the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights. Life and Literature 2000.02.18.

  • Male figures in the fairy tale. Sunshine, March 2000

  • To be a father. Paul Békés: Báldor. Life and Literature March 31, 2000

  • The half-church fairy tale king. József Seres is a storyteller. Source, Nov 2000

  • Ex libris. Tibor Tarcsai Szabó: Pamuhihőke és Sámsemék, Lajta Erika: Princess on her feet, Stéphanie: Sour cucumber with chocolate, Berta-Schäffer Erzsébet Csíkszentmihályi: storybook. Life and Literature, Nov 2000 18.

  • The first action book of children's literature. JK Rowling: Harry Potter Series. Holmi, May 2001.

  • School Culture, May 2001

  • About reading with the adult eye. Rereading our childhood favorites. Holmi, Aug 2001

  • Why did Sleeping Beauty sleep for a hundred years? Female and male roles in fairy tales. Turning point 2001/12. s.

  • Who is Lajos Ámi? Life and Literature, Oct. 2001 26.

  • Ex libris. J. Wilson: The Little Girl in the Suitcase; Double game, Lois Lowry: Count the Stars !; About his books The Guardian of Memories. Life and Literature, November 30, 2001.

  • Why are there no gardens in the tales? Alibi, Garden Number, 2001.

  • I stumble, I want to say: trapiti. László Darvasi: Trapiti. Holmi, May 2003

  • The situation of children's literature. Book and Education, 2003/2.

  • The growing age of children's literature. Speaker, June 2003

  • Where the bird does not go. Interpress Magazine, July 2003

  • A 12-part series entitled Storytelling in the Magazine's Magazine since August 2003

  • Roses in the fairy tale. Rain. 2004 / winter.

  • Storytelling. Interpress Magazine, 2005 / December

  • The tale as an initiation, Pannonhalma Review, 2005/4.

  • The community-creating and retaining power of the tale. Pannon Mirror, 2009.

  • Experiences of the first year of the Storytelling Center, SUN, September 2011

  • Shamanic Elements in Hungarian Folk Tales - Hungarian Rewiew, November, 2013.

  • “He Set Off to TRy His Luck - Hungarian Rewiew, January, 2014.

  • The Metamorphoses Storytelling Method. Turning point number 63. May 2014

  •   “Succeed” - Reintegration program for women and their children serving their sentences at the Heves County BV Institute (together with Attila Juhász and Margó Luzsi) - Prison Review 2014

 

 

Fiction publications, studies

  • Letters to Bruno Schulz. Holmi 1995/2.

  • A Tale of the Black World Bypass Man. Holmi 1996/3.

  • The tale of the Water King. The tale of the cloud. Life and Literature May 17, 1997

  • “The World of the Fairy Tale” and “Why the Pooh is a Good Children's Book, Why the Little Prince is Beautiful”. Chapter on Children's Literature. college note. Edited by Gabriella Komáromi. Helikon, 1999.

  • Harry Potter in teaching. Teacher's Treasury. Raabe Publisher October 2001 and October 2002 (together with Zsuzsa Aggod)

  • Contemporary children's books. Cicero, 2001.

  • Andersen's world. Vaskakas Puppet Theater, 2015.

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