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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.21
EAN num: 9780395678947
ISBN number: 0395678943
Label: Clarion Books
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: February 18, 1996
Publishing house: Clarion Books
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 783854
Studio: Clarion Books
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An international collection of 18 nursery tales for young children, grouped by theme, such as 'Runaway Cookies,' 'Slowpokes and Speedsters,' and 'Chain Tales,' and brillantly illustrated with full-colour borders.
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Eighteen nursery tales from many cultures are presented in carefully-crafted versions perfect for the young listener. Sierra's translations are sensitive both to the imagination of the child and the cultural origins of the stories, and Vitale's illustrations are rendered in a warm folk-art style. Enjoyable listening and looking for everyone, and fascinating reading for ages 8 and up.
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Who doesn't know the stories "The Gingerbread Man" or "The Lady Who Swallowed a Fly"? But, have you heard of "The Pancake" or "The Cat and the Parrot"? Sierra organizes eighteen folktales from around the world into a collection focused around six themes. This combination of mostly unfamiliar folktales from India, Jamaica, and Zaire (to name a few) and more familiar ones from the United States and England are easily accessible through a well organized contents page. Sierra commendably includes a detailed introduction and thematic background information in addition to extensive source notes which include tale origin information and detailed explanations for changes to the tales. In one instance Sierra explains her rationale behind the name changes she made in "The Pancake". In order to preserve the rhyme scheme present in the original version, she changed the characters' manes to "goody-poody", "many-panny", and "henny-penny". This attention to detail helps both young listeners and more capable readers adore and accept the unfamiliar fables in this collection. Vitale completes this book with exquisite illustrations of the tales through his use of repetitive, culturally-based boarders as well as text-based illustrations. For the tale of "Odon the Giant", Vitale depicts Odon as a huge beast with sharp teeth who is creating havoc for those people beneath him. Vitale combines both sharp and subdued colors to create an illusion of ancientness in his illustrations. The reader feels that they aren't opening just another book, but one passed down through the generations.
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