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Edens, Cooper
8 Reviews
(3)
4-6
This volume showcases the lore (and lure) of the American West with more than seventy short stories, excerpts, biographies, poems, folktales, and songs, including traditional tunes ("Sweet Betsy from Pike"), pop songs ("Desperado"), and those from Broadway musicals ("Oklahoma!"). Drawings, archival photographs, and reproductions of paintings by well-known artists (Wyeth, Homer, Remington, Russell) enhance each entry.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg
(3)
K-3
The over eighty entries in Edens's collection include such standards as "Old MacDonald" and "The Ugly Ducking," but also less well known poems, stories, excerpts, and songs. Each is accompanied by an illustration from such artists as Arthur Rackham, L. Leslie Brooke, Winslow Homer, and Clement Hurd. The volume will interest historians and collectors. An index would have been useful.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
4-6
Edens compiled fifty-three excerpts from stories, poems, and songs about the sea and paired them with reproductions of works by artists including Maxfield Parrish and Howard Pyle. The selections are too short (e.g., only five stanzas from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) but may whet readers' appetites.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
K-3
This book includes fifteen Grimms' fairy tales. The volume's real focus is the art: for each story, Edens brings together illustrations from many sources (e.g., "Cinderella" includes pictures from Maxfield Parrish, Lancelot Speed, and several anonymous illustrators). Most are from the late-nineteenth through early-twentieth centuries, and the variety of interpretations and styles will be of interest to collectors and artists.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
K-3
This nostalgic collection of nursery rhymes, poems, fables, and story excerpts includes both familiar (a passage from "Snow White") and less well known fare ("The Elfman" by John Kendrick Bang). Illustrations by such artists as Kate Greenaway ("Greenway" in the back matter), Randolph Caldecott, and Winslow Homer accompany each entry. The whole is attractive but not a necessary purchase.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
(4)
4-6
These eight princess stories are fluently written and reasonably representative. The illustrations are notable--generous selections from over two dozen artists, from Walter Crane to Jessie Willcox Smith. Yet this bounty will easily confuse most young readers; there are, for example, more than eighteen different visual representations of Cinderella in this book that is more for collectors than children.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian
(4)
K-3
Excerpts from holiday stories and poems accompany illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, Jessie Willcox Smith, and others. Most of the selections are well known; it's the vintage reproductions of paintings and other art that makes this Christmas volume notable. As handsome as it is, this compilation will most likely appeal to nostalgic adults.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(4)
4-6
The classic Italian story of a wooden puppet who becomes a real boy is illustrated with a gallery of vintage images, both in color and black and white, by the tale's illustrators from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. While the book lacks visual unity, it is nonetheless a handsome compilation that will hold special appeal for those interested in the history of children's book illustration.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
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