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40 pp.
| Eerdmans
| March, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8028-5416-2$17.00
(2)
K-3
Translated by Kathleen Merz.
Illustrated by
Rébecca Dautremer.
In this variant of "The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey" wise Mustafa uses the story's events to teach his son Nasreddine an important lesson. There's a culture-revealing specificity in the repartee and the goods they're taking to market (dates, wool, chickens), and the art is vibrant with organic-looking architecture and creative perspectives.
94 pp.
| Sterling
| June, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4027-6677-0$19.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Rébecca Dautremer.
This extensive tongue-in-cheek survey of imaginary rulers (examples: princesses Somnia, Do-Re-Mi, Molly Coddle) will delight princess-loving readers (others may think the joke goes on too long). The text describes the royals' palaces, cuisine, fashion, pets, etc. A "What Kind of Princess Are You?" quiz and princess proverbs conclude the volume. Angular illustrations dominated by rich reds are large, elaborate, and theatrical. Ind.