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Antique
3 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Setting sail, piracy, shipwrecks, and mermaids are all subjects of this compilation. Both classic and contemporary, some readings suffer from their excerption. Prose includes selections from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle; "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear and "O to Sail" by Walt Whitman are some poetic offerings. Illustrations by a variety of artists decorate the handsome volume. Glos.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Greg Becker.
With their flat, appropriately childlike compositions, the paintings' color palette captures a sense of the classic story's dreaminess. Line drawings, as well as smaller painted vignettes, appear throughout the book.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Martin Hargreaves.
Taking as his inspiration Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, White tells the story of an orphan named Maria who discovers a group of Lilliputians descended from those in Swift's classic and must protect them from exploitation by her governess and a conniving vicar. Full-page oil paintings as well as smaller vignettes appear throughout this charming fantasy.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
3 reviews
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