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32 pp.
| Doubleday |
October, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-385-32261-5$$16.95
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Yvonne Gilbert.
In this wintry literary fairy tale, a boy out hunting rabbits in the king's woods meets up with a mysterious old blind man, heartsick over his son's death in the same war that took the boy's father. Romantic artwork in soft hues uses decorative folk-art borders to divide the action, displaying past battle scenes alongside the duo's solace-giving search for the legendary white stag.