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80 pp.
| Tundra |
October, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-88776-811-8$18.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Francis Blake.
Preceding these six folktales, each from a different place (e.g., Scandinavia, Palestine, India), is a short verse take-off on once-upon-a-time ("What's that at the door? / It's a story!"). The stories share a similarly light, silly narrative style and details. Offbeat fine-line drawings, some full-page and some spot, employ a bold and varied color palette and placement on the pages.