As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
40 pp.
| North-South |
October, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-7358-2090-2$17.95
(4)
K-3
Translated by J. Alison James.
Illustrated by
Christa Unzner.
This simplified prose version of the play emphasizes Romeo and Juliet's romance while eliminating all subplots and secondary character development. Unzer's sophisticated, graceful, layered illustrations are the book's greatest strength. Bits of original text are interlaced with the delicate ink drawings and sometimes-translucent painted pictures.