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Dalton, Annie
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Girls of Many Lands series.
When twelve-year-old Elizabethan Isabel embarks on a mini-adventure--she sneaks out with the maid to see a play--she is caught and shipped off to her aunt's in the country. Through a series of improbable events, she is attacked by brigands, joins a theater company, and saves her sister's life during an outbreak of the plague. Details of the period are accurate and interesting.
Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman
(3)
K-3
Adaptations of eight stories include the well-known "Sleeping Beauty" and a few less familiar ones, such as "The Egg Prince" from Zimbabwe and "The Starlight Princess" from India. Downes painstakingly crafted dozens of small and large embroideries to accompany the text; the introduction describes how she created these distinctive illustrations. Brief source notes are provided.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
2 reviews
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