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Irving, Washington

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

40 pp. | Atheneum | August, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-0625-4 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Gris Grimly. The tale of the headless horseman, slightly condensed, is reimagined here with humor and vigor. Irving's challenging, boisterously florid language is most effective when read aloud, but Grimly's Halloween-hued panel and spot illustrations, with their emphatic movement and caricaturized figures, parse it into comprehensible tidbits. The comically amplified emotions and warm hues balance the text's horror, helping mute the scare factor.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2007

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