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40 pp.
| Minedition
| April, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-988-8341-05-4$12.00 New ed. (1995, North-South)
(4)
K-3
A mouse emerges from a hole in the ground and steals a frog's flower. This escalates into full-fledged war between frogs and mice until destruction is nearly total. In the original wordless version, Popov's message was clear, if simplistic; the addition of text, while unobtrusive, seems somewhat unnecessary. Double-page spreads progress from open spaces and cool green tones to cluttered, hectic, dark pages.
32 pp.
| Abrams
| May, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-0583-0$16.95
(4)
K-3
Because of a drought, Pancho Rabbit's father heads north for work. When he doesn't return, Pancho goes looking for him, guided by Señor Coyote. What begins as a light allegory becomes a darker tale. Tonatiuh effortlessly employs Spanish words, and folk art–like illustrations complement the story's origin. The author's note on immigration is geared to an older audience. Reading list, websites. Glos.
40 pp.
| Atheneum
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-689-81763-0$$16.95
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Leonid Gore.
Allegory is ill served in this attempt to trace the story of twentieth-century Germany within the outlines of "Sleeping Beauty." Under a curse, a boy and his family sleep through the Second World War and the subsequent division of Berlin, only awakening when the Wall is torn down. The arch and exclamatory prose lacks the gravity demanded by the subject. Only the paintings in this picture book, by turn tender and threatening, do the theme justice.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2000
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Andrew Davidson.
A majestic bird named Skymaster, a Christlike figure, counsels the creatures of Godhanger Wood, who are constantly stalked by a vicious gamekeeper. The book is grim (the wood is a dark verso to the cheerful farmyards King-Smith has previously depicted) and flawed (there are philosophical holes in the story, and the Christian imagery is undeveloped), but the events are compelling and the ideas, thought-provoking.