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32 pp.
| Abrams
| October, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1-4197-0986-9$18.95
(4)
K-3
Here is a textually straightforward retelling whose stylish pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations somewhat make good on the promise of a "fashion-forward twist." The art contains nods to groundbreaking twentieth- and twenty-first-century designs by the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood, vaguely identified in the endpapers; a picture-book audience is unlikely to appreciate these references, but they'll dig the groovy garb.
32 pp.
| Abrams
| April, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-8109-4139-2$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Slick retro-style artwork turns the traditional folktale into an interesting but more adult- than child-oriented peek into the history of interiors. While the text presents a fairly standard retelling, augmented by a few era-appropriate interjections, the illustrations furnish the hip bear family's "split-level" with designer beds, chairs, bowls, and other pieces, identified on the endpapers as being mostly from the fifties and sixties.