- Hardcover: 12 pages
- Publisher: Landoll (January 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1569874298
- ISBN-13: 978-1569874295
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 18.8 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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A Christmas Carol, Dec 9 2008
By Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Christmas Carol (Hardcover)
ISBN 1569874298 - Hard as it is to believe, it is possible to demolish this most classic of Christmas tales. This pop-up edition does a fine job of making a mess of the story.Ebenezer Scrooge is a terrible miser, and a terrible uncle. His nephew, Bob Cratchit, works for him in his counting house and invites Scrooge to a holiday party; Scrooge responds by threatening to fire Cratchit if he mentions Christmas again. That night, the ghost of Scrooge's old partner Marley visits him to warn him that he will be visited by three spirits. Shown what a life he might have had, Scrooge wakes on Christmas morning a new man, and joins his nephew's party as the first step toward a new, less greedy, life.
I realize that the story had to be trimmed to fit a childrens' book, but this is ridiculous. The book is a mere 8 pages and four of those pages are taken up by pop-ups, so it's actually reduced to four. The visits from the three spirits are covered in two pages, about 4 paragraphs; if any child can find the message in that rushed telling, they're too old for pop-up books in the first place. Bob Cratchit and his family is merged with Scrooge's nephew and family, which works okay. Tiny Tim is Scrooge's grand-nephew and has no physical ailment, which does not work - it is the child's embrace of life and everyone in it, in the face of his disability, that makes the story truly touching. The pop-ups are colorful and attractive but, like most pop-ups, a little flimsy and easily damaged. There are so many superb versions of this story out there that this one simply isn't worthwhile.
- AnnaLovesBooks
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