- Paperback
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Other (Oct 14 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0064431258
- ISBN-13: 978-0064431255
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,355,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
HarperCollins continues with its commitment to reissue Maurice Sendak's most beloved works in hardcover by making available again this 1964 reprinting of an original fairytale by Frank R. Stockton, as illustrated by the incomparable Maurice Sendak.
In the ancient country of Orn there lived an old man who was called the Bee-man, because his whole time was spent in the company of bees. One day a Junior Sorcerer stopped at the hut of the Bee-man. The Junior Sorcerer told the Bee-man that he has been transformed. "If you will find out what you have been transformed from, I will see that you are made all right again," said the Sorcerer. Could it have been a giant, or a powerful prince, or some gorgeous being whom the magicians or the fairies wish to punish?
The Bee-man sets out to discover his original form.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.About the Author
Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) published his first book, Ting-a-Ling, a collection of fairy tales, in 1870. From 1873 to 1881, he was assistant editor of St. Nicholas magazine, working with Mary Mapes Dodge. His writing career flourished in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when he produced story collections, novels, and works of history for young readers, as well as nonfiction and fiction for adults, notably his story The Lady or the Tiger?
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beeman of Orn gets to essentials of human nature,
This review is from: Bee-Man Of Orn (Hardcover)
This is a marvelous story about a man who comes to believe that he has taken the wrong path in life. He should be some one else. He goes on a quest in search of his own true self. The story is delightful, episodic, and ends with humor. Some of the characters he meets on the way -- the Very Imp, the Languid Scholar -- have stayed with me for years.The Sendak drawings are sublime.
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