- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Groundwood (Sep 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0888992874
- ISBN-13: 978-0888992871
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.8 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,257,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?In this retelling of an Italian folktale, the Gals have written and illustrated a romantic, if nonsensical, tale within a tale. A prince who loves a merchant's beautiful daughter from afar worries that the evil king will take advantage of her when her father is away, so he asks a sorceress to give him the power to become a parrot. In that form, he tells stories to the girl and promises her an even more wonderful story if she refuses all interruptions. She agrees, and he spins a tale of a beautiful princess and her identical doll, an evil king, and a loving prince. The king's messengers knock on the door in vain; the young woman cares only for the story and will not let them in. Finally, her father returns and the prince explains his ruse. Everyone, in both stories, lives happily ever after. The parrot and his fanciful fabrications appear in full-color illustrations done in oils, tempera, and colored pencil, while the merchant's daughter and other realistic elements are drawn in pencil. While some of the figures are stiff or contorted, a Renaissance flavor is conveyed. Both "stories" require a huge suspension of belief and the storytelling fails to weave enough of a spell to make readers really care. Better romantic folktales are plentiful in most collections, making this one nonessential.?Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This story within a story has all the elements that children love in a fairy tale--a beautiful princess, an evil king, kidnappers, foul witches, and a handsome prince. A father-daughter artist team recreates this traditional Italian folk tale with realistic illustrations in rich, intense colors.
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ONCE upon a time in an ancient kingdom there lived a merchant and his beautiful daughter. Read the first page
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