5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Get these back into print!, Oct 20 1998
By Eckhard A. Gerdes "Eckhard Gerdes" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Story Number Two (Paperback)
These are among the best children's books ever written. My children have loved them as much as I have. It is amazing that they are out-of-print. And they're Ionesco! What's the reason for the publisher reluctance? Look at these reviews, Doubleday.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
These books are too wonderful to be extinct!, Dec 14 1999
By Rach "Rach" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Story Number Two (Paperback)
I must second the motion of other reviewers of this series. On my fourth birthday, I received Story Number Three, and it has remained my favorite children's book ever since. Today I am fortunate enough to be able to read it to my own son who adores it as much as I, but only because I have kept my copy for 22 years. Story Number Three is a wonderful, original story, and the illustrations are like none I have ever seen in any other publication. It is rare that you find a children's book that is truly a work of art in every sense of the word, and rarer still that an artist of Ionesco's caliber has devoted his skill to the arena of children's literature. How tragic that the books themselves have become a rarity. Please put this series back in print so that I can read the rest of them and pass on more of something great to my little one!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sad they are unavailable because I never read Story Number 1, Jan 4 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Story Number Two (Paperback)
I recieved this book a number of years ago as a gift and fell in love. It could be because my copy had the most beautiful illustrations but I was literally enchanted by it's surreal text and how beautifully Ionesco portrayed not only the daughter's innocence, but her parents as well.