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Gr. 1-3. Two professional ballerinas have collaborated on this striking staging of the classic ballet, based on James Kudelka's National Ballet of Canada production. The narrative reads smoothly, but it's the art that steals the show. Peopled with doll-like folk-art figures, Kupesic's full-page illustrations, each one opposite a page of text decorated with a gilded motif^B, are intense with luminous colors, their rich details making up for their lack of movement. Particularly impressive are the renderings of textured fabrics, draped, folded, and pleated, which seem almost touchable. Sundry versions and formats of this holiday favorite exist--from picture books by Vladimir Vagin and Deborah Hautzig (with illustrations by Diane Goode) to pop-ups, photographic re-creations, and even Advent calendars. What this version offers, along with visual elegance, is a simplified, straightforward telling that parents wanting to brief children before a performance will especially appreciate. Julie Cummins
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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“A magnificent addition to any family, school, or community library Christmas picture book collection, The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas story that is beautifully retold by internationally renowned ballerina Karen Kain and marvelously illustrated by the museum quality artwork of Rajka Kupesic.”
—The Midwest Book Review
“Kupesic’s full-page illustrations … are intense with luminous colors, their rich details making up for their lack of movement. Particularly impressive are the renderings of textured fabrics, draped, folded, and pleated, which seem almost touchable… What this version offers, along with visual elegance, is a simplified, straightforward telling that parents wanting to brief children before a performance will especially appreciate.”
— Booklist
“Kain’s prose dances…and Kupesic’s vibrant paintings glow.“
— Today’s Parent Toronto
“.... Rich in texture, detail, and glowing color, Rajka Kupesic’s illustrations...create a world of romance, beauty, and magic...The doll-like faces of Kupesic’s characters...encourage us to enter with them into this strange and splendid land, glowing with deep blue skies and golden stars.”
— Quill & Quire
“Kupesic’s ornately detailed oil paintings have an Eastern European feel, with rich hues and gilded pages. A distinctly different presentation of a familiar story – a handsome [purchase].”
— School Library Journal
—The Midwest Book Review
“Kupesic’s full-page illustrations … are intense with luminous colors, their rich details making up for their lack of movement. Particularly impressive are the renderings of textured fabrics, draped, folded, and pleated, which seem almost touchable… What this version offers, along with visual elegance, is a simplified, straightforward telling that parents wanting to brief children before a performance will especially appreciate.”
— Booklist
“Kain’s prose dances…and Kupesic’s vibrant paintings glow.“
— Today’s Parent Toronto
“.... Rich in texture, detail, and glowing color, Rajka Kupesic’s illustrations...create a world of romance, beauty, and magic...The doll-like faces of Kupesic’s characters...encourage us to enter with them into this strange and splendid land, glowing with deep blue skies and golden stars.”
— Quill & Quire
“Kupesic’s ornately detailed oil paintings have an Eastern European feel, with rich hues and gilded pages. A distinctly different presentation of a familiar story – a handsome [purchase].”
— School Library Journal
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The most beautiful edition, but story lacked flow, Mar 29 2008
By Modern Blue Argonaut - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Nutcracker (Hardcover)
My daughter is very familiar with the Nutcracker, and it was a pleasant surprise to see an edition that only touched on the scary beasts that come after the Nutcracker one time. The paintings are gorgeous, it is certainly one of the prettiest editions I've seen. However, the story was all over the place and lacked flow.On one side of the page a few paragraphs are captured by a border, and the opposite page has a full color painting making for a delightful story to read to your little one. I do feel the book is too challenging for emerging readers, but might be more appropriate as a book to read to Preschool thru 1st grade, with 2nd graders reading it on their own.
My daughter enjoyed reading this book with me. I would recommend this book for libraries.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful pictures, nice version of the story, Nov 28 2005
By L. Marik - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Nutcracker (Hardcover)
I picked up this book as a family-Christmas-book a few days ago. The pictures are beautifully done, and the story-line appeals to me much more than the one in Ballanchine's Nutcracker (the brother's not such a brat here). I'll have more to say after I've read it out loud to the kids a few times.
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A magnificent addition to any family, school, or community library Christmas picturebook collection, Dec 11 2005
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Nutcracker (Hardcover)
Misha and Marie are thrilled that Christmas is coming and there will be a party with dancing in the family barn. Marie receives a wooden nutcracker from her Uncle Nikolai as a present. On Christmas Eve, Misha and Marie are in bed and beset with nightmares. But then they are rescued by the Nutcracker Prince, swept up into the realm of the Snow Queen and come to the palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy for a night of wonders. A magnificent addition to any family, school, or community library Christmas picturebook collection, "The Nutcracker" is a classic Christmas story that is beautifully retold by internationally renowned ballerina Karen Kain and marvelously illustrated by the museum quality artwork of Rajka Kupesic.
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