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Title: Philipok by Gennadii Spirin, Beneduce Ann Keay, Leo Tolstoy, Ann Keay Beneduce, Patricia Lee Gauch, Gennady Spirin ISBN: 0-399-23482-9 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A sweet book
Comment: I liked this book quite a bit, but then there are things that leave me wondering as well. It is the story of a little boy who wants to go to school, but his mother says that he is too young. One day, when his mother and father are at work, he notices that his grandmother, who is supposed to be watching him, has fallen asleep. So Philipok goes to school, and it is quite an adventure getting there. He does arrive, and is afraid to go in, because the teacher might be angry, but he is also afraid to go back and face the things which hindered his journey. I think this book portrays that fear well - that fear that comes when one is doing something that they maybe aren't supposed to, but have gone so far that it's just as scary, if not scarier, going back. As for the "moral" of the book, i'm a bit torn. On one hand, I feel that going to school is a noble endeavour, and that it wasn't wrong for Philipok to want to go, but on the other hand, i'm not sure that i totally agree with the way things turned out at the end. Children SHOULD listen to their parents, and they meant him no harm in saying that he wasn't old enough. However, i do think the book was pretty good. The illustrations, while not bright, are very intricate and set the mood well. I love the very Russian setting, and the use of Russian words (with Cyrillic characters) in some of the illustrations. There was the minor glitch, however, when Philipok is spelling his name. This book was translated (this IS Tolstoy) and when Philipok spells his name for the teacher, he spells it "Filipok" - which is closer to the Russian letters, rather than Philipok, which is how it is spelled in the book. I know, it's a minor glitch, but it bugged me a little nonetheless, especially with the emphasis on knowing the alphabet toward the end of the story.
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Title: The Tale of the Firebird by Gennadii Spirin, Gennady Spirin, Tatiana Popova ISBN: 0399235841 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Kashtanka by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Gennady Spirin, Ronald Meyer ISBN: 0152005390 Publisher: Gulliver Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Tale of Tsar Sultan by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Gennadii Spirin, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Gennady Spirin ISBN: 0803720017 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend (Russian Folktales, Myths, and Legends) by Gennady Spirin, Aaron Shepard ISBN: 0689807597 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Little Mermaids and Ugly Ducklings: Favorite Fairy Tales by Gennady Spirin, Hans Christian Andersen, Gennadii Spirin ISBN: 081181954X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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