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Title: The Book of Beasts by Inga Moore, Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0-7636-1579-X Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very clever and, yes, enchanting!
Comment: This is one of those special children's books that has captivated me, as well my son. The text is filled with funny remarks for parental appreciation. And it appeals to a child's imagination, portraying the child as probelm solver as well as trouble maker. The story resolves in a surprisingly clever way, dispelling all the trouble caused by the dragon. This is a witty enchanting fantasy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Kindling Imagination in a New Generation
Comment: The illustrations are lovely and the story is enchanting, but the way The Book of Beasts has inspired my 4 year old daughter's imagination is priceless. I have read it to her more times than I can count and neither of us ever tires of it, she loves the pure fantasy and magic in this book. She now fantasizes that she has her very own hippogryph (how many 4 year olds know THAT word??!!) and she flies all over the world with it. Not only is this book a treat in and of itself, but because it's beautiful illustrations and enchanting tale have inspired these wonderful flights of fancy I'm able to teach her about different countries: I simply ask her to whisper a destination into her hyppogryph's ear and close her eyes, and I take her to that place with words, describing as much as I can about the landscape and culture and people there -- but recently her hippogryph has been getting lost on it's way to Disneyland and ending up in places like Greece and Malta and Thailand.... ;-)
The first time we read it my daughter was bothered that the manticora ate the cats in town, especially since we have two cats. So I had to reassure her that first time, by skipping forward to show her that they were fine and happy in the end (was that one of the changes made in the update??) and then going back and continuing the story -- it worked and now she's fine with that part.
If you have young children in your life share this lovely tale with them. You won't regret it!
Rating: 4
Summary: Watch Out For That Dragon!
Comment: This book is a lot of fun, sparkling with the wit of E.Nesbit and filled with fantastic beasts that stir up quite a bit of trouble for a little boy whose great-great-great-great-great grandfather has died and left a kingdom to him. The original, unabridged version was written in 1900 and is included in a collection of stories called "The Book of Dragons". Inge Moore's new version of the story of the Book of Beasts is a wonderful opportunity for us to enjoy these fun-filled characters and the gentle humour of this great childrens' author.
Meet the Blue Bird of Paradise, the huge Red Dragon,the Manticora, and the beautiful Hippogriff and discover young King Lionel's thoughtful solutions to the problems they create when they spring to life straight off the pages of the magical Book of Beasts.
Moore's illustrations are colorful and comic and I enjoyed them a lot. I am so pleased that this captivating E. Nesbit tale is once again available to a wide readership. Don't miss it.
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Title: The Book of Dragons by H. R. Millar, Herbert Granville Fell, Edith Nesbit, Peter Glassman ISBN: 1587171066 Publisher: SeaStar Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Ignis by Gina Wilson, P. J. Lynch ISBN: 0763616230 Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Other Dog (Books of Wonder) by Madeleine L'Engle, Christine Davenier ISBN: 158717040X Publisher: SeaStar Books Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Little Fox by Marilyn Janovitz ISBN: 0735811601 Publisher: North South Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Basket Moon, The by Mary Lyn Ray ISBN: 0316735213 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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