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MOON'S REVENGE
Aiken, Joan
1987 14873 From The Critics School Library Journal Gr 2-5 An eerie tale about a young boy who wants to be a fiddler and what he must do to get his wish. Sep overhears voices say that he is to throw seven shoes at the moon. The moon, angry at having its face dirtied, exacts a price from Sep which includes going barefoot for seven years, a sister who is unable to speak, and, most dreadfully, an encounter with a gigantic dragon. Aiken deftly blends motifs of seven, of wishes and tasks, of the charm of music, and the powers of nature into a story which seems ancient and familiar. Lee perfectly captures this tone of dream-like realism in his paintings, which depict a medieval town on a rocky and storm-tossed coast. The quiet realism of these paintings is counterbalanced by two ghostly creatures who emerge from the sea, the ancient knight who seems to bring the violin, and a gloriously dingy and fetid dragon. Students might want to compare this to other realistic and painterly tellings of fantastic stories such as Zelinsky's Rum pelstiltskin (Dutton, 1986), Snyder's The Changing Maze (Macmillan, 1985), Sen dak's Outside Over There (Harper, 1981), and Trina Schart Hyman's paintings for Hodges' St. George and the Dragon (Little, 1984). Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-89380-8 / 9780394893808
Hardcover Very Good Condition New York
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15.75 USD
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The Moon's Revenge
Aiken, Joan
1988 10017972 Grade 2-5 An eerie tale about a young boy who wants to be a fiddler and what he must do to get his wish. Sep overhears voices say that he is to throw seven shoes at the moon. The moon, angry at having its face dirtied, exacts a price from Sep which includes going barefoot for seven years, a sister who is unable to speak, and, most dreadfully, an encounter with a gigantic dragon. Aiken deftly blends motifs of seven, of wishes and tasks, of the charm of music, and the powers of nature into a story which seems ancient and familiar. Lee perfectly captures this tone of dream-like realism in his paintings, which depict a medieval town on a rocky and storm-tossed coast. The quiet realism of these paintings is counterbalanced by two ghostly creatures who emerge from the sea, the ancient knight who seems to bring the violin, and a gloriously dingy and fetid dragon. Seppy forces the moon to give him his wish, to be the maker of enchanted fiddle music, but almost pays a horrible price for it. Knopf Books for Young Readers 0-394-99380-2 / 9780394993805
Hardcover as new condition
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12.25 USD
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