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The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
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Raecke's text is drawn from the Hoffman original, so it is a bit simpler than the ballet with which more of us today are familiar. Marie doesn't turn into a grown woman, there is only the slightest hint of romance, and the godfather is a kindly background figure rather than a threat.
Yana Sedova's illustrations were very pretty, although a bit heavy on the clockwork motif, which drops out of the story after the first few pages. Perhaps some kindly librarian could add her as the illustrator, as well as shoving the word "the" in front of "Mouse King" (which ought be two words).
Yana Sedova's illustrations were very pretty, although a bit heavy on the clockwork motif, which drops out of the story after the first few pages. Perhaps some kindly librarian could add her as the illustrator, as well as shoving the word "the" in front of "Mouse King" (which ought be two words).
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December 15, 2016
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December 28, 2016
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Nov 28, 2018 06:18AM
Sedova also did a Snow Queen that is quite beautiful. Question for you: why is this picture-book adaptation combined with the full-text version? Should I ask in the Librarians' Group about it?
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Not only that, some overly zealous « merger » has combined other picture book adaptations (Maurice Sendak’s and others) and the alternative textual adaptation by Alexandre Dumas père.
This happens quite often. It's a perpetual source of annoyance. I try to remember to specify what version I'm reviewing in the text so it's less confusing.
