编辑推荐:
This handsome edition of the folktale gives no credit to the Grimm brothers or to any other traditional version of the familiar story. The writing is clean and well cadenced, but the essential darkness of this tale of child abandonment and intended cannibalism is reinforced by sententious reflections such as “There are many forms of wickedness in the world. Sometimes it is easy to recognize who is evil. Sometimes it is not easy at all. Wickedness can wear a smile just as goodness can.” Corace’s distinctive illustrations feature strong composition, confident line work, and a fine sense of color. Some of the pictures have a distinctively Japanese sensibility. Many show the children isolated within a relatively dark world, a visual interpretation entirely in keeping with the tone of the text. For all that, this is a lovely edition, though it may appeal more to adults than to children. Grades K-2.
内容简介:
Once upon a time,
deep in the dark, green forest
there was an exquisite house made of cake and sugar--
a house made to lure lost, hungry children.
But the witch whose delicious house
lured Hansel and his sister, Gretel
had forgotten two things about lost children:
they can be very clever
and very brave.
作者简介:
Cynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge, Poppleton, and Mr. Putter and Tabby, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Missing May, the Newbery Honor Book A Fine White Dust, and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books.
But the witch whose delicious house