Full Product Details
Author: Rosemary Kingston ,
Gavin, Marguerite
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 16.30cm
Weight: 0.268kg
ISBN: 9780786197019
ISBN 10: 0786197013
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
""[Gavin's] pleasant, articulate voice is welcome story after story...an excellent resource for both storytellers and listeners, particularly for literature studies."" -- ""School Library Journal"" Gavin's assured, velvety voice is a good match for this adaptation...Kingston's phrasing occasionally sounds a bit formal (consistent with the era of the book's publication)...But listeners who get whisked away by the magical elements of these stories won't mind. Gavin's consistent, even-keeled delivery makes this a good choice for bedtime and quiet time, for listeners both young and older. -- ""Publishers Weekly"" What a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of one's own mother reading the stories by one's bedside...Gavin adds just the right amount of inflection and variation to bring voice to each character, be it the innocent child, the gruff and rumbly giant, or the calculating innkeeper. -- ""AudioFile""
What a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of one's own mother reading the stories by one's bedside...Gavin adds just the right amount of inflection and variation to bring voice to each character, be it the innocent child, the gruff and rumbly giant, or the calculating innkeeper. -- AudioFile [Gavin's] pleasant, articulate voice is welcome story after story...an excellent resource for both storytellers and listeners, particularly for literature studies. -- School Library Journal Gavin's assured, velvety voice is a good match for this adaptation...Kingston's phrasing occasionally sounds a bit formal (consistent with the era of the book's publication)...But listeners who get whisked away by the magical elements of these stories won't mind. Gavin's consistent, even-keeled delivery makes this a good choice for bedtime and quiet time, for listeners both young and older. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Rosemary Kingston is the editor who assembled the stories for the collection Fifty Famous Fairy Tales, which actually includes fifty-one. Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. She has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children's fiction. AudioFile magazine says, Marguerite Gavin...has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion.
