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OverviewThese places, characters and stories are as varied as the countries they come from, but running through each is an irresistible thread of magic - enchanted creatures, flying carpets, magic spells, visions and transformations.' Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Yeoman , Quentin BlakePublisher: Pavilion Books Imprint: Chrysalis Children's Books Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.293kg ISBN: 9781862052956ISBN 10: 1862052956 Pages: 92 Publication Date: 16 September 1999 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsNine tales from as many countries, tenuously linked by the presence of magical items or transformations, and illustrated with Blake's characteristically energetic ink and wash sketches. Aside from a version of the title story which appeared in picture-book form as The Three Princes (1994) by Eric Kimmel, the stories will be new to young readers. They feature an appetizing array of monsters, mysterious strangers, and beautiful maidens, but often less than heroic male leads - e.g., the collection opens with a king who sets his queen adrift on a river for being argumentative, and closes with a tale from Iraq in which an old man abandons his termagant first wife, then later uses the threat of her presence to frighten away an angry Jinni. Blake reinforces the light, sometimes wicked humor here, but Yeoman's unsourced, generic retellings seldom show the range of mood or the command of language displayed in Geraldine McCaughrean's metal collections (The Bronze Couldron, p. 661, etc.) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |