A retelling, based on the 1903 operetta, of the classic story of how Jane and Alan are pursued by their evil uncle Barnaby who wants to kill them for their fortune.
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James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagination has led him to picture books, such as I Wish I Were a Butterfly and Brontorina (about a dinosaur who dreams of being a ballerina), mysteries, poetry (in the upcoming Addie on the Inside), and fiction that deals with issues that matter deeply to him. He is especially proud of The Misfits, which inspired national No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org) and its sequel Totally Joe. He does not know where his imagination will take him in the next thirty-plus years, but he is looking forward to finding out.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
B roadway Operetta's script Revived!,
By Plume45 "kitka12345" (Westchester, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Babes in Toyland (Hardcover)
Don't let any of today's youngsters know that this book exists--they would hoot in derision! Yet this luxury edition of the 1903 musical operetta by Victor Herbert includes some music. The illustrations by Victoria Lisi will delight the reader as well. This volume has preserved the script and even lists the turn-of-the-century cast. This is a sugary tale about stereotyped rich and hateful villain who is trying to force a sweet young thing to marry him. Many children (and even some toys) help foil the village miser when he invades the sanctity and threatens the innocence of Toyland itself. The script abounds in terrible puns and a simplistic plot, which would be virtually impossible for modern kids to appreciate. Toys and dolls cooperate with a kindly toymaker to efect a rescue, as the youngsters from Mother Goose Land flee to Toyland, in order to further their dreams and escape their nightmares. Thehe little old Toymaker speaks as the true spirit of Christmas about the importance of bringing joy to young children. Browse this lovely edition whenever you want to return to those ingenuous days of a sinpler era--ah, sweet Childhood!
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