Bremen Town Musicians

David Johnson, Bob Hoskins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rabbit Ears
• ASIN: B000008M64
• Also Available in: Hardcover  |  Library Binding
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #760,206 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Versions of this Book, January 22, 2006

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Lily White (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Bremen Town Musicians (Hardcover)

I collect children's illustrated books and within that hobby I
also have a collection of The Bremen Town Musicians. I chose to
make a collection of this particular book because 1) my ancestors
came from the area near Bremen about 150 years ago and 2) I love
architecture and this story lends itself to
some marvelous old German architectural illustrations. I have
discovered, so far, 54 different versions of this story. I have
24 of them, including 5 written in German. This is one
of my favorites. First, the story is better fleshed out than most.
I can't read German so I have never read the original version
but I strongly suspect this comes closer to it than most of the books.

I do have to agree with with the School Journal Library reviewer
that the red and blue discs used in place of eyes is a bit
distracting - at first, but in the end Johnson's illustrations
are among my favorite for this title also.

I disagree with that reviewer that the language is too advanced.
One thing I learned a long time ago is that you do not have to
read every word, if you are reading to a little one,
and sometimes you don't even have to read every page. Highly
imaginative children (such as my 4 year old granddaughter!) are
also very good in filling in the blanks, making up their own
story to go with the illustrations.

Among other favorites are the brand new one illustrated by
Niroot Puttapipat and a 1980's book illustrated by Martin Ursell.