Customer Reviews

Don Quixote (Candlewick Illustrated Classic)

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I bought this book after reading a recommendation in the Wall Street Journal on newly published children's books. At first, I thought this might be over my six year old son's head but I was so wrong. It was perfect! I would read to him a couple of expertly crafted and illustrated chapters a night and he was enthralled. He understood the characters and the plot and we would tease each other as to which of us was Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. The illustrations are on almost every page and the book is gorgeous - printed on heavy paper and with easy to read (and digest) chapters. Can't recommend it more highly as a way to introduce the classics to young children. Our thanks to the author and the illustrator --- we hope you have many more classics in the works!

This book is nicely made: hardcover, good paper, about 350 pages. Most importantly it has Great illustrations: detailed, expressive, professional. And a lot of them - on each single page.

My most disappointment comes from the text, in particular from the type: it is impossible to read. The type is big (and against colored background it creates too mush contrast for comfortable reading), plus it is set in typeface similar to cursive. Again, the text looks graphic but tires your eyes quickly and is hard.

I hope they will reprint this book with readable text, otherwise I'll keep it strictly as "collector's item".

Our 9-year-old son has taken an interest in the classics since our PBS station has been rerunning Wishbone episodes, and Don Quixote particularly caught his interest. We weren't sure how to share the story with him until I found this version, which has been perfect. The retelling is lovely and humorous, the illustrations are gorgeous, and it is fine for a read aloud or a strong independent reader who already has an interest in the tale.

Great item and very educational. I purchased this book for my 5th grader. It is very educational and funny. We were reading it together and we were both laughing out loud. Highly recommend it.

The product arrived in excellent condition and in very quick time considering its Australian destination. Thank you.