A retelling of the old song of the good king, who went out into the countryside at Christmas time to share with the poor. Includes music.
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A boyish King Wenceslas makes his way through a mountainous fairytale setting during a winter storm to help a peasant home in this traditional song. Wallner's watercolor renderings of people are anatomically exaggerated, giving the characters a grotesque appearance. Hinterly's version (Dutton, 1988) is warmer and less busy. Both include music and words.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Heart-warming book!,
By Sarah "Mom of 5" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Good King Wenceslas (Hardcover)
This book is beautiful, not at all as described above in the Review. The pictures are lovely. The book clearly shows a generous king looking out upon his kingdom, seeing a poor man and then calling his subjects to bring him items for the poor man. It shows how hard the journey is and at one point his page can go no further. It shows the heated footprints of the king for the page to walk in for warmth. At the end, the king saintly kneels at the bedside of this very poor man who doesn't even have a roof over his head and the man is smiling. I get teary on the last page. This is one of my all-time favorite books!
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