From Publishers Weekly
Based on the PBS animated series of the same name, Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood, ed. by Joan Borsten and Oleg Vidov, presents 11 Russian and European fairy tales, including such lesser known tales as Alexander Pushkin's "The Golden Rooster" and classics like "Cinderella." Baryshnikov provides the foreword; film stills (unfortunately, out of focus and quite grainy) from the Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm illustrate the text.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3 Up-This selection of 11 tales from Europe and Russia commemorates the revoicing and restoration of classic Soviet animated films. The cell illustrations, created by a variety of film artists, are often strikingly colored and elegantly patterned but unfortunately suffer from fuzzy reproduction that dilutes their visual power. The brisk, wooden text has been passed through so many cultures and other literary forms (poems or tales translated into Russian, and retranslated into English) that it lacks resonance. Minimal source notes are provided. For aficionados of animation history, an afterword by the editors describes the strong and spirited tradition of Soviet animation with the establishment of the state-ordered Soyuzmultfilm in l935. Others may pass on this collection.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
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Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
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