How can the Sorcerer, a brilliant inventor, possibly clean up after himself when he spends all of his time working? His solution — he invents a robot Apprentice to solve his clutter problem! But when the Apprentice is left to clean up the workshop, he comes up with an idea of his own. What if the Apprentice invented his own helper? In this electric retelling of the classic Sorcerer's Apprentice story, you will find a cautionary tale about leaping before you look!
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PreSchool-Grade 3?A quirky take-off on the well-known orchestral piece by the composer Dukas, based on a ballad by Goethe, with some sly social commentary as well. Whether or not children recognize the story and music from Disney's Fantasia, they should easily appreciate the fun in this version. The sorcerer is a modern-day inventor whose workshop resembles a tumbled-down factory of perhaps the 1940s. He is so busy inventing machines that he fashions a robot to help keep his place neat. Instructing it to clean up, he goes to bed. The apprentice discovers the sorcerer's design plans and makes another robot to help him, who in turn creates another, etc., until the sorcerer comes to the rescue and destroys all but the first robot. After this chastening experience, the robot was "careful not to fool around with things he didn't understand...most of the time!" Dewan accompanies his wacky story with wild and equally wacky, brightly colored illustrations, mixing snatches of Dukas's musical score into pictures of a very individualized-looking robot (reminiscent of pre-R2-D2 days), design plans, physics formulas, tools, machines, and graph paper?a visual feast on large, double-paged spreads. More suitable for independent readers than for reading aloud because of its wonderfully detailed pictures, this modern fable will delight the primary-school crowd as well as technophobics of all ages.?Judith Constantinides, East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 5^-7. In this technological remake of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," Dewan tells of an inventor who hates cleaning his workshop so much that he creates a robot, the Apprentice, to do the job. Left alone, the Apprentice uses the inventor's plans to make a duplicate of himself, then goes off to watch television. Soon the duplicate makes another robot, who makes another, until the Apprentice discovers an army of robots, all wielding vacuum cleaners and threatening to tear him apart. The sorcerer returns, blows all robots except the Apprentice to bits, and offers his little buddy "a nice cup of hot oil." The plot has a few holes: How does turning off an electrical power switch on the wall cause battery-run robots to explode? And why doesn't the inventor express chagrin at the state of his workshop or anger at his apprentice? Still, the illustrations are colorful, lively, and entertaining. Those with an insatiable appetite for revisionist tales may be asking for this one, too. Carolyn Phelan
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This review is from: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Hardcover)
Ted Dewan brings to life a new version of the classic tale of a sorcerer's apprentice that is bedeviled by his own magic. Dewan's "sorcerer" and "apprentice" are not the typical magic conjuring wizard and his eager student. Instead the are represented as an inventor and a robot. The illustrations are vibrant, captivating, and full of detail. This book instantly became a favorite as my 4 year old eagerly requested to have the story read again as soon as we reached the end of this imaginative representation of "The Socerer's Apprentice".
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