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From Publishers Weekly
Suza Scalora follows up the bestselling The Fairies with The Witches and Wizards of Oberin. Front and back pages set the scene: a team of anthropologists discover a mysterious mountain cave in France. Soon after, the witches and wizards who used the cave as a gathering place abduct the noted Frenchman responsible for unlocking their secret mountain lair. Artful design, stunning photography and laminated pages combine to tell the stories of, among others, Orella, Enchantress of the Dawn, Lalezar, Witch of the Forests, and Maruk, Warrior Wizard.
From School Library Journal
Gr 6 Up-The creator of The Fairies: Photographic Evidence of the Existence of Another World (HarperCollins, 2001) uses the same highly manipulated photo-collage technique to present a gallery of mages, each of whom is associated with one of the Four Elements. Scalora started with elaborately costumed, formally posed live models, then blurred their outlines into maelstroms of saturated color created from filtered photographs of natural settings; the effect is mannered-almost to the point of abstraction in some cases-but melodramatic. Each magic worker comes with a bit of commentary: Orella, Enchantress of the Dawn, for instance, once stopped an army of giants by transforming herself into the scent of orange blossoms; water witches Euromie and Europa united rival kingdoms by changing a river's course; and Ogma and Malik, Wizards of Illusion, permanently switched day and night for a Caspian village. The descriptive text, printed in a variety of fine scripts and ornamented typefaces on super-glossy paper stock over backgrounds of mottled, intense color, is hard to read, but the perfunctory story line is really secondary to the art; fans of romantic high fantasy and readers who enjoy creating entire imaginary worlds will linger over these mysterious, evocative portraits.
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Suza Scalora follows up the bestselling The Fairies with The Witches and Wizards of Oberin. Front and back pages set the scene: a team of anthropologists discover a mysterious mountain cave in France. Soon after, the witches and wizards who used the cave as a gathering place abduct the noted Frenchman responsible for unlocking their secret mountain lair. Artful design, stunning photography and laminated pages combine to tell the stories of, among others, Orella, Enchantress of the Dawn, Lalezar, Witch of the Forests, and Maruk, Warrior Wizard.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Gr 6 Up-The creator of The Fairies: Photographic Evidence of the Existence of Another World (HarperCollins, 2001) uses the same highly manipulated photo-collage technique to present a gallery of mages, each of whom is associated with one of the Four Elements. Scalora started with elaborately costumed, formally posed live models, then blurred their outlines into maelstroms of saturated color created from filtered photographs of natural settings; the effect is mannered-almost to the point of abstraction in some cases-but melodramatic. Each magic worker comes with a bit of commentary: Orella, Enchantress of the Dawn, for instance, once stopped an army of giants by transforming herself into the scent of orange blossoms; water witches Euromie and Europa united rival kingdoms by changing a river's course; and Ogma and Malik, Wizards of Illusion, permanently switched day and night for a Caspian village. The descriptive text, printed in a variety of fine scripts and ornamented typefaces on super-glossy paper stock over backgrounds of mottled, intense color, is hard to read, but the perfunctory story line is really secondary to the art; fans of romantic high fantasy and readers who enjoy creating entire imaginary worlds will linger over these mysterious, evocative portraits.
John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Paris, FRANCE, June 22 (BBN)-Dr. Pierre Peskit, leader of the team of anthropologists who discovered the Oberin Cave last week, has been reported missing from his home in Paris, according to local authorities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Paris, FRANCE, June 22 (BBN)-Dr. Pierre Peskit, leader of the team of anthropologists who discovered the Oberin Cave last week, has been reported missing from his home in Paris, according to local authorities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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