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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
A robust translation of the classic tale, with Zemach's charmed paintings of the carnival-like events. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-- In this version, an illustrated book in picture book's clothing, the center of attention is the insensitively greedy wife. More than half of the 12 full-page illustrations (each with a facing text page) are dominated by this fat, crude woman shouting, preening, and making intimidating gestures. The changing costumes, indicative of her climbing the social ladder, merely accentuate her gross behavior. The fisherman is a proper wimp, short and skinny, always cowering. The settings at times suggest Renaissance architectural drawings, at others, Zwergeresque misty ambiguities. Marks is sure of his anatomy and convinces readers of the accuracy of gesture and proportion. The scene where the now-haughty woman points out her window demanding to be obeyed is a particularly skillful drawing; a few lines and a blot of pigment are all that's needed to make readers feel the brutish potency of the figure. But, here and there is a heavy-handedness to the brushed line and occasionally the color is a bit glitzy. Zemach's watercolors (Farrar, 1980) are more consistently evocative of the moral strength of this ageless fable. The text here just does too much of the work: it's the most wordy version of all. --Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A robust translation of the classic tale, with Zemach's charmed paintings of the carnival-like events. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-- In this version, an illustrated book in picture book's clothing, the center of attention is the insensitively greedy wife. More than half of the 12 full-page illustrations (each with a facing text page) are dominated by this fat, crude woman shouting, preening, and making intimidating gestures. The changing costumes, indicative of her climbing the social ladder, merely accentuate her gross behavior. The fisherman is a proper wimp, short and skinny, always cowering. The settings at times suggest Renaissance architectural drawings, at others, Zwergeresque misty ambiguities. Marks is sure of his anatomy and convinces readers of the accuracy of gesture and proportion. The scene where the now-haughty woman points out her window demanding to be obeyed is a particularly skillful drawing; a few lines and a blot of pigment are all that's needed to make readers feel the brutish potency of the figure. But, here and there is a heavy-handedness to the brushed line and occasionally the color is a bit glitzy. Zemach's watercolors (Farrar, 1980) are more consistently evocative of the moral strength of this ageless fable. The text here just does too much of the work: it's the most wordy version of all. --Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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