Leaping Beauty
And Other Animal Fairy Tales
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2004
Lexile Score
740
Reading Level
3-4
ATOS
4.9
Interest Level
4-8(MG)
نویسنده
Gregory Maguireناشر
HarperCollinsشابک
9780060818418
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
In his first narration of his own work, Gregory Maguire whips up an array of clever voices for the cast of creatures in LEAPING BEAUTY. Written for the 8-12 set, this collection of fractured fairy tales puts seven giraffes in the place of the seven dwarves, a horrid skunk in the role of the evil stepmother, and three irresponsible penguins where three pigs once played. Maguire thoroughly enjoys himself on this collection as he plays for laughs. His timing and character voices are pitch-perfect for the text. Some listeners may tire of the constant ringing irony of the text, but will enjoy pieces like "Little Red Robin Hood," in which Maguire's wit is not so sardonic. K.C. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
August 30, 2004
These eight retellings with animals such as "Cinder-Elephant" and "Goldiefox and the Three Chickens" in the starring roles may well appeal to readers weaned on The Stinky Cheese Man
. Maguire's adaptations tend more toward Grimm than Disney, and take on a modern cast. The frog heroine of "Leaping Beauty," for instance, obviously does not prick her finger; instead she "bite down on a stray explosive from some stupid human engineering project." The mother in "Hamster and Gerbil" is a beaver (the kids are adopted) who dies in the opening scene when a tree falls on her head. When the baboon king marries an evil gorilla queen in "So What and the Seven Giraffes," she orders a hunter (a human being) to leave her stepson (a chimp) in the woods. But the hunter returns with chicken livers from the supermarket rather than the chimp's heart. Maguire (Wicked
; the Hamlet Chronicles) pitches much of the humor over the heads of middle graders (e.g., in "Rumplesnakeskin," a beautiful sheep named Norma Jean must spin straw into gold to keep her movie afloat). But there's clever wordplay—the witchy porcupine threatens to turn Hamster and Gerbil in for "assault and peppery" after catching them snacking on her house—and Demarest's wild and scratchy line drawings help pump up the child appeal. A good choice for those whose tastes run to silly and sillier. Ages 8-12.
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