Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Lovely paintingsfull of life and glowing colorsmake this a superb version of the classic story. All ages. (September) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
This welcome reissue combines skilled and elegant storytelling with dramatic illustrations. Rendered in watercolor and ink, deeply romantic pictures are a compelling pictorial partner to this richly imagined retelling. The volume has much to offer a sophisticated reader but remains accessible to a wide audience. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
By comparison with the de Beaumont-Goode version above, this is closer to a true picture book--still somewhat lengthy of text (because the story is long), but more closely balanced between text and facing illustration. But in shortening and simplifying the story Marianna Mercer has, perversely, made it more artsy (""A storm began to wake in the darkening sky. It twisted the clouds and growled terrible thunder""). In place of graphic detail we have Wagnerian chords--and pictures in a similarly labored and elaborate German romantic/Rackham style. For the basic picture-book audience, the 1972 Philippa Pearce-Alan Barrett embodiment is preferable by far. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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