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Title: Moby Dick by Allan Drummond, Herman Melville ISBN: 0374349975 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv) Pub. Date: 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 5
Summary: A White Whale for the Wee Ones
Comment: This marvelous summation of Melville's classic novel succeeds in conveying the essense of that great work in just 32 pages without the implicit disrespect for the original that all too often afflicts such adaptations. The language of this fine retelling evokes the rich and complex flavor of the original without rendering the story in any way unintelligible to its young audience. I was especially pleased that Drummond chose to keep Ishmael as the first-person narrator of the story; somehow, a third-person retelling would seem at odds with the intimate tone in which Ishmael shared his epic tale with the reader. The bold, colorful illustrations that illuminate this handsome volume serve as an effective enhancement to, rather than a distraction from, the meaning of the text. I suspect that more than one young reader may someday approach Melville's text with enthusiasm and not dread as a consequence of having read or heard this fine picture book in the dimly remembered past.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well rounded but a little intense
Comment: The book has to be good to be considerd a litterary classic. Melvilles book about the obssesive Ahab, the Harpooner Quequay, the former teacher Ishimial and the White Whale is an excelent read but it may be too intense for younger readers. The hellish obssesion of Ahab may be a bit to much for some children. With all of that being said I do think that everyone at some time must read this it is a work of art.
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Title: Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Dick Giordano, Lew Sayre Schwartz ISBN: 0618265716 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv) Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Moby Dick (Oxford Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville, Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. Ambrus ISBN: 0192781537 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr Childrens Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Dahlia by Barbara McClintock ISBN: 0374316783 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0812580036 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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