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Title: The Great Encyclopedia Of Faeries by Pierre Dubois, Claudine Sabatier, Roland Sabatier ISBN: 0-684-86957-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Welcome to the REAL Fairyland!
Comment: This is a MUST for any true lover of the Faerie world. By this I do NOT mean the prissy Victorian idea of Faeries as twee little tinkerbell types. This is the real stuff. The Red and Black ladies, the Selkies and all the other nasty little members of the un-Seelie Court. Here you will find the good with the bad, the beautiful with the ugly. If this was a map, there would be 'Here be Monsters' written on it. (but then it would be too late!) If you ONLY like the Brian Froud stuff (and I do as well) then you will be dissapointed. The line drawings are perfect for this book. They give an edge. The scope is worldwide, although predominetly Eurocentric. The bibliography is enormous and the research extensive. Of course there is nudity. Faeries are nature spirits - they don't NEED clothes.
As to the question of it being a children's book. If you want to mollycoddle your children, then no, but if you want to teach them to be aware that appearances can be deceiving in both the real and faerie world, then go right ahead. They'll thank you for it later (unless of course ther're a changeling!!).
I have just returned from France and was delighted to find the out-of-print companion volume to this - "encyclopedie des Lutins" - basicallly the male-ish side (pixies, brownies, Bogeymen (my favourite). Same style. no punches pulled. The ISBN is 2905292482 (there is also a volume on Elves (available this time at Amazon.fr -its ISBN is 2842301838)
Sadly for those that don't read french, these latter volumes haven't been translated, but for those of you that do read it, enjoy.
Rating: 4
Summary: A misunderstood book
Comment: The Author of this book is french I'd like to note first of all and as far as I know that is what the original language the book was written in. It's very difficult to translate from one language to another as there are always "problem words" that was the only problem I saw with the way the book was written. As for the pictures of the faeries in the book I thought they were very unique and well done. As for the complaints about nudity in the book as i said before the author is french and it is way more acceptable there than here.This book does contain sexual references and gruesome descriptions but one must remember that most "fairy tales" were composed merely to scare children. Even the story of the little mermaid in its original form is a gruesome tale.This book is probably not suitable for children under 12 as some of the words in the book are fairly difficult. I personally would allow my child to read it seeing as the nudity in it is less than one would see in a 6th grade health class.
Rating: 3
Summary: A good book, but not the best
Comment: Although there was a lot of information, the pictures were definatley not up to par. Compared to the cover, which was beautifully done, the pictures inside weren't nearly complicated, or as impressing. I'd recommend Good Fairies Bad Fairies instead.
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Title: Good Faeries Bad Faeries by Brian Froud ISBN: 0684847817 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Faeries: 25th Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud, Alan Lee ISBN: 0810932741 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Fairy Spells: Seeing and Communicating With the Fairies by Claire Nahmad ISBN: 0285634704 Publisher: Souvenir Pr Ltd Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Book of Faeries: A Guide to the World of Elves, Pixies, Goblins, and Other Magic Spirits by Francis Melville ISBN: 0764154575 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 31 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia by Carol Rose ISBN: 0393317927 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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