Hans Christian Andersen, Author, Charles Santore, Author, Charles Santore, Illustrator Gramercy Books $14 (1p) ISBN 978-0-517-06495-5
If the entries in Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (see review above) dilute the headiness of their models, this volume presents a close-to-pristine translation of one of Andersen's most popular works along with highly charged and rather adult...
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L. Frank Baum, Author, Charles Santore, Author, Charles Santore, Illustrator Gramercy Books $15 (96p) ISBN 978-0-517-69506-7
Santore's illustrations for this new edition of Baum's classic tale work on two levels. They capture the story's epic sweep in numerous colorful landscapes and dramatic tableaux, and they are models of sustained characterization. Though the...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Charles Santore, Author, Charles Santore, Illustrator Random House (NY) $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-20071-1
For this self-consciously lavish volume, Santore (Aesop's Fables; The Wizard of Oz) borrows the Brothers Grimm version of the familiar tale, then reimagines it through his naturalistic, sentimental paintings. He places the wicked queen's castle amid
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Charles Santore, Author . Random $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82946-8
Bianca the pig, a champion hunter of the tartufo d'Alba—the Italian hill country's white truffle (according to an opening note)—has trained her piglets to walk in her footsteps. Then one day, Bianca decides to taste the fungi...
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Charles Santore, Author, Charles Santore, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-679-88820-8
What if a stowaway secretly upped the head count on Noah's Ark? That's the crux of Santore's (The Wizard of Oz) imaginative retelling of the Bible story. All the familiar elements are here, but seen from the perspective of a mouse named Achbar....
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