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Beni Montresor (1926–2001)

Autor(a) de Hansel and Gretel

12+ Works 88 Membros 14 Críticas

About the Author

Image credit: Photo by Carl Van Vechten, Mar. 17, 1964 (Library of Congress, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Digital ID: van 5a52445)

Obras por Beni Montresor

Associated Works

May I Bring a Friend? (1964) — Ilustrador — 1,345 exemplares
On Christmas Eve (1961) — Ilustrador, algumas edições325 exemplares
Mommies at Work (1961) — Ilustrador, algumas edições173 exemplares
Belling the Tiger (1961) — Ilustrador, algumas edições143 exemplares
A Book of Princesses (1963) — Ilustrador, algumas edições87 exemplares
The Nightingale {illustrated by Beni Montresor} (1985) — Ilustrador — 30 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Montresor, Benito
Data de nascimento
1926-03-31
Data de falecimento
2001-10-11
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Italy

Membros

Críticas

Hansel and Gretel is a story that goes way back, im unsure of what happens in the classic version of hansel and gretel. In this story Hansel and Gretel, the two children initially walk into the woods looking for strawberries to eat. They then ended up eating all the strawberries they found and fell asleep only to awaken in front a castle of the witch that eats children. The witch then locked hansel into a cage and told gretel to prepare the pot to cook him. But while the witch was not looking gretel freed hansel and they were able to get away.… (mais)
 
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D.Patzan | 10 outras críticas | Nov 22, 2019 |
The setting starts off this fairy tale already dark. We hear of the dark creepy woods the kids go in to look for dinner. Already witches and devils are associated as supernatural beings living there in our minds. Again the book reminds us of such and forewarns us of such evil coming. At first, I thought the language of them sleeping they would be dragged into the witches house then but instead, they were reeled in by delicious smells. Although this book was similar to the cannibalism and the witch of other versions the big castle was a change. I had remembered this being more of a gingerbread house or house made of sweets to lure the kids in. Some versions were much more descriptive. The images could have better portrayed what was occurring this version was not as detailed as my memories of versions I read as a child.… (mais)
 
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mprochnow | 10 outras críticas | Oct 19, 2018 |
Stunning Woodcuts. The text is only there to make this into a "picture book" instead of the "art book" it really should be classified as.
 
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Kesterbird | Aug 8, 2017 |
In this version of the classic tale, Beni Montresor uses illustrations to portray the story much more than he uses words. The actual writing style present in the book definitely isn't the greatest; language is very simple, and honestly, a bit dull. The words are neither exciting nor lively and they do very little for readers. Much of the emphasis is placed on the illustrations, where brightly colored silhouettes carry the story. This is a great version of story to read with younger children, when the interest isn't necessarily in the writing but in the pictures. Because of the simplicity of the language, this version of the story is probably the least gruesome of the many out there, but the images do help to portray the "anyone can overcome evil" theme that all versions of "Hansel and Gretel" have.… (mais)
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tmoore3 | 10 outras críticas | Feb 18, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
12
Also by
6
Membros
88
Popularidade
#209,356
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
14
ISBN
13

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