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Obras por John Wallner
Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons : This Ring of Earth, This World, This Sphere, Enclosed Within the Circled… (1986) — Ilustrador — 71 exemplares
One Tough Turkey: A Thanksgiving Story 3 exemplares
Lizzie Lies A Lot 1 exemplar
Associated Works
City Mouse - Country Mouse (And Two More Mouse Tales From Aesop) (An Easy-to-Read Folktale) (1970) — Ilustrador, algumas edições — 1,136 exemplares
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Also by
- 27
- Membros
- 200
- Popularidade
- #110,008
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 16
The classic Christmas carol, penned by English hymnist John M. Neale in the nineteenth century, and inspired by Wenceslaus I, a tenth-century king, and the patron saint of the Czech Republic, is presented here as a picture-book, with artwork by John Wallner. The simple narrative (the carol has four verses, which make up the text here) follows Wenceslas as he spies an impoverished peasant gathering firewood, calls for food and fuel, and, together with his page, sets out through the bitter cold of a St. Stephen's Day night, to bring them to his subject's humble home.
A brief dust-jacket blurb mentions that Wallner was inspired here by the works of the German Renaissance, and by Flemish master, Pieter Bruegel, which I found quite interesting, although I don't know that I was that impressed with the end result. This may have suffered, from being read so soon after the Tim Ladwig version, or even the one illustrated by Jamichael Henterly, but I found that I just wasn't as pleased, visually speaking, with this Good King Wenceslas. The color scheme just felt a little too pastel for me (especially the king's robe!), and even the wintry scenes - normally a favorite - weren't that thrilling. Still, I wouldn't say that I disliked this one, and think that those who love the carol, and are looking for illustrated editions, might want to take a look at it.… (mais)