The loathsome dragon / retold by David Wiesner & Kim Kahng.
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TextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, c2005.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0618543597
- 9780618543595
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2 W651 | Available | 33111005098633 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A lovely princess, a brave prince, a wicked stepmother, evil enchantments, magic rowan wood, and an immense, scaly dragon. . . . Favorite fairytale elements sparkle in The Loathsome Dragon, a traditional English tale. Majestic, romantic paintings by two-time Caldecott medalist David Wiesner display the remarkable artistry and dizzying perspectives his work is known for.
Now available once again--with several new illustrations, revised text, and a brief source note--this picture-book classic will delight David Wiesner's many fans, and win him a generation of new ones.
"This story was retold by British folklorist Joseph Jacobs in 'English Fairy Tales,' 1890, as 'The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh'...based on an eighteenth-century ballad"--Copyright p.
A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful stepdaughter, turning her into a loathsome dragon until such time as her wandering brother shall return and kiss her three times.