Brundibar / retold by Tony Kushner ; pictures by Maurice Sendak ; after the opera by Hans Krása and Adolf Hoffmeister.
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TextPublication details: [New York, NY] : Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cmISBN: - 0786809043
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Books for Big Kids | Kushner, Tony | Available | 33111003820988 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the legendary imagination of Maurice Sendak--creator of beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are --comes a classic tale of children cleverly overcoming a bully, retold by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.
Brundibar is based on a 1938 Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp. When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home.
"An ambitious picture book that succeeds both as a simple children's story and as a compelling statement against tyranny." -- School Library Journal
Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in 1943.