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Title: The Baron Rides Out : The Adventures of Baron Munchausen As He Told Them to Adrian Mitchell
Publisher: Walker Books, Limited
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0744503337
ISBN 13: 9780744503333
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 2 pounds

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Retells Baron Munchausen's boastful account of his amazing adventures as he travels around the world.

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Grade 2-4 Tall tales are wonderful paths that lead to thoughts about the relativity of Truth. The Baron's are harmless fun, pure art in their outrageous matter-of-factness. The four or five short adventures retold here in economical but not patronizing prose offer the illustrator a tempting opportunity to supply the melodramatic content. Benson does so with verve, using ink lines and transparent watercolors to depict a Ceylonese jungle with appropriate birds and monkeys as well as a terrifying giant alligator and an enormous leaping lion. The Jack Benny look on the Baron's face as he's squeezed by a giant Peter the Great exemplifies the mastery of gesture and expression that Benson commands. And the details of ducks and chicks at the patched-up water trough when the horse tries to drink his fill demonstrate this illustrator's skill in making details extend the text's telling. Endpapers and a delightful tongue-in-cheek double-spread title page add considerably to the total experience. For those who enjoy our Paul Bunyan, this German teller of tall tales will be a special delight. Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
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