The Baron Rides Out - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Mitchell, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0399212809 / ISBN 13: 9780399212802

Published by Philomel, New York, 1985

About this Item

slight wear to covers, library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 035588

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Baron Rides Out - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Publisher: Philomel, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399212809
• ISBN 13: 9780399212802
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Benson
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Ex Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Childrens, Teenager, Young Adult

About this title

Synopsis

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

Reviews

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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