Peter and the Wolf (Pop-up book)

Sergei Prokofiev, Barbara Cooney

ISBN 10: 0670808490 / ISBN 13: 9780670808496

Published by Viking Penguin Inc., 1986

About this Item

NEW. Hardcover. Only opened to photograph. Three-dimensional moving pictures by Caldecott Award winner Barbara Cooney, Prokofiev's classic tale of Peter and the Wolf springs to exciting new life.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1719161939443

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peter and the Wolf (Pop-up book)
• Publisher: Viking Penguin Inc.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670808490
• ISBN 13: 9780670808496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cooney, Barbara
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A pop-up version of the orchestral fairy tale in which a boy ignores his grandfather's warnings and proceeds to capture a wolf.

Reviews

Grade 1-6 Five mechanical tableaux dramatize Peter's adventure with the wolf. The first shows Peter's cabin in the forest; the second, the capture of the duck by the wolf; the third, the wolf's capture by Peter; the fourth, the procession of the townspeople back to town with the wolf; and fifth, the wolf in the zoo. The thinness of the story is evident in that a very small amount of page space is alotted to text. The full-color scenes in what appear to be watercolors or acrylics remain theatrical backdrops for the story and lack sufficient detail to encourage close scrutiny by children. The two well-engineered "capture" scenes are entertaining because they help advance the plot. Curiously, no mention is ever made of a musical accompaniment to the story. The triptych format, with braid to tie the cover closed, may extend the shelf life of this volume. Dana Whitney Pinizzotto, The Parish Day School of the Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas
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