The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1995
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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80 Pp. White Cloth, Gilt. First Published In Italy, This American Edition With Color Illustrations By Grandpre. Fine In Fine Dj Not Price Clipped, No Names, No Marks, No Wear.
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- Title
- The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales
- Author
- Vittorini, Domenico
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, New York
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine Dustjacket
- Binding
- White Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 051759594X
- ISBN 13
- 9780517595947
- Illustrator
- Color Plates By Mary GrandPre
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1951 to Present
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Reviews
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Gr. 3^-7. Vittorini's animated retellings of 12 Italian tales are republished here with beautiful new illustrations from GrandPre, who also did Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat (1993). The stories include appealing characters, such as greedy Giocondo, fast-thinking chef Chichibio, and the lovely Cenerentola (an Italian Cinderella), as well as a good dose of humor. A sense of Italy's spirit permeates the volume, which sports Italian settings in the illustrations and Italian names and history in the text. With plenty of white space and images that cut into the type, the book's design uses GrandPre's palette of earthy browns and plums that lends a sophistication and helps make accessible literary stories that may not be familiar to a U.S. audience. Kathy Broderick
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