King Midas and the Golden Touch

Hewitt, Kathryn

ISBN 10: 0152428003 ISBN 13: 9780152428006

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1987

Synopsis

A king who wishes for the golden touch is faced with its unfortunate consequences.

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From School Library Journal:

K Up This is rich,but very sophisticated. It is radically cut from Hawthorne, who, in the dedication, looks aghast from his portrait at his send-up and his own collection changed to A Golden Book. . . . His Marigold cried for roses. This Marigold cries for her smug tabby turned stiff. Children may enjoy Midas (Dom DeLuise dressed as Henry VIII) with teddy bear and bunny slippers, but the visual puns are mostly adult. Midas' storeroom contains Tut's bust, piggybank, golden goose, Apuleius' ass, Grail, cash register, Venus apple, etc. The cover flap sports a charm of the golden calf. Rembrandts, Vermeers, Watteaus, etc., walk halls and hang on walls. One touch is a bit much: the visitor looks like Robin (Superboy?). The illustrations are in deep watercolors as in The Three Sillies (HBJ, 1986). Hewitt's people are as funny as her pigs. Keep Hawthorne's text with Galdone's respectful two-tone art (McGraw-Hill, 1959; o.p.) but buy this one for art history classes and grown-ups forced to read picture books over and over. Helen Gregory, Grosse Pointe Public Library, Mich.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0152428003
• ISBN 13: 9780152428006
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32