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Item specifics - Children's & Young Adult Books
Author: Oscar WildeFormat: Paperback
Publisher: PuffinISBN-10: 0140366911
Edition Description: ReissueISBN-13: 9780140366914
Publication Year: 1996Subject: --
Age Level: --Topic: --
Language: EnglishSpecial Attributes: --
Condition: Good  
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Synopsis
A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.
This facsimile of the 1913 edition includes, along with the title story, "The nightingale and the rose," "The selfish giant," "The devoted friend," and "The remarkable rocket."

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Series:Puffin Classics
Illustrator:Lars Bo

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Height:8.0 in.
Width:5.3 in.
Thickness:0.5 in.
Weight:5.6 oz.

Publisher's Note
Includes "The Happy Prince," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Young King," "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Star-Child," and "The Fisherman and His Soul."

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Ray's (Magical Tales from Many Lands; The Story of Christmas) folksy, gilt-laden artwork graces this somewhat formal abridgment of Wilde's tale about an enchanted statue. The Happy Prince, who had lived a happy life and died a happy man, is now immortalized high above the city as a golden and bejeweled statue. For the first time the royal sees the suffering, poverty and misery of the common people. Sharing his sympathetic view with a sparrow, the prince persuades the bird to postpone its migration and instead to deliver his gold leafing, his sapphire eyes and ruby belt to those who need them. Soon the sparrow dies of cold and the prince, now shabby, is removed from its pedestal and melted down. Though young readers may appreciate the lessons of selflessness and sacrifice here, the telling may seem to them stilted and even occasionally disjointed. Ray's characteristically rich palette and her delicate borders and backgrounds provide the visual magic that keeps this sentimental tale afloat. Ages 7-up. (Jan.)
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K-Gr 3 Ray has done a masterful job of retelling and illustrating one of Wilde's more accessible fairy tales. Using most of the author's words and all of his intent, she has omitted the more flowery and verbose prose and subplots. The result is a tightened tale that expresses compassion in a simple, heartfelt story of a statue and a little bird. Alternating full-and double-page illustrations with panels, Ray has put enormous detail into her paintings, and each one is burnished with a kind of verdigris gold. Readers will especially appreciate the pictures that depict the wonders of Egypt. Not piteous or sentimental, The Happy Prince is a balanced tale; in fact, Leo Lionni's modern classic, Tico and the Golden Wings (Knopf, 1975), seems to revisit its universal themes. Harriett Fargnoli, Great Neck Library, NY
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TITLE: The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Puffin Classics)
AUTHOR: Oscar Wilde
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ISBN: 0140366911
EAN: 9780140366914
BINDING: Paperback

PUBLISHER: Puffin Classics
PUBLICATION DATE: 1994-10-27
NO. OF PAGES: 224
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 5.99
HEIGHT: 1.4975 centimeters
WIDTH: 12.9949 centimeters
LENGTH: 19.9746 centimeters
WEIGHT: 0.1497 kilograms

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