Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
by:
Anonymous (author)
Andrew Lang (author)
Errol Le Cain (author)
A retelling of a favourite folk tale, given a romantic flavour of the East by Errol Le cain's illustrations.
A retelling of a favourite folk tale, given a romantic flavour of the East by Errol Le cain's illustrations.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140503890 (0140503897)
Publish date: October 27th 1983
Publisher: Puffin
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Classics,
Novels,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Fairy Tales,
Picture Books,
Short Stories,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Folk Tales,
Fables
Oh, this version of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp was ok. The story was perhaps a bit choppy in places, and there was an awful lot of shifting from story path to story path, so the kids had a slightly challenging time keeping hold of the thread of this tale. I was hearing a lot of "why" and "how ...
Aladdin was always getting into trouble and even when his father passed, he continued doing the same. He wouldn't get a job, or change his ways. Then one day a man named Moor comes along and claims to be his uncle. One night, Moor takes Aladdin and makes him go in search of a Lamp. He is not to touc...
Errol Le Cain's artwork is phenomenal! For me, his picture book illustrations are on par with K.Y. Craft and Trina Schart Hyman. That's truly high praise, but even so the comparison isn't entirely accurate. His work is like nothing else out there - it's got a kind of Golden Age feel in that it cap...
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