La Princesa Dragon/the Loathsome Dragon (Cuadrada)
by:
David Wiesner (author)
Kim Kahng (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788426135339 (8426135331)
Publish date: June 1st 2006
Publisher: Juventud
Pages no: 32
Edition language: Spanish
Kim Kahng retells and David Wiesner illustrates a fairy tale with so many familiar elements including a wicked stepmother, a curse, a dragon, and the power of love. Wonderful pictures - especially of the dragon - will make this a favorite of young fairy tale lovers.
Wicked stepmother casts a spell on the fair princess, turning her into a dragon. The spell will only be broken when her brother the prince kisses her three times.
Adapted from "The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh" in Joseph Jacobs' 1890 English Fairy Tales. Both text and illustration are good, although I found the emotional dimension somewhat understated. My favorite was the smaller details in the images: the carved elephants on the princess' bedposts, the c...