The Magician's Elephant
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781480537163 (1480537160)
Publish date: August 27th 2013
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
The simple language - perfect for the age range - belies the complexity within this story, which means that an adult can read it, and see what a thing of beauty it is, can connect with the basic truths within this novel. When a magician calls forth an elephant, he doesn't see the harm he will cau...
I read this book on the recommendation of a student who suggested it for a readaloud and was immediately seconded by another. So I read it to myself first, though I had been thinking of doing so anyway. Something about DiCamillo's books leaves me uneasy, like I should have enjoyed it more, but I had...
I love this author. Reading her always brings me back to my childhood.
Magical and Lovely.A young boy visits a fortune teller.A magician conjures an elephant.A little girl lives in an orphanage.The elephant is on display for the world to see.All these characters, and more; their lives are intertwined, culminating in a timeless story of love and dreams and magic.
A fairy tale like Hans Christian Andersen used to write. That is to say, it has somewhat developed characters who yearn for something, and it all fits together beautifully, and feels magical. Veronica didn't care for it, because she prefers DiCamillo's more realistic contemporary stories such as Bec...
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