The Tinderbox - Stephen Mitchell, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) • BookLikes (ISBN:0763620785)

The Tinderbox

by: Stephen Mitchell (author) Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) (author)

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A retelling of Andersen's classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox, set in the post-Civil War South.

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Format: ebook

ISBN: 9780763620783 (0763620785)

ASIN: 9780763620783

Publish date: 13-02-2007

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Childrens, Classics, Juvenile, Drama, Fairy Tales, Picture Books, Short Stories, Storytime, Fiction

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Bashara Likes Books rated it

11 years ago

http://basharalikesbooks.booklikes.com Bashara Likes Books 4.5 The Tinderbox (retold by Stephen Mitchell with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline)

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Wow! This has never been one of my favorite HC Andersen stories. Even I, who enjoy a bit of grit and gore with my fairy tales and certainly don't demand a tidy moral, have always found this story more than just a bit squirm-worthy. This book changed my mind completely! It is still a wacky, bru...

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Allusion is not Illusion rated it

15 years ago

http://Mirimirage.booklikes.com Allusion is not Illusion 3.0

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The illustrations are pleasing and the prose style pleasant, but this is just not a favorite story of mine. The protagonist lacks morals and common sense, and might makes right is the only moral I can draw from this retelling.

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Bashara Likes Books rated it

15 years ago

http://basharalikesbooks.booklikes.com Bashara Likes Books 0.0

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Illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline

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