Jabberwocky

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The Jabberwocky poem interpreted by Stewart in a series of spreads. His illustrations decorate a few lines of the poem on each page.

Stewart does not precisely follow Humpty Dumpty's explanation of the poem as it originally appears in Through the Looking-Glass, but uses his own imagination to create the rattan-printed trees, postage-stamp-sized art, and full-color ink-and-watercolor creatures whose simple, almost cartoonish looks echoe Edward Lear's comic sketches.

Seller's description:
An illustrated version of the classic nonsense poem from "Through the Looking Glass."

Product details:

Item number (ASIN): 0763620181
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: Joel Stewart, Illustrator
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
ISBN: 0763620181
Manufacturer: Candlewick
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Package Dimensions: 43 x 730 x 1072 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: Candlewick
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: March 1, 2003
Binding: Hardcover

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- In muted, sepia tones sparked with lime green
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! From offbeat illustrator Joel Stewart comes this utterly charming picture book adaptation of the celebrated nonsense rhyme "Jabberwocky" from Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel "Through the Looking Glass." In muted, sepia tones sparked with lime green, lemon yellow and apple red, Stewart paints the mysterious Jabberwocky as a creature part English dandy, part Beetlejuice and part hedge. "And, as in uffish thought he stood, the Jabberwock, with eyes of flameý" and -- according to Stewart's whimsical drawings -- teeth of checker boards, guts of a robot, and elongated claws of regular manicure appointments. A supporting cast of characters appear and disappear without explanation (though, of course, none is needed) as do the odd cameo appearances of different postage stamps on every spread. None of this lovely nonsense should be surprising, as we've seen Stewart's quirky style before, in the picture book "The Adventures of a Nose," the strange story of a nose's quest for belonging. What is surprising, however, is that there is currently only one competing "Jabberwocky" book on the market: the intricate 1989 interpretation by Graeme Base, the author/illustrator of the bestselling "Animalia." 'Tis a brillig effort, to say the least. The most vorpal picture book effort in mome raths.