Jabberwocky

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The action in this dramatically illustrated rendition of Carroll's masterpiece of nonsense takes place in a forest where a young boy, amid strange and wonderful creatures, battles the bizarre, birdlike Jabberwocky.

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Item number (ASIN): 1562822462
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: Walt Disney Company, Illustrator
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
ISBN: 1562822462
Manufacturer: Disney Pr (Lib)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1
Package Dimensions: 50 x 850 x 1025 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: September, 1992
Publisher: Disney Pr (Lib)
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Binding: Library Binding

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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.