Walt Disney's Cinderella
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This is a story about darkness and light, about sorrow and joy, about something lost and something found. This is a story about Love. Cinderella's story has been told over and over, but never has it been touched by the kind of magic found in this book. Mary Blair painted the original pictures for Walt Disney's incomparable animated film, and here her elegant art is gathered together as a picture book for the first time. Cynthia Rylant's stories about hardscrabble lives have won not only awards and honors, but hearts. Who better to take a young girl from the darkness of her garret room to the light and brilliance of a ballroom? Together these two great artists have created something quite astonishing: a Cinderella that is breathtaking, heartrending, and joyous, both for those who are coming to the tale for the very first time, and for those who think they know it well.
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Item number (ASIN): B0014JOKN4
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Creator: Mary Blair, Illustrator
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
Edition: 1
Format: Bargain Price
Manufacturer: Disney Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Package Dimensions: 60 x 860 x 1040 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
Publisher: Disney Press
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Binding: Hardcover
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- Amazing~I purchased this book for the artwork, as I am a fan of Mary Blair. The graphics on the cover give just a hint at the fab visuals inside. What really suprised me was the simple beauty of the text. If you love fairy tales, romance and beautiful artwork, you will love this book.
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- Mary Blair FanI'm a huge fan of Mary Blair's work so naturally I wanted a copy of the work she did for Cinderella. The book arrived in a timely fashion and in great condition. It's also a wonderful picture book for kids. Thank you!
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- Charming Book!Mary Blair's art adds a great dimension to this adaptation of Disney's Cinderella. Her art was used as reference and inspiration for that final animated feature as well as countless other Disney classics. You will be charmed by her style and Rylant's fresh retelling of this fairy tale.
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- for all fairy tale lovers, young or oldThis stunning, sophisticated new adaptation of perhaps the most beloved fairy tale of all time will appeal to children as well as adult collectors. The gorgeous art work comes from veteran Disney artist Mary Blair, who helped define the look of the Cinderella film through her storyboard art, which is used in this handsomely designed volume. The colors of the text pages harmonize beautifully with the tones in the artwork on the opposite page, and the designer intersperses traditional French graphic designs with the text, such as fleur-de-lys. The art work, although recognizable to Disney fans from the movie, has a very different look than typical Disney storybooks, with a more fluid, almost abstract style, in which the figures are often dwarfed by the grandeur of the backgrounds. It is clear that Blair was influenced by 18th century French masters such as Fragonard in her artwork. Cynthia Rylant's retelling of the story is romantic to the extreme, and manages to breathe fresh life into the familiar old tale. She emphasizes the role of Love, dark and lightness, while omitting many of the familiar elements of the Disney film, such as the mice, cats, birds, and other animals who clamor around Cinderella. This magnificent fairy tale adaptation belongs on the shelf of every girl's library. Due to the length of the text, recommended for children four and older.
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- The art of Mary BlairThe best thing about this book is that it is full of concept art for Disney's CINDERELLA by Mary Blair. Mary Blair is perhaps best known as the designer of the IT'S A SMALL WORLD ride at Disneyland theme parks, but she was a key concept artist at Disney for all of the 1940s. She came back from time to time to work on certain projects including various duties with the theme parks. Here concept art helped to inspire the animators and her greatest influence is in the films ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PETER PAN and CINDERELLA. Her art work is so delightful and having a collection of Mary Blair's work all in one book is a treasure. The text of the story is simplistic and designed for a pre-school level of understanding. Buy it for the art of Mary Blair.
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