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Beauty and the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals
by Barbara Ann Porte (Illustrator: Rosemary Feit Covey)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2001-10-01)
ISBN: 0689841477
EAN: 9780689841477
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 128 pages
SKU: 008345
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Beautiful Ex-library book, clean. Hardcover with dustjacket and mylar covering, spine label, back label with marker line through, on the title page there is a rubber stamped library address and discard, card pocket on the first blank page, the rest of the book is clean, pages are bright and clean, firm binding, well cared for. All items ship from a smoke-free home.
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Product Description
Students who break the rules at Ernestine Wilde Alternative High School get sent to see Ms. Lavinia Drumm, the librarian. Tall and exotically dressed, wearing strange jewelry and voluminous shawls, and holding a carved shillelagh, Ms. Drumm is known for her uncanny storytelling. She bangs her shillelagh, sits atop a table, and begins her tales: of a boy who comes to an untimely end when he tries to teach crows to talk; of a woman who may actually be a fox; of a child who joins a family of cats below an escalator. These stories, bold and evocative -- and full of fur, feathers, and scales -- are stunningly original, yet embrace traditional and folk motifs. Barbara Ann Porte, who is known for her superb storytelling, is in top form with this new collection of inventive tales paired with Rosemary Feit Covey's dramatic wood engravings.
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