The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Traditional and Newly Discovered Tales of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Von Munchausen - Hardcover

Janisch, Heinz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592700918 ISBN 13: 9781592700912

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books, 2010

Synopsis

The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen A gorgeous collection of Munchausen tales by an award-winning master storyteller and an enormously talented illustrator. Full description

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Review:

LMC Library Media Connection Starred Review
"Children with a romantic streak will be taken both with the Baron and his courtly fictions and by Blau's misty, stately portraits." ―Publishers Weekly
"Each quick tale is told in a merry, unadorned fashion on one page, faced by an off-kilter painting by Blau on the other. Well matched to the stories, the scenes feature a jaunty Munchausen stoically going about his outrageous feats in dreamlike compositions that own much to the spacious weirdness of Dali." ―Booklist
"These lighthearted, fantastical tales are greatly magnified in their imaginative impact by the delicate, mysterious illustrations, all with more than a touch of whimsey. [...] The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a collections sure to delight and mystify children of all ages, along with their parents and teachers." ―The Midwest Book Review
"This newest picture book version captures these delightfully fantastical stories with illustrations which will ignite the imagination. [...] These stories are an important component of children's literature which no library should be without; many will be wise to update the aging collections on their shelves with this one to make the stories more accessible to current readers." ―curledupkids.com
"These European stories will add a new dimension to your instruction on exaggeration and tall tales." ―Gail Dent, Tucson Unified School District

About the Author:

Heinz Janisch was born in Austria in 1960 and studied German literature in Vienna. He has published numerous books, including children's books, that have been translated into more than twelve languages. He was nominated for the Lindgren Memorial Award for 2009 and the Andersen award for 2010. In 2008, he received the Austrian picture book award. He lives in Vienna. Aljoscha Blau was born in 1972 in St.Petersburg and has been living in Germany since 1990. He studied art in Hamburg, has received several awards and has exhibited his works in Paris, New York, Hamburg and Bologna. He lives in Berlin with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1592700918
• ISBN 13: 9781592700912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Blau Aljoscha