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Aware of the warning by her parents, Father Frost and Mother Spring, the Snow Princess sets off to see the world without any intention of every falling in love, but after meeting a kind and handsome shepherd, the princess's frigid heart yields to the excitement of her first love.
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It is easy to underestimate the power of Sanderson's exquisite oil paintings, with their glowing textures and near-perfect detail. Most of the full-page, full-bleed illustrations are done in every shade and tonality of blue, from the ice to midnight, and she uses the washed gold of winter sunlight to pick out other effects. The page spread of the Snow Princess in her snowflake-studded, ermine-trimmed cloak, her dark hair afloat, with her hand resting on a striding polar bear, will make little girls in particular swoon. --Kirkus Reviews
Sanderson's version of a Russian folktale is based on the Tchaikovsky opera-ballet The Snow Princess, which recasts the traditional story as a romance in which the daughter of Father Frost enters the human world and finds her icy heart warmed, to her parents' dismay, by a handsome youth. Sanderson s resplendent oils have a suitably chilly polish, and children will be transfixed by the characters' elaborate Byzantine costumes. Sanderson stays true to her source in every detail but one: in the opera the girl is as doomed as her folktale counterpart, but Sanderson allows her to forgo her immortality to stay with the man she loves. --Booklist
Painted with oils, the artwork is simply stunning - among the most beautiful picture books I have seen. --Mary Helen Sheriff
Sanderson's version of a Russian folktale is based on the Tchaikovsky opera-ballet The Snow Princess, which recasts the traditional story as a romance in which the daughter of Father Frost enters the human world and finds her icy heart warmed, to her parents' dismay, by a handsome youth. Sanderson s resplendent oils have a suitably chilly polish, and children will be transfixed by the characters' elaborate Byzantine costumes. Sanderson stays true to her source in every detail but one: in the opera the girl is as doomed as her folktale counterpart, but Sanderson allows her to forgo her immortality to stay with the man she loves. --Booklist
Painted with oils, the artwork is simply stunning - among the most beautiful picture books I have seen. --Mary Helen Sheriff
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Sanderson's version of a Russian folktale is based on the Tchaikovsky opera-ballet The Snow Princess, which recasts the traditional story as a romance in which the daughter of Father Frost enters the human world and finds her icy heart warmed, to her parents' dismay, by a handsome youth. Sanderson s resplendent oils have a suitably chilly polish, and children will be transfixed by the characters' elaborate Byzantine costumes. Sanderson stays true to her source in every detail but one: in the opera the girl is as doomed as her folktale counterpart, but Sanderson allows her to forgo her immortality to stay with the man she loves. --Booklist
Painted with oils, the artwork is simply stunning - among the most beautiful picture books I have seen. --Mary Helen Sheriff
Sanderson's version of a Russian folktale is based on the Tchaikovsky opera-ballet The Snow Princess, which recasts the traditional story as a romance in which the daughter of Father Frost enters the human world and finds her icy heart warmed, to her parents' dismay, by a handsome youth. Sanderson s resplendent oils have a suitably chilly polish, and children will be transfixed by the characters' elaborate Byzantine costumes. Sanderson stays true to her source in every detail but one: in the opera the girl is as doomed as her folktale counterpart, but Sanderson allows her to forgo her immortality to stay with the man she loves. --Booklist
Painted with oils, the artwork is simply stunning - among the most beautiful picture books I have seen. --Mary Helen Sheriff
Ruth Sanderson is the highly acclaimed illustrator of over 75 books for children. Her fairy tale retellings include 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses', 'Rose Red and Snow White', 'Cinderella', and 'The Crystal Mountain'. Her original fairy tale, 'The Enchanted Wood', won both the Young Hoosier Award and the Bank Street College Award. The Texas Bluebonnet Award was given to her retelling of 'The Golden Mare, The Firebird', and 'The Magic Ring'. She lives with her husband in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0316779822
- ISBN 13 9780316779821
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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