Eugenie (1899–1961)
Autore di Wickedishrag
Sull'Autore
Opere di Eugenie
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 13
- Popolarità
- #774,335
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
- Lingue
- 3
Pairing a sweetly engaging story with cute illustrations, Wickedishrag is a fun little book - it really is quite small, being just slightly larger than the palm of my hand - and appeals to my love of witchy tales. If I had discovered it as a girl, it would most likely have been a personal favorite. The story is an interesting inversion of one I have seen in other witchy tales, where a little witch doesn't want to be a witch at all, and ends up being a fairy or a princess. Ida DeLage's Weeny Witch and Nurit Karlin's The Tooth Witch would be examples of this type of tale. In author/illustrator Eugenie's story, on the other hand, we see a princess who becomes a witch, at least for a time. The ending feels a little on the nose, when it comes to the moral message, but on the other hand, Gwendal's prior behavior really was obnoxious, particularly as it related to her treatment of her servants, so I enjoyed seeing her put to work in the royal kitchens. The illustrations alternate between black-and-white line drawings and those done in color, and are quite lovely. I'm glad to have tracked this one down, given my love of witchy picture-books, and only wish that Eugenie - a pseudonym, perhaps? - had done more in this vein. Recommended to young fairy-tale lovers, and to picture-book readers who enjoy witchy fare.… (altro)