Claire Martin (1)
Autore di The Race of the Golden Apples
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Opere di Claire Martin
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Attività lavorative
- children's book author
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 124
- Popolarità
- #161,165
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 42
- Lingue
- 2
Having greatly enjoyed author Claire Martin's only other picture-book—The Race of the Golden Apples, which retells the myth of Atalanta and her race with Hippomenes—I was looking forward to Boots & The Glass Mountain, especially as I love illustrator Gennady Spirin's artwork. I was not disappointed, finding the story here engaging, and the illustrations beautiful. Although there was no author's note regarding source (a disappointment), WorldCat lists this with the subject heading "Folklore-Norway," leading me to believe it is a retelling of Jomfruen på glassberget (The Princess on the Glass Hill), collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales). There are many variants of this tale type from around Europe, and it seems to have been particularly popular in Germany, Poland and Russia. In any case, I found this telling quite entertaining, although Martin appears to have added a troll element not present in the original. Recommended to young fairy and folktale enthusiasts, and to any reader who appreciates beautiful picture-book art.… (altro)