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East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
by Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, George Webbe Dasent
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dover Publications (1970-06-01)
ISBN: 0486225216
EAN: 9780486225210
Dewey Decimal #: 398.209481
Binding/Media: Paperback - 418 pages
Edition: Revised
Reading Level: All Ages
SKU: 07530
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Pages clean, some edge wear, crease on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Remarkable collection—the only complete edition of these wonderful tales—contains scores of classic Norwegian tales made even more attractive by 77 illustrations by famed children’s artists. Second only to Grimm.
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Customer Reviews
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Wonderful Illustrations, classic story-telling
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-01-06
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
P.J. Lynch's illustrations could only be rivaled by Mercer Mayer's version. I am an adult who collects fairy and folk tales in a very picky and frugal fashion - I ONLY buy if both the story and illustrations are worth investing in a hardback edition. This is such a book. I'll enjoy reading this to my children (currently 4 and under) when they get a little older and more patient with story time. Amazon has a great price on this book as well.
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Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
well the pictures are nice, but quite honestly the telling of the story is kind of choppy, to the point where you can almost feel the gaps as you're reading it, but the progression is faithful to older versions of the myth. i consider a 4 to be a pretty decent rank when it comes to these things, and i wouldn't have given this story a 4 if is was just the print, but the pictures were pretty nice. They were colourful with an attention given to detail (which maybe should've been directed to the storytelling) that almost made up for what i disliked about the book. and on top of that this fairy tale is one of my favourites so maybe i'm just being hard on it for that reason.
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For ages 8 and up (Dover edition)
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-11
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a wonderful reference book for anyone interested in fairy tales. The stories are engrossing and would be enjoyed by children with excellent reading skills at about 4th-5th grade level and up. The information given by Amazon is that the reading level is for ages 4-8, so I thought I would correct that mis-information. The vocabulary is sometimes rather arcane and the sentence structure complex. The book would be equally enjoyable to young adult and adult readers as to young readers.
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East o' the Dun and West o' the Moon
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-05
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the most wonderful story to read to children. My grandmother read it to me as a child. The story gives children a dreamy sense of enchantment and restful time away from today's world. This has always been my favorite childhood book and I have read it hundreds of times to my children and grandchildren.
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My favorite book when I was little
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-08-26
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was my absolute favorite book when I was little. The illustrations are absolutely gorgous, the writing (translation is by Sir George Webbe Dasent) is quirky and reads well.
I find it hard to believe that this version is out of print. If you ever see it, get it, for yourself or for a young friend. Both of you would enjoy it.
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