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    <body><![CDATA[This version of Swan Lake (1989) is written by Mark Helprin with fabulous color illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg. The story, of course, is very similar to the famous ballet.<br/><br/>An old man lives on a mountain with a young girl who, as children of her type often do, wants to venture down fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70617282">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A beautiful but very sad version of the Swan Lake story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most treasured books of my childhood and adolescence. I discovered this just at the peak of my obsession with all things even vaguely Russian, and the combination of Helprin's elegant re-telling of the story with van Allsburg's sumptuous color plates made a book that I regularly checked o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39945749">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a retelling of the ballet, but with significant changes (like the fact that Odette hasn't been transformed into a swan...).  Interesting read, but it took away the magic and enchantment of the story and replaced it with too much preaching about the dangers of politics and the failings of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41713964">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You should own this book and read it often.  Be sure to get your hands on an out of print hard copy - the illustrations will live inside of you.    I sob every time I finish this book so I have to be sure I'm not around anyone who would think I'm a weirdo (like my kids! - yeah that's right it's a &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45292453">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Swan Lake<em> is a magical work that takes any reader, regardless of age, into an unforgettable world.  I had the series read to me as a little girl and now I re-read it every few years, each time reminded of why I fell in love with the book in the first place.  The simple, enchanting story that Mark He...</em></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42827141">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was full of things that were sooooo boring! I can't beleive that the same thing keeps happening over and over and over again, but in slightly different ways each time. And like everyone who you might like in the book dies (of course) and only a few survive. Also the people who die die kind...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40907769">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The two-time Caldecott medalist illustrates Mark Helprin's enchanting story of the characters in Tchaikovsky's famous ballet.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found the hardcover version as a teenager.  My first discovery of both Mark Helprin and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg (better known for Polar Express).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a wonderful book (and series) -- beauty in their language and illustrations.  Classic Mark Helprin prose, long (sometimes laborious) but always beautiful language.  This is a lyrical story with gorgeous yet simple illustrations.  I have read a few reviews and some speak to what a child favorite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30849969">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give the art 5 stars but the book overall less. Also its not really a picture book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a tremendous collaboration!!! Well worth the read.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The two-time Caldecott medalist illustrates Mark Helprin's enchanting story of the characters in Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. &quot;Helprin does not simply retell the story from the ballet, he relates, instead, his imaginings of a larger story behind it, a romantic saga spanning several generations . . . Created from soft strokes of fine-textured line shaded into contoured shapes of color, the hauntingly beautiful illustrations continue the best tradition of narrative art.&quot; -- Booklist, starred review  ALA Best Book for Young Adults]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was one i owned when my last name was Swan. it was beautiful. dark blue cloth cover and the pictures are so expressive and colorful. the story was a sad and wonderful fairy tale. my ex got it in the divorce but i remember it fondly even though i ditched the last name. a lovely book for the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9619910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I watched this shoe on Ice nad now i want ot write a eview about the stri.I do not have the book or ever read it but still I do not want anbody not t know about this wonderful stry!<br/>You should wathch it our selve becuase ti is very difficult to write about something tht you've never read!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i love this book! my 4th grade teacher loved him so she rea dthe series!! it is so sad though how, oh nevermind you are gonna have to read it to find out!! but this is really an awesome book!!!!!!!!!! so read it now!!!!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There are a lot of relatively big words and high concepts for younger children, but Van Allsburg's illustrations are breath taking and the story itself is a classic.  I have high hopes my 7 year old nephew will love this.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i actually own the hardcopy as a gift from a dear friend. i've read it many times though it is clearly for a younger reader. it brings a tear to my eye everytime. a beautiful tale with lovely illustrations.]]></body>
    
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