Coppelia

by Linda M. Jennings, Léo Delibes

A dollmaker cleverly schemes to pass his most beautiful doll off as a real girl, but he is outwitted by the townspeople he tries to deceive.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1985

Reviews

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was interested in reading this primarily because of Krystyna Turska's illustrations, which do not disappoint. The story was rather odd, and might have been better in a slightly longer telling. Margot Fonteyn did a picture book version of this story, which I must read next.

[Abi Pellinor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure if this is the correct version of this book to be reviewing, as my mum bought me an audiobook with orchestral pieces when I was a child after appearing in a production of the ballet. I really liked this story, a nice cute little kids story which is sweet. The music included on my copy was also lovely and surprisingly (for someone with little patience) I didn't want to skip past the music. A lovely little short story.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only full ballet I've ever performed. Wonderful. Was Russian Dancer and Scottish doll.

[Miri Gifford · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't quite decide why, but I think I liked this version better than this one.