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The Book of Wizards
Provides young readers with a richly illustrated anthology of magic and fantasy through a collection of stories from an array of celebrated authors, including Shakespeare and Homer.
- GenresChildrens
160 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 2008
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About the author
Michael Hague
161 books90 followersMichael Hague is renowned as the illustrator of many children's classics, including editions of The Wizard Of Oz, Peter Pan, The Hobbit, and The Velveteen Rabbit. He also illustrated The Book of Ghosts, Where Fairies Dance, The Book of Wizards, and The Book of Fairy Poetry as well as wrote and illustrated the graphic novel in The Small. Michael lives with his wife, Kathleen, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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August 28, 2010
This is a book about wizards & witches. It has lots of different stories by different authors. The Black School is the best chapter. I like the books where there's lots of different stories. I liked the part where they escaped best. My favorite picture is one from "The Battle Of the Wizards of the North", because the sorceress looks kind of cool. The first picture in "King Solomon's Ring" I like too, because there's like fire all over and a big dragon face. This book has great, full color illustrations.
April 14, 2015
A collection of abridged versions of various stories about wizards and witches, from Circe to Baba Yaga to Merlin. The main highlight here are the illustrations.
July 30, 2013
3.5/5, rounded up.
The illustrations are the real plus of this book, and are generally better executed than the prose. However, the selected stories are interesting and diverse; many are true classics, and a couple of them I had never heard before, which was nice. A couple, however, such as The Tempest retelling, was poorly written, and I'm not sure I would have followed it well had I not previously read the original. Some of the stories were real gems, though, and, again, the illustrations were outstanding. In fact, my son complained that there should have been more illustrations, and if you are reading this to a younger child they might feel the same. However, we spent some time absorbing each picture, and they were delightful, detailed, and, yes, magical.
Recommended for a family library, because I think this is a book that will grow nicely from "reading aloud" to the child enjoying them again and again by themselves.
The illustrations are the real plus of this book, and are generally better executed than the prose. However, the selected stories are interesting and diverse; many are true classics, and a couple of them I had never heard before, which was nice. A couple, however, such as The Tempest retelling, was poorly written, and I'm not sure I would have followed it well had I not previously read the original. Some of the stories were real gems, though, and, again, the illustrations were outstanding. In fact, my son complained that there should have been more illustrations, and if you are reading this to a younger child they might feel the same. However, we spent some time absorbing each picture, and they were delightful, detailed, and, yes, magical.
Recommended for a family library, because I think this is a book that will grow nicely from "reading aloud" to the child enjoying them again and again by themselves.
July 26, 2016
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