Three Sacks of Truth - Hardcover

Kimmel, Eric A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082340921X ISBN 13: 9780823409211

Publisher: Holiday House, 1993

Synopsis

An adaptation of a French folktale tells of Petit Jean and his quest to win the hand of the king's daughter, using his mother's magical peaches and an enchanted silver fife.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Rayevsky, a native of Russia, is the popular illustrator of more than twenty books for children. They have garnered such honors as the Parents' Choice Award, the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and Blue Ribbon.

Robert Rayevsky lives in the beautiful countryside―far away from the skyscrapers, but close to many mosquitoes. His books include Under New York by Linda Oatman High and Pirate Pup by Caroline Stutson. Robert Rayevsky lives in Parksville, New York, with his wife, kids, cats, and a dachshund.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-4-- Aided by a silver fife and a perfect peach, the youngest son of a poor widow outwits a greedy king and wins the hand of the princess. Although this retelling is based upon a French folktale, variants exist in other cultures, such as the Norwegian "The King's Hares," found in Stith Thompson's One Hundred Favorite Folktales (Indiana Univ. Pr, 1968). Kimmel has adapted Paul Delarue's "The Three May Peaches," from the Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales (Ayer, 1980), strengthening the central conflict by making the king more villainous but weakening its impact by removing the earthy humor. In Delarue's version, the young man tricks the king into kissing a donkey's behind. Rayevsky's accompanying illustrations use several mediums: at times pastel pencil on a colored charcoal drawing paper, other times colored ink washes on white paper with Chinese white highlights. As in the past, the artist's pictures employ stylized, elongated figures but here the exaggeration of human features becomes almost grotesque, and the depiction of a half-skinned rabbit, while supported by the story, may strike some readers as gratuitous. For the most part, a well-told tale with accomplished illustrations. --Denise Anton Wright, Illinois State University, Normal
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 082340921X
• ISBN 13: 9780823409211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Rayevsky Robert