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Indlæser... Bony-Legs (original 1983; udgave 1983)af Joanna Cole (Forfatter), Dirk Zimmer (Illustrator)
Work InformationBony-Legs af Joanna Cole (1983)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Oh, I loved this, with the accompanying audio cassette. I can still hear the narrator's voice. ( ) Dispatched by her mother to fetch a needle and thread, Sasha finds her way to the home of Bony-Legs, a terrible child-eating witch whose house in the forest rests on chicken feet. Here her actions in oiling the gate and feeding the dog and cat are repaid, as each aid her when she must escape the witch, intent on cooking her. Fleeing through the now silent gate, Sasha uses the mirror and comb given to her by the cat and dog to create obstacles for the witch - the mirror is transformed into a lake, the comb into a massive barrier - and thereby making it safely home... Although author Joanna Cole does not include any author's note to that effect, Bony-Legs is a retelling of the classic Russian folktale of Baba Yaga and the Little Girl, which has many variants. The language is simple - this is as much an early reader as a picture-book - but nevertheless expressive, and Cole manages to spin an engrossing story, despite the limited lexicon necessitated by the early reader format. The artwork by Dirk Zimmer, who also illustrated Alvin Schwartz's In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories, is deliciously creepy, and captures the suspense of the story. I was torn in rating this, as I found it quite engaging, but was also genuinely irritated by the fact that Cole didn't include any mention of source material. This robs the child of the knowledge that he or she is reading a story from another culture, and prevents them from seeking other stories about the eponymous figure - the terrifying Baba Yaga. Hopefully adult caregivers will be more knowledgable, and fill in that information. A story similar to Hansel and Gretel, without the breadcrumb trail and the candy house! Bony legs wants to eat Sasha, the protagonist, but because Sasha was so kind to the animals and the gate, they help her escape. This story could be used in a unit on fairy tales, to describe the plot. setting, characters, overall theme, etc. The story has a very obvious protagonist and antagonist, as well as theme of good versus evil. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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