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Richard Kennedy (7) (1932–)

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Kennedy, Jerome Richard
Födelsedag
1932-12-23
Kön
male
Födelseort
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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Another gorgeous recommendation from [a:Alison Lurie|2046|Alison Lurie|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1242425489p2/2046.jpg]'s [b:The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales|763479|The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales|Alison Lurie|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178141770s/763479.jpg|1407198]. A modern fairy-tale, poetic in both writing style & theme. Apt illustrations, too.
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
Quite a tall tale! I think the boy should be named Jack" as in the fairy tales... too clever by half."
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
Halfway through and I think this is one I'm going to want to buy for my permanent collection - even though I really don't like to hang onto books.
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Yup. A perfect fantasy for all ages from 8 to 108. Beautifully, poetically written. Dolls, orphans, intrigue, romance, pirates, treasure, adventure, magic, mystery, dreams, brewed to enchant. Since I don't think my husband would like it (unless maybe he were reading it aloud to his grandkids) I can't give it the full 5 stars - but I do wish I'd owned a copy when I as a child as I would have read it over & over & over again. It's got the hallmarks of a classic children's fantasy, but was unbelievably written only 3 decades ago.

For example, one of the special things about it is that it can be read on so many levels. For example: Not all 8 year-olds are going to understand Skivvy's anguish, but even though I couldn't personally empathize, I ached for him as he tried to use numerology to save his soul. But as Kennedy explains, though Mathematics is the Queen of Sciences, Numerology is her wayward daughter, a wanton who will lure you with her easy ways until your mind is ruined and your life's course doomed. A child too young to understand the details of that will just skim until the next bit of adventure, but when she gets a little older and understands, the book will mean all the more to her.

That's just one example. But this would be a wonderful book to read aloud as a family and talk about, too, so I really recommend you do that for your school-age children.
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 3 andra recensioner | Jun 6, 2016 |
A simple fable for ages 7 up. Would be lovely to read together as a family, to share giggles, gasps, and discussion. I wish it weren't so hard to find Kennedy's work - it deserves to be more famous.
 
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Verk
20
Även av
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Medlemmar
587
Popularitet
#42,723
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
11
ISBN
64
Språk
4
Favoritmärkt
1

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