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The Girl of the Wish Garden
A Thumbelina Story
By Krishnaswami, Uma
- ISBN
- 978-1-55498-324-7
- Publisher
- Groundwood (House of Anansi Press)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
This book's illustrations by renowned Iranian artist Nasrin Khosravi (1950-2010) originally appeared in a 1999 Farsi edition of Andersen's "Thumbelina." An author's note explains that since Khosravi's pictures "focus on some elements of the story, mute or shift others and completely ignore a few," Krishnaswami has used her illustrations "as my primary source materi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Picture Books
Krishnaswami uses the illustrations from a 1999 Farsi edition of "Thumbelina" as her primary source material, and it's easy to see how...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
