Stuff
Product Details
Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, November 2008
Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0689856520
ISBN-13: 9780689856525
Grades: P - 2
Awards and Nominations
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Description
Sergei Prokofiev composed his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 with the hope of introducing children to the instruments of the orchestra. It happens that he also devised a wonderfully dramatic story. The characters - boy, bird, duck, cat, grandfather, wolf, hunters - and their doings have been beloved by young and old for decades.
Writer, artist, musician, and Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka has given the original story a new setting: a stage performance. Here you will relish language inspired music; enjoy mischief, suspense, and triumph in the theater; and delight in a surprise (and an additional character) Prokofiev's merry tale didn't provide. Please do not turn immediately to the last page.
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