| Fairy Tales Contributor(s): Cummings, E. E. (Author), Firmage, George James (Editor), So, Meilo (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0871406586 ISBN-13: 9780871406583 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: The four tales in this enchanting, newly illustrated volume are retold by one of literature's most treasured poets. Includes "The Old Man Who Said 'Why'," "The Elephant and The Butterfly," "The House That Ate Mosquito Pie," and "The Little Girl Named I." Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003070238 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The four tales in this enchanting, newly illustrated volume, tell of lonely and extraordinary characters finding friendship in unlikely companions. In The Old Man Who Said Why a wise fairy's kind nature is taxed when one old man's questions throw the entire heavens into madness. In The Elephant and the Butterfly and The House That Ate Mosquito Pie shyness is overcome by the compelling love of new friends. The Little Girl Named I is a conversation between the author and a small girl, in the manner of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Clever, insightful, and magical, peopled with vivid characters--a house that prefers one bird to any human inhabitants, an elephant paralyzed with delight, a fairy who always breakfasted on light and silencehere are tales as only Cummings could write them. A delightful and surprising gift for anyone, young or old. |
Contributor Bio(s): Firmage, George James: - George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904- 1962; and Fairy Tales.Cummings, E. E.: - E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. He was also a playwright, a painter, and a writer of prose. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and, during World War I, served with an ambulance corps in France. He spent three months in a French detention camp and subsequently wrote The Enormous Room, a highly acclaimed criticism of World War I. After the war, Cummings returned to the States and published his first collection of poetry, Tulips & Chimneys, which was characterized by his innovative style: pushing the boundaries of language and form while discussing love, nature, and war with sensuousness and glee. He spent the rest of his life painting, writing poetry, and enjoying widespread popularity and success. |