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3%OFFE. E. Cummings - Fairy Tales - 9780871406583 - V9780871406583
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Fairy Tales

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Description for Fairy Tales Hardcover. These whimsical, timeless tales, by one of our most treasured poets, will appeal to any generation. Illustrator(s): So, Meilo. Editor(s): Firmage, George James. Num Pages: 64 pages, 21 color watercolors. BIC Classification: YFJ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
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 silence"here are tales as only Cummings could write them. A delightful and surprising gift for anyone, young or old.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Liveright
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871406583
SKU
V9780871406583
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About E. E. Cummings
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. George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904– 1962; and Fairy Tales.

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