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El Enano Saltarin = Rumpelstiltskin: Cuento De Los Hermanos Grimm (Picture Puffins)
Published in Paperback by Puffin (1996)
Authors: Paul O. Zelinsky, Mondadori Espana, and Paul O. Zelinksy
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¿El Enano Saltarín o Rumpelstilzchen?
Este libro es una obra de arte en cuanto a su ilustración se refiere. Paul O. Zelinsky nos ha brindado un libro para disfrutar a plenitud, no sólo por la belleza de la ilustración, sino además por lo bien que encaja con el texto. Los detalles son efímeros. La redacción española es sencilla y fluída, no necesita más, la ilustración da todo lo demás. Es un libro para el disfrute no sólo de los niños sino también de los adultos. Es un libro para guardar y adorar. Pero desafortunadamente, nada es perfecto. La versión española, al mantener el titulo de "El Enano Saltarín", como ha sido habitualmente conocido dicho cuento por las publicaciones españolas, falló al no utilizar el nombre de Rumpelstilzchen en el momento adecuado. Esta falla deteriora un tanto la trama del cuento, al eliminarse uno de los aspectos fundamentales: el extraño nombre del hombrecillo, difícil de adivinar.(Referido al libro publicado por Dutton Children's Book).


Knick-Knack Paddywhack: A Moving Parts Book
Published in Hardcover by Dutton Books (23 September, 2002)
Author: Paul O. Zelinsky
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not as toddler friendly as his classic wheels on the bus
This IS a beautiful book like all of his books, but while I love it, I can't let my 2 year old read and handle it with me. Now, my son CAN handle and work all of the various flaps and tabs on the Wheels on the bus book, and has been doing that since 10 months. These are just too tiny and somewhat delicate for daily handling like well loved books should have. I have to admit that I do have tape on my second copy of wheels on the bus, but that book did not attempt to fall apart at the very beginning.

ITs a gorgeous book with stunning effects and illustrations so go ahead and buy it!


The Lion and the Stoat
Published in Library Binding by William Morrow & Co Library (1984)
Authors: Paul O. Zelinsky, Pliny Naturalis Historia, and Pliny
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Have you ever seen a stoat?
Two outstanding artists compete and finally cooperate. The text and illustrations are unusually well done. The story is for children but told in such a way that adults can enjoy it too. A very unusual childrens book.


Hansel and Gretel
Published in Hardcover by Dodd Mead (1989)
Authors: Rika Lesser and Paul O. Zelinsky
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A classic
Hansel and Gretel is a classic story about a family that lives in the woods. The father is a woodcutter and the family is very poor. The mother convinces the father that they should go out into the woods and leave their children there. She says that it is the only way they will survive. Hansel heard his parents talking about this one night and he told Gretel. The next day, their parents told them that they were going into the forest to chop wood. Hansel took a handful of pebbles and dropped them a little bit at a time on their way. This was so they could find their way back home. The idea worked. The mother and father decided to try again. This time Hansel dropped breadcrumbs, but the birds of the forest ate the breadcrumbs and the children were lost. They started walking and came upon a house made of candy. Little did they know, a witch lived inside. The witch tried cooking Hansel, but Gretel managed to shove the witch into the oven. Hansel and Gretel found lots of pearls and diamonds in boxes in the witches house. They shoved them into their pockets and left. They finally found their way home and when they got there, they found out that the mother had died.
This book has always been one of my favorites. When you add Zelinsky illustration's it is a literary success. Rika Lesser did an incredible job of retelling this classic. The umbrella theme of children's literature of, "if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything" is hidden in the fairy tale book.

Tasha's Review of Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel is a book about a family of a wife and a husband who have two children. The father is a woodcutter and at the moment they are very poor. The stepmother convinces the father that they should go out into the woods and leave their children there. She says that that is the only way they will survive. Hansel heard their parents talking about this one night and he told Gretel. The next day, their parents told them that they were going into the forest to chop wood. Hansel took a handful of pebbles and dropped them a little bit at a time on their way. This was so they could find their way back home. The idea worked. The stepmother and father decided to try again though. This time, Hansel dropped bread crumbs, but they fell asleep and when they awoke, the bread crumbs were gone. They started walking, at last they found a house that was made of candy. Little did they know, a witch lived inside. The witch tried cooking Hansel, but Gretel managed to shove the witch into the oven. Hansel and Gretel found lots of pearls and diamonds in boxes in the witches house. They shoved them into their pockets and left. They finally found their way home and when they got there, they found out that the stepmother had died. The children and their father lived happily ever after though, and they had plenty to eat!
I think that it was a very good children's book. the detail was understandable for children. There were pictures on every page, so that also helps the children to be able to understand the story better. I liked how creative the author was. I liked how the story ended happily, but there was one thing I did not like about the book. I did not like that the stepmother was so mean to the children. I think that will make children think that adults (especially stepmothers) are always mean. I am glad though that the stepmother was the one who died at the end, and not the father.

By, Tasha (...)

Beautiful!
As a 5 and 6 year old, I recall reading this stark version of the fairy-tale. The illustrations here are simply beautiful! I remember talking to my mom about the issues in this tale -- famine and starvation, abandonment, cannibalism, supporting, being supported by your sibling, and returning/reunited to your family after being through everything.
My mom helped me understand the mom's behaviour in this story, and I hope I can do that for my son some day. Like all fairy tales, this simply looks at some of the worst that could happen, and lets you see a way out. I read it without these gorgeous illustrations too. You can't disney all of life, though I admit, I'm a sentimental soft-hearted person who cries when the cats get rained on when I'm watching the Aristocats :-) Enjoy, and think too ...


Doodler Doodling
Published in Library Binding by Greenwillow (2003)
Authors: Rita Golden Gelman, Paul O. Zelinsky, and Elmore O. Leonard
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Enano Saltarin/Rumpelstiltskin
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (1999)
Authors: Paul O. Zelinsky, Paul O. Zelinksy, and Mondadori Espana
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Hansel and Gretel
Published in Hardcover by Dodd Mead (1989)
Authors: Rika Lesser, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, and Paul O. Zelinsky
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The History of Helpless Harry
Published in Hardcover by Random House (Merchandising) (1980)
Authors: Avi and Paul O. Zelinsky
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The Maid and the Mouse and the Odd-Shaped House
Published in School & Library Binding by Penguin USA (Juv) (1993)
Author: Paul O. Zelinsky
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More Rootabagas
Published in Hardcover by Knopf (1993)
Authors: Carl Sandburg, Paul O. Zelinsky, and George Hendrick
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