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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Mai 2022
Genre:	Kinder- / Jugendbücher
ISBN:	9781528770408
EAN-Code:	9781528770408
Verlag:	Pook Press
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 260 mm / B 183 mm / D 12 mm
Gewicht:	460 gr
Seiten:	132
Zus. Info:	HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

This whimsical collection of tales is based on the Buddhist collection of J¿taka tales. However, the author confesses to 'ruthlessly' altering them for the amusement of children and occasionally borrowing a 'phrase or a versicle'. He opens the book with a warning; "To this work I refer all scholars, folklorists and scientific persons generally: warning them that if they plunge deeper into these page, they will be horribly shocked." These wonderful tales are accompanied by many beautiful and intricate black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. An English cartoonist and illustrator, best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines - for achieving deceptively simple objectives. Such was (and is) his fame, that the term 'Heath Robinson' entered the English language during the First World War, as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Originally published in 1897, we are now republishing it here as part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature.