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Sylvia Long's Thumbelina
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Sylvia Long's Thumbelina

Sylvia Long
Sylvia Long's Thumbelina
From best-selling artist Sylvia Long comes an exquisite version of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved tale about a thumb-size girl and her larger-than-life adventures. Jewel-toned paintings depict the story's settingsfrom light and airy meadows to ...
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"A jewel box of a work whose pages invite lingering."
—Publishers Weekly

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From best-selling artist Sylvia Long comes an exquisite version of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved tale about a thumb-size girl and her larger-than-life adventures. Jewel-toned paintings depict the story's settingsfrom light and airy meadows to Mole's dark and dismal underground homewhile whimsical details bring the classic cast of characters to life and make this storytime favorite a visual feast.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 54
Size: 9-1/2 x 9-1/2 S
Age Range: 5 - 10 Years
Publication Date: 02/17/2010
ISBN: 9780811855228
Sylvia Long is the award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including Sylvia Long's Mother Goose and An Egg Is Quiet. Her detailed paintings are inspired by her love of animals and the outdoors. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

"...[C]hildren - girls in particular - will undoubtedly delight in the happy ending where a gatefold reveals the flower-filled wedding of Thumbelina and her prince."
—School Library Journal

"A jewel box of a work whose pages invite lingering."
—Publishers Weekly

"The illustrator has made a lush and vivid world for her Thumbelina to inhabit."
—Kirkus Reviews

"Long is best known for illustrating the spectacularly beautiful picture book An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Aston. Her watercolors bring out the wonder of the natural world with an almost emotional intensity. Several spreads in her Thumbelina are vertical, requiring children to turn them to get a proper look, emphasizing that the book is as much a beautiful object as a story to get lost in."
—The New York Times Book Review