Ann Keay Beneduce, Author, Jonathan Swift, Author, Gennady Spirin, Illustrator Philomel Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22021-0
Swift's classic novel provides excellent fodder for this intelligent picture book, rendered as Gulliver's account of his time in Lilliput. Without sacrificing Swift's leonine wit, Beneduce minimizes the political themes, presenting the work as a...
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Edward Swift, Author, Jonathan Swift, Author Doubleday Books $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-24287-5
Elizabeth Treadway was standing in the Sabine River, her three pet cranes nearby, when Isaac Overstreet came down from Camp Ruby in search of a wife. She didn't even wave goodbye to her sisters when she climbed in Isaac's boat and told him he'd...
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Retold by Harriet Castor, illus. by Fernando Juarez, Sterling/Carlton, $19.95 (28p) ISBN 978-1-84732-556-3
This lively interpretation of Swift's novel contains digital illustrations that look like stills from a CGI film. Readers can take part in lanky Gulliver's outlandish adventures by reading minibooklets, including "Advice for Travellers," and "The...
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Jonathan Swift, Author, Margaret Hodges, Author, Kimberly Bulcken Root, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1147-4
In a sterling picture-book adaptation of a literary classic, Hodges (The Hero of Bremen) and Root (Boots and His Brothers) dextrously retell the first part of Gulliver's Travels. Gulliver's shipwreck, his capture by Lilliputians, his role in the war
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