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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Doubleday/Picture Corgi (UK), BDD (USA) AWARDS AND REVIEWS |
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"There's a glee in these pages that is infectious...The delight of the book lies in Dewan's sinewey, vigorous line, and in the sheer pictorial zest which matches the Sorcerer himself for inventiveness." PHILIP PULLMAN, TES "It is a creative retelling of the classic tale associated with Goethe and Dukas; full of science, magic and electronic wizardry...The illustrations are to be looked at again and again as they are hugely inventive and full of surprises." LITERACY & LEARNING "Cinematic effects in the first few pages create a dramatic build-up...Energetic language and humour add to the story's charm while unusual perspectives, glowing colours and images exploding from their frame bring further layers of magic to this wildly exuberant tale." ANNE FAUNDEZ, JUNIOR EDUCATION "Beautifully illustrated...with an extraordinary combination of deftness and humour...Highly recommended." PUBLISHING NEWS "This is a fresh look at a well-loved story. Ted Dewan is so creative in his approach to picture books...The book is packed with detail and lateral thinking extras that keep children looking and imagining for hours." CHILD EDUCATION "In this rollicking remake of the classic tale, an inventor cobbles together a robot to clean his cluttered workshop, then incautiously leaves the schematics where his new 'apprentice' can find them. It's a memorable take, capped by a rousing robot cheer: '1,2,4,8, We were made to duplicate.'" KIRKUS REVIEWS AUDIO REVIEWS "Dewan reads the story and plays his own arrangement (electronic, natch) of the Dukas score, together with the 'Danse Macabre' by Saint Saens and a composition of his own called 'March of the Robots'. He does it infuriatingly well. Electronic music can easily sound like the whine and buzz of a zombie-space-hornet, but here the sine waves are manipulated with taste and imagination as well as skill." |
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