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Chargement... Queen Estherpar Tomie dePaola
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Retells how Queen Esther risked her life to prevent the killing of all the Jews in Persia. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the bravery of Esther and the defeat of Haman, is around the corner, and I have been looking for new (or new to me) children's books to read in honor of the occasion. I have read two other picture-book retellings of the Esther story - Mordicai Gerstein's Queen Esther the Morning Star and Miriam Chaikin's Esther - but was curious to see what dePaola would do with it. On the whole I enjoyed Queen Esther, finding the narrative engaging and the artwork lovely. There were elements of the story that were simplified - Haman starts hating Jews because he hates Mordicai, for instance, rather than him having a preexisting grudge, due to the conflicts between the Hebrews and his own people, the Amalekites - but no doubt this was done to make the tale more readable for younger children. Although I think I prefer the Chaikin retelling to this one, I do recommend this to picture-book readers looking for retellings of the Esther tale, particularly if they are fans of Tomie dePaola's artwork. ( )