(taken
from back cover)
"Once, in a great town, live two poor children. They were
not brother and sister, but they were just as fond of each other
as if they were. He was called Kay, and she Gerda."
And so begins the story of The Snow Queen, newly adapted
from Hans Christian Andersen's well know tale by Naomi Lewis.
As Gerda searches the forest for little Kay, and Kay sleeps
at the feet of the icy-cold Snow Queen, Errol Le Cain's magnificent
full colour illustrations transport us through winter and spring,
along river and mountainside. Errol Le Cain is justly famous
for his rich wealth of detail, and he has once again evocatively
created the world of the fairy tale. |
