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Cover image for Swan Lake
Format:
Book
Title:
Swan Lake
ISBN:
9780395498583

9780395646472

9780735817029
Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
Physical Description:
80 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm
General Note:
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.

"Ariel books."

"Designer: Susan Sherman; Manufacturing Manager: Donna Baxter; Type: Caslon 540 by Achorn Graphic Services, Inc., Composing Room of New England; Full-Color Illustrations: Case-Hoyt Corporation, printer; Paper: Patina Matte by S.D. Warren Company; Two-Color Text: Horowitz/Rae Book Manufacturers, Inc., printer; Paper: Glatfelter Offset High-Opaque by P.H. Glatfelter Company; Binding: Horowitz/Rae Book Manufacturers"--Colophon.

Includes a list of illustrations (leaf iv).
Summary:
A young prince and his beloved Odette struggle to protect themselves and their infant daughter from the evil Von Rothbart in this adaptation of the classic ballet.
Reading Level:
Middle School.
Holds: