Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Jim LaMarche
4.28/5 (7242 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
In the midnight visits clothed in mystery, a pair of elves restore a poor shoemaker to prosperity.

Here is the classic tale of elfin magic that generations of children have loved, made new by an artist of international acclaim. Jim LaMarche's stunning paintings, reminiscent of his earlier work in The Rainbabies, tell a tale not only of midnight enchantment, but of generosity and virtue rewarded.

Jim LaMarche's paintings "are extraordinarily beautiful... They indicate a deep kind of thinking about illustration in children's books," said The New York Times in a review of The Rainbabies, which went on to win the international Bologna Book Fair Picture Book Award. The Raft, winner of the 2000 Irma Simonton Black Award, won him similar praise. "This dazzling picture book is an artistic triumph," raved School Library Journal. "The luminous illustrations evoke a magical aura," added The Horn Book.

Jim LaMarche has loved the story of The Elves and the Shoemaker since he was a child himself, and has always wanted to illustrate it. At first he thought his pictures might take on a contemporary setting, but in the end "I wasn't prepared to paint elves making sneakers in Santa Rosa." So much the better for us, for here is the classic story in its classic setting, made new by this extraordinarily gifted artist.

Edition MSRP: $16⁹⁵ U.S.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
6TH PRINTING, 1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0811834778
ISBN13:
9780811834773
kindle Asin:
B00ANC32SW

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Jim LaMarche
4.28/5 (7242 ratings)
Read Download
In the midnight visits clothed in mystery, a pair of elves restore a poor shoemaker to prosperity.

Here is the classic tale of elfin magic that generations of children have loved, made new by an artist of international acclaim. Jim LaMarche's stunning paintings, reminiscent of his earlier work in The Rainbabies, tell a tale not only of midnight enchantment, but of generosity and virtue rewarded.

Jim LaMarche's paintings "are extraordinarily beautiful... They indicate a deep kind of thinking about illustration in children's books," said The New York Times in a review of The Rainbabies, which went on to win the international Bologna Book Fair Picture Book Award. The Raft, winner of the 2000 Irma Simonton Black Award, won him similar praise. "This dazzling picture book is an artistic triumph," raved School Library Journal. "The luminous illustrations evoke a magical aura," added The Horn Book.

Jim LaMarche has loved the story of The Elves and the Shoemaker since he was a child himself, and has always wanted to illustrate it. At first he thought his pictures might take on a contemporary setting, but in the end "I wasn't prepared to paint elves making sneakers in Santa Rosa." So much the better for us, for here is the classic story in its classic setting, made new by this extraordinarily gifted artist.

Edition MSRP: $16⁹⁵ U.S.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
6TH PRINTING, 1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0811834778
ISBN13:
9780811834773
kindle Asin:
B00ANC32SW

More Books

The Ugly Duckling

Hans Christian Andersen

Rapunzel

Jacob Grimm

The Little Match Girl

Hans Christian Andersen

The Emperor's New Clothes

Hans Christian Andersen

The Golden Goose

Jacob Grimm

Thumbelina

Hans Christian Andersen

Snow White

Jacob Grimm

Beauty and the Beast

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats

Jacob Grimm

The Three Little Pigs (A Little Golden Book)

Walt Disney Company

The Juniper-Tree

Jacob Grimm

The Queen Bee

Jacob Grimm