Ella Bella Ballerina and A Midsummer Night's Dream
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- 22,99 zł
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- 22,99 zł
Publisher Description
Everyone's favourite little dancer, Ella Bella Ballerina, steps out of fairytales and into the world of Shakespeare as she goes on a magical adventure in Fairyland, with Puck, King Oberon and Queen Titania. Who will the queen fall in love with when under the king's spell? And what will become of the hapless actor Bottom, transformed into a donkey?
Beautifully illustrated and perfectly pitched for a young audience and all would-be prima ballerinas, and a wonderful very first introduction to the stories of the ballet and Shakespeare. From James Mayhew, the creator of the Katie series of books - featuring the hugely engaging Katie and making art an adventure for every child.
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Ella Bella's fifth outing sees the dancer transported into a ballet based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. After meeting Puck, who Mayhew pictures as a Peter Pan like sprite, the children help Oberon conspire to trick Titania into falling in love with Bottom, who has been given the head of a donkey. While it's a fairly idiosyncratic story for Ella Bella to explore, Mayhew fills the pages with fairy mischief and magic, even after the heroine returns to the real world. An endnote discusses Mendelssohn's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's play, which has been used in several ballets. Ages 4 8.
