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BRUNDIBAR

BRUNDIBAR Hardcover - 2003

by Tony Kushner & Maurice Sendak

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Based on a Czech opera for children that was performed 55 times by the children of the Terezin Nazi concentration camp, this tale of two children bullied by a bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder is now told in this storybook. Illustrations.

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New York: Hyperion Book. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786809043 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 10.9 X 8.5 X 0.7 inches; 56 pages .
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  • Title BRUNDIBAR
  • Author Tony Kushner & Maurice Sendak
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
  • Pages 56
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Book, New York
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 300460
  • ISBN 9780786809042 / 0786809043
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 11 x 0.7 in (21.84 x 27.94 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 570
  • Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, Musicians
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001099819
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

First line

AND HE PUT HIS COLD, RED EAR ON MOMMY'S BREAST, AND SHE LOOKED UP AT THE CEILING, AND "HMMMM," THE DOCTOR SAID.

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Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/2003, Page 602
  • BookPage, 10/01/2003, Page 30
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2003, Page 155
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2004, Page 69
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 48
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 11/01/2003, Page 1312
  • New York Times, 11/16/2003, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/03/2003, Page 72
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2003, Page 118
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2004, Page 48

About the author

Tony Kushner's plays include "A Bright Room Called Day"; "The Illusion"; "Angels In America, Parts One and Two"; "Slavs!"; "Hydrotaphia"; "Homebody/Kabul"; and adaptations of Goethe's "Stella", Brecht's "The Good Person of Setzuan", and Ansky's "The Dybbuk". His work has been produced at theatres around the United States and in over thirty countries around the world. He is the recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1993 and 1994 Tony Awards for Best Play, among other awards.

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) remains the most honored children's book artist in history. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild ThingsAre. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In March 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. His other works include In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and the Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre).

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