The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Henriette Barkow, Illustrated by Richard Johnson
Published by Mantra
24pp, Dual Language, English/Chinese, 1-85269-614-1, £6.99 pbk
This picture book is a pleasant retelling of this well known tale in a dual text version. The text (Chinese printed directly above the English version) is superimposed on full page illustrations which are quite striking in both form and colour. Johnson's sophisticated style may not appeal to everyone -- his vision of the troll is quite unusual, but that is part of the appeal of this book, and even if you do not immediately warm to the illustrative style, you will find the pictures do grow on you. Available in 17 other dual language editions.
Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001) by Urmi Chana (UC)
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