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Original Title:	East of the Sun and West of the Moon
ISBN:	0689711131 (ISBN13: 9780689711138)
Edition Language:	English

East of the Sun & West of the Moon Paperback | Pages: 46 pages

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Title	:	East of the Sun & West of the Moon
Author	:	Mercer Mayer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 46 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1987 by Aladdin Paperbacks (first published 1980)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Magic. Art

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"Mayer's telling is an interweaving of plot elements from the original Scandinavian fairy tale with inventions of his own and details from The Frog Prince. The spellbound frog is whisked off to the trolls' castle and the ungrateful lass loses her chance to marry a handsome prince until she creates a happy ending, having atoned for her mistake".--Publishers Weekly. Full color.

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Ratings: 4.41 From 1280 Users | 82 Reviews

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I didn't find this book, 'Shibumi and the Kite Maker' or Mercer's version of 'Beauty and the Beast' until later. I did grow up reading 'Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like' though. While the author has many popular books, these ones with their amazing illustrations are just so special.

Blending elements from traditional European folk tales and lore like the Germanic Frog Prince and the Scandinavian East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Myer has written and illustrated with pencil, pen, and watercolor, a masterful fairy tale quest of great beauty, with a brave and persistent heroine.



I read this book so many times as a child that my copy is falling apart. I loved the illustrations so much that I still think of them from time to time. My rating is supremely biased in that I was read this when I was little and grew up with it, but I absolutely adore this book and just had to say so!

Whilst I adore the illustrations by Mercer Mayer, I'm both baffled and bothered by the introduction of elements from other fairy tales that have a) nothing to do with East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and b) are foreign to the Nordic culture and setting that adopted this tale and made it their own. What are the Grimms' The Water of Life and The Frog Prince have to do with this tale? Why take away the very idiosyncratic polar bear and replace it by a run-of-the-mill pond frog? It's

I really liked this book. Mercer Mayer isn't my favorite illustrator of all time, but there were some great pictures in here! I especially loved the scary creatures frozen in ice and the host of demons carrying away the youth. The story is easily readable, not too long, but good level of detail and interesting. My kids listened to it twice in a row.

I picture the prince as this pompous man who's full of himself. But I really love this tale, regardless! There's just something mystical and wonderful to it. :)