{"product_id":"shrunken-treasuresisbn-9780763669720","title":"Shrunken Treasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eNine weighty literary classics are transformed into delectable morsels with Scott Nash’s playful versification and whimsical illustration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan’t stomach all of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e? Lacking the strength to read \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e? Don’t have 1,001 nights to get through Scheherazade’s ordeal? Never fear, \u003ci\u003eShrunken Treasures\u003c\/i\u003e are here! Nine of the world’s best-known stories and books have been reduced, like slowly simmered cherries, to tart and tasty mouthfuls. Lighthearted verse turns \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e into a simple nursery song. Outrageous color makes even gloomy \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e seem like fun. Riotous images transform Jane Eyre’s ordeal into a whirlwind adventure. \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis, Remembrance of Things Past, Don Quixote, \u003c\/i\u003eand others have all been delivered from dense duty to delightful ditty in Scott Nash’s collection of hallowed classics, featuring notes about the original texts at the end.Young readers are introduced to nine classic stories the author claims to have put in a “versizer” and shrunk to lively verse and humorous illustrations...A lighthearted and clever rendering of some classics young readers may be inclined to read later on.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rhymes are ripping, the poems poignant, the puns are ever so much fun and the illustrations illuminating.  Scott Nash’s talent is exploding on these pages and I am forever a solid fan.\u003cbr\u003e—Jesica Sweedler DeHart, bookseller at BookPeople of Moscow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a quest to cast nine renowned literary works into short poems, Nash (\u003ci\u003eUh-oh, Baby!\u003c\/i\u003e) does best with his one-line summation of Proust’s \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Past\u003c\/i\u003e: “I dipped a sweet cake in my tea\/ And a whole world came back to me.” His crisp, digitally produced artwork renders these literary heroes as round-headed, doll-like figures, their cheerful expressions belying the awful things that happen to them in their respective stories.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdult readers will admire the deft way Nash has sidestepped violence in some works and given others pleasant, happily-ever-after endings in spite of themselves...“The Odyssey,” “Moby-Dick,” and “Remembrance of Things Past” are particularly witty. Cartoonish digital art brings the characters to life and keeps the tone playful and perky.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist Online\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius! Far from your typical CliffsNotes, these nine kid-friendly interpretations of the classics feature fun illustrations and lots of jokes.\u003cbr\u003e—FamilyFun\u003cb\u003eScott Nash \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of the illuminated middle-grade novel \u003ci\u003eThe High-Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e and the early reader \u003ci\u003eTuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie's Missing Brain.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp \u003c\/i\u003eby Carol Diggory Shields and many other children’s books. He lives on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland, Maine.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304643645669,"sku":"NP9780763669720","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763669720.jpg?v=1730758008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/shrunken-treasuresisbn-9780763669720","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}