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Brundibar Hardcover - 2003

by Tony Kushner; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

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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From the legendary imagination of Maurice Sendak--creator of beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are--comes a classic tale of children cleverly overcoming a bully, retold by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Brundibar is based on a 1938 Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp. When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home. "An ambitious picture book that succeeds both as a simple children's story and as a compelling statement against tyranny." --School Library Journal

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

Details

  • Title Brundibar
  • Author Tony Kushner; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 56
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Books for Children, New York
  • Date November 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • 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

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, 01/01/2004, Page 48
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/01/2003, Page 1404
  • 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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