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Davy and the Goblin
by Charles E. Carryl, Greg Hildebrandt

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Author: Charles E. Carryl, Greg Hildebrandt
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1988-12
ISBN: 0881010839
Number of pages: 111
Publisher: Unicorn Pub House

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Book Review: Good because of Hildebrandt's illustration
Summary: 4 Stars

- but I found the story weak and scattered.

The pictures split between pencil sketches and incredible paintings. The sketches are good, but the paintings are everything I hope for in Hildebrandt's work. They capture draftmanship, color, expression, and light in a wonderul balance.

The story goes back to 1900 or so (the only clue is that the author died in 1920, about age 60). A small boy follows a magical being through worlds of fantasy and fairy tale, learns to believe in the unbelievable, and wakes to find that it was all a dream. It's been done before, it will be done again, and it can be good, but this just didn't engage me. The changes were so frequent and abrupt that it was easy to skip a cog. If you read this to a small child, though, the brief vignettes may suit the brief attention span.

Four stars - all for the illustration. It would have been 5 if there were more samples of Hildebrandt's art, or maybe if a kid had been there to advise me on the proper reading of this story.

//wiredweird

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