![]() The prince and his entourage appear as shadowy figures that contrast dramatically with the deep reds and oranges of a setting sun. Isadora uses oil paints on palette paper and decorative print paper to interpret the story visually and infuses her art with exuberant color and stylized figures. Awkward phrasing like "What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look" slows the pace of the story. These spreads are wordless except for a phrase: "Iska Waran," "Selam," or "Jambo, Habari." No translation is provided in the body of the book, so readers only learn on the last page that the words mean "hello" in three different languages. Africa is treated as one culture except for three spreads that show individual princesses. PreSchool-Grade 2-Isadora drops her simplified and humorless retelling of Andersen's tale into an African setting without adding meaningful cultural context to this story of a prince who travels the continent looking for a wife. Rachel Isadora has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater, including Opening Night, My Ballet Class, Swan Lake, The Little Match Girl, and Ben's Trumpet, which received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor pyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. Rachel lives in New York City with her family. She trained at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and has danced professionally. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel Isadora began dancing at the age of eight. ![]()
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