Sergei Prokofiev, Author, Elzbieta Gaudasinska, Illustrator , illus. by Elzbieta Gaudasinska. Pumpkin House $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-9646010-3-1
This picture-book version of Prokofiev's opera kicks off the Musical Stories series. Polish illustrator Gaudasinska endearingly renders the depressed Prince who needs to laugh, the witch who sentences him to fall in love with a trio of oranges...
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Sergei Prokofiev, Author, Oleg Prokofiev, Editor, Christopher Palmer, Editor Northeastern University Press $45 (290p) ISBN 978-1-55553-120-1
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) made his first return visit to the Soviet Union in 1927, having left nine years earlier to live in Western Europe. Written in chiseled, spare prose of distinctive beauty and emotive power, this diary of his two-month...
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Sergei Prokofiev, Author, Gerlinde Wiencirz, Author, J. Gukova, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1188-1
This presentation of Prokofiev's symphonic fairy tale loses its melody in a wordy adaptation of the narrative. In the opening scene, instead of simply meeting Peter as he opens the garden gate early one morning, readers weave their way through ""the
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Sergei Prokofiev, Author, Patricia Crampton, Translator, Josef Palacek, Illustrator Picture Book Studio Ltd $12.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-88708-049-4
Prokofiev's orchestral tale, also retold this season by Selena Hastings (Forecasts, Sept. 11), here has a simple text and provocative illustrations that seem perfectly directed to the temperament and perception of young readers. As Peter steps out...
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