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The fisherman and his wife
By Stewig, John W. & Tomes, Margot
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82340-714-9
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1988.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1988
Gr 1-6 This richly human fable about the ultra-greedy wife and nebbish husband begs for a presentation that makes larger than life these extremes of behavior. However, Stewig's text sounds like a Hardy novel: it explains too much. The wife "daily regretted he was so ill-equipped to provide for her wants," and she minded the house "regretting she had married a man so easily satisfied with his lot." It's a rather full and somewhat formal telling: what couple uses verse to tal...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
