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Gulliver's Adventures in Lilliput
By Beneduce, Ann & Spirin, GennadiÄ & Swift, Jonathan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-021-0
- Publisher
- New York : Philomel, c1993.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1993
Gr 3-4 Swift's satire has elements that have always appealed to children-high adventure, detailed fantasy, and scatological humor. The challenge in adapting an edition is to somehow keep the author's cynical, political voice and not reduce the story to a series of merry sea adventures. The best of the 17 versions now in print, James Riordan's Gulliver's Travels (Oxford University Pr., 1992) does exactly that. In contrast, Beneduce's book, however lushly illustrated, r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
