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Reviewed on March 15, 2011
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912–94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2010 | Audio
Gr 2–6—In their third collection of fractured fairy tales, storytellers Barry Marshall and Jen Burns apply their considerable wit, tandem telling expertise, and musical talents to six well-known stories. "Little Bread Riding Hood" is filled with one bread-related pun after another, while the piano music recalls silent movies. Trying to be as big as a cow, "Big Bullfrog" pops after pumping himself up until he is huge, enormous, momentous, grand, super-sized, and tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More