Davy and the Goblin

by Charles E. Carryl

Book Overview

It happened one Christmas eve, when Davy was about eight years old, and this is the way it came about. That particular Christmas eve was a snowy one and a blowy one, and one generally to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1717012000
• ISBN13: 9781717012005
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Good because of Hildebrandt's illustration

- but I found the story weak and scattered. The pictures split between pencil sketches and incredible paintings. The sketches are good, but the paintings are everything I hope for in Hildebrandt's work. They capture draftmanship, color, expression, and light in a wonderul balance. The story goes back to 1900 or so (the only clue is that the author died in 1920, about age 60). A small boy follows a magical being through worlds of fantasy and fairy tale, learns to believe in the unbelievable, and wakes to find that it was all a dream. It's been done before, it will be done again, and it can be good, but this just didn't engage me. The changes were so frequent and abrupt that it was easy to skip a cog. If you read this to a small child, though, the brief vignettes may suit the brief attention span. Four stars - all for the illustration. It would have been 5 if there were more samples of Hildebrandt's art, or maybe if a kid had been there to advise me on the proper reading of this story. //wiredweird