Earwig and the Witch (Russian Edition)

by Diana Wynne Jones

Overview

Miry Diany Uinn Dzhons prichudlivy i nepovtorimy! Neudivitel'no, chto oni tak polyubilis' yaponskoj animacionnoj studii "Gibli": v 2004 godu zriteli vpervye uvideli legendarnyj "Hodyachij zamok" Hayao Miyadzaki, a sovsem skoro, vesnoj 2021-go, na ekrany vyjdet "Aya i ved'ma" – 3D-mul'tfil'm Goro Miyadzaki, nazvannyj novoj zhemchuzhinoj kompanii! Dumaete, vse deti v sirotskih priyutah mechtayut o tom, chtoby ih poskoree zabrali? Aya po prozvishchu Uhovyortka tochno ne iz takih. V priyute Svyatogo Morval'da ej ochen' dazhe nravilos': esli Ae hotelos' zapekanku, povar gotovil zapekanku, a esli hotelos' novyj sviter, zaveduyushchaya missis Briggs tut zhe mchalas' v magazin! Tak chto kazhdyj raz, kogda na poroge poyavlyalis' potencial'nye roditeli, Aya staralas' vyglyadet' kak mozhno protivnee, chtoby nikto dazhe ne podumal eyo udocherit'. Eto vsegda srabatyvalo, poka v priyut ne prishla Bella YAga, samaya nastoyashchaya i sovsem ne dobraya ved'ma…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389195332
Publisher:	Azbooka
Publication date:	05/28/2021
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	19 MB
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Age Range:	6 - 14 Years
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Диана Уинн Джонс родилась в Лондоне, 16 августа 1934 года в семье учителей.В 1953 году поступила в Оксфорд, колледж Св. Анны, где посещала лекции  К.С. Льюиса и Дж.Р.Р.Толкина Диана У. Джонс по праву считается последней великой сказочницей. Миры ее книг настолько ярки, что так и просятся на экран. По ее бестселлеру "Ходячий замок" знаменитый мультипликатор Хаяо Миядзаки ("Унесенные призраками"), обладатель "Золотого льва" — высшей награды Венецианского фестиваля, снял анимационный фильм, побивший в Японии рекорд кассовых сборов. Особой популярностью пользуется цикл "Миры Крестоманси"  Критика до сих пор сравнивает столь нашумевшего "Гарри Поттера" именно с знаменитым сериалом "Миры Крестоманси", который появился на добрых два десятка лет раньше книг Дж К Роулинг

Editorial Reviews

This funny story updates fairy tale conventions while highlighting Jones’s subversive wit and her firm belief that children can control their own lives. Earwig rules the roost at St. Morwald’s Home for Children until she is adopted by a witchy woman named Bella Yaga with “one brown eye and one blue one, and a raggety, ribby look to her face.” Earwig hopes to learn magic from Bella Yaga, but is trapped in the woman’s decrepit house, sharing it with the Mandrake, an impossibly tall and grouchy being. Powerful and evil, Bella Yaga uses Earwig as a second pair of hands for grinding up disgusting things in bowls (“The only thing wrong with magic is that it smells so awful,” Earwig quips). The witch and the Mandrake, however, have never before dealt with a determined girl who claims alpha status; Zelinsky’s spot art, not all seen by PW, makes it clear that the squinty, pigtailed heroine is not someone to be trifled with. Featuring delightfully odd characters and eccentric magic, this all too brief tale is a fine introduction to the late author’s more complex YA novels. Ages 8–12. Agent: Laura Cecil. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

Jones brings her characteristic witty humor and rich imagination to a whimsical chapter book that would undoubtedly delight as a readaloud. Stubborn and mischievous, Earwig is a likable, albeit irascible, heroine, and her triumph at the witch’s expense will elicit plenty of cheerful howls.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Jones brings her characteristic witty humor and rich imagination to a whimsical chapter book that would undoubtedly delight as a readaloud. Stubborn and mischievous, Earwig is a likable, albeit irascible, heroine, and her triumph at the witch’s expense will elicit plenty of cheerful howls.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

A refreshing change of pace for young fantasy fans.

Booklist

With this enthralling book, Jones proves that she is still at the top of her game.

Booklist (starred review)

Jones brings her characteristic witty humor and rich imagination to a whimsical chapter book that would undoubtedly delight as a readaloud. Stubborn and mischievous, Earwig is a likable, albeit irascible, heroine, and her triumph at the witch’s expense will elicit plenty of cheerful howls.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Readers are treated to a nonstop plot, memorable characters, and signature DWJ touches … An accessible page design incorporates Zelinsky’s plentiful line illustrations, the best of which are showstoppers.

The Horn Book

A refreshing change of pace for young fantasy fans.

Booklist

This funny story updates fairy tale conventions while highlighting Jones’s subversive wit and her firm belief that children can control their own lives. … A fine introduction to the late author’s more complex YA novels.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“With this enthralling book, Jones proves that she is still at the top of her game.” — Booklist (starred review)

“[A] joyfully chaotic tale.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Earwig is a plucky, bossy heroine, and the story is packed with with and humor. Zelinsky’s illustrations enhance this imaginative tale.” — School Library Journal

“Readers are treated to a nonstop plot, memorable characters, and signature DWJ touches … An accessible page design incorporates Zelinsky’s plentiful line illustrations, the best of which are showstoppers.” — The Horn Book

“A refreshing change of pace for young fantasy fans.” — Booklist

“Jones brings her characteristic witty humor and rich imagination to a whimsical chapter book that would undoubtedly delight as a readaloud. Stubborn and mischievous, Earwig is a likable, albeit irascible, heroine, and her triumph at the witch’s expense will elicit plenty of cheerful howls.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

From the Publisher

A cunning heroine learns magic in Jones' last, posthumous offering. Most children hate orphanages, but Earwig--Erica Wigg, according to her birth certificate--loves hers. Earwig manages people to perfection, and everyone at Saint Morwald's Home for Children does exactly what Earwig wants, whether it's making her a shepherd's pie or buying her a new red sweater. She's excellent at making herself unlovable to potential foster parents so they'll leave her alone in sunny St. Morwald's. But a terrible new pair of prospective parents arrives at the home: nasty-faced Bella Yaga and the Mandrake, a ridiculously tall man who seems to have horns. Bella Yaga and the Mandrake cart Earwig off, willy-nilly, to powder rats' bones and cook breakfast. Indomitable Earwig determines that if she must work for a smelly witch, at least she'll learn magic. But how to do so when wicked Bella Yaga keeps threatening to give her worms? Moreover, no matter what, Earwig has been warned not to disturb the Mandrake, who trucks with demons. Earwig, illustrated with marvelous vitality by Zelinsky, is not to be trifled with. There's just the right level of grotesquerie and scariness (worms that are "blue and purple and very wriggly") in this utterly charming chapter book. Earwig, as a spunky as any Jones heroine, keeps young and old readers chuckling through sadness at an era's end. (Fantasy. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews