NURSE LUGTON'S CURTAIN

by Virginia Woolf ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1991

A brief, fanciful story by the great novelist tells how the pattern on a piece of blue ""stuff"" comes to life when the old woman, Nurse Lugton, who's stitching it falls asleep: a whole menagerie--including a ""mandrill, twelve marmots and a pack of mongeese""--progress to a lake to drink under the golden thimble of a sun. Vivas makes the most of the story's visual images, creating a decorative fabric that is imaginatively transformed in several fascinating stages--as well as creating a monumental Nurse Lugton easily imagined as the ""great ogress"" who has the animals ""in her toils"" in the dream world. As always, Vivas's compositions are inspired and full of surprises, her color subtle and lovely. A perfectly realized blend of text and illustration.

Pub Date: March 1, 1991

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 1991

Categories: CHILDREN'S