The Mermaid and the Major by Annibal Gobelet

Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River,Ĭopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This sophisticated fable is a cross between Don Quixote's mad passion and Baron von Munchausen's fantastic adventures, and although it has the appearance of a picture book, its appeal is to older readers with a taste for the artfully absurd. Author Daniel Mallory Ortberg has recast classic tales, including 'The Little Mermaid,' The. The pages are further decorated with calligraphic designs and delicate drawings that are a pleasure to behold. The Merry Spinster is one of the most anticipated books of the spring. This sardonic and cynical tale is embellished with illustrations of comically thin, brilliantly costumed figures that are masterpieces of European graphic art. The major returns to land-with his tail still attached. With Natalie Paige Bentley, Stephen Preston, Eric Roberts, Maria Conchita Alonso. He marries, only to discover within a few months that passion has cooled, his in-laws are quarrelsome, and it's a bother swimming to the surface for air. The Mermaid: Created by Natalie Paige Bentley. The venture into the mermaid's realm is a failure, so the major, still desperately in love, converts himself into a merman.

Inspired, the major and his faithful aide-de-camp, Corporal Tuesday, devise a submarine of sorts. One day while wandering along the shore he spies a bare-breasted mermaid who captures his heart. Grade 4 Up- Major Michelangelo Monday, inventor of ingenious military machines, retires to his family estate on the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mermaid and the Major by Annibal Gobelet