Book Descriptions
for The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes and Murray Kimber
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Keeping's provocative, emotional, stylized ink drawings for a handsome 11¼" x 8⅜" edition of Noyes' lyric poem overshadow any other edition. Available for the first time in the U.S., this edition won the 1981 British Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration. A haunting presentation of the tragic tale of the captive woman who takes her own life in an attempt to warn her lover of the trap set for him by the King's men. (Age 9 and older)
CCBC Choices 1983. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1983. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The Highwayman is the second book in a unique series --- Visions in Poetry --- featuring classic poems illustrated by outstanding contemporary artists.
Originally published in 1907, ?The Highwayman? is a haunting ballad of doomed love. Seldom have mood and character been so memorably evoked. The pounding rhythm of the rhyme, the dramatic pacing and the power of the imagery have made it one of the most popular read-alouds of all time. Murray Kimber's stunning noir interpretation is a darkly brilliant achievement that stays true to the poem's tragic spirit.
Originally published in 1907, ?The Highwayman? is a haunting ballad of doomed love. Seldom have mood and character been so memorably evoked. The pounding rhythm of the rhyme, the dramatic pacing and the power of the imagery have made it one of the most popular read-alouds of all time. Murray Kimber's stunning noir interpretation is a darkly brilliant achievement that stays true to the poem's tragic spirit.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
