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The Three Robbers (1998)

by Tomi Ungerer(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1570982066 (ISBN13: 9781570982064)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Roberts Rinehart Publishers

review 1: the three robbers was probably the beginning of my love for things a bit on the dark side. it's the tail of three robbers who go about terrorizing a village with a blunderbus a pepper sprayer and huge red ax. they never think what to do with all their treasures until they rob a coach with just one passenger. there's a little film too. there's also a full length move, but i'm going to guess that only bastardized the book in the same the full length movie of 'where the wild things are,' did that book
review 2: Reason for Reading: I love Tomi Ungerer as an illustrator; I love this book in particular and this qualifies as my "U" author for the A-Z challenge.The publisher's summary certainly tells the story in probably as many words as are used in the book! This i... mores a simple tale and one with a rather ambiguous ending. Not sure if I'm entirely comfortable with it. The robbers who are indeed "fierce", with a gun, spend their lives as criminals. A little girl captures their heart and they turn good, But is using all their stolen wealth to build a grand castle ethical just because they then house it full of orphans and are now nice instead of bad? I somehow do enjoy the story, though. What makes this a favourite for me and a keeper on my shelves is its illustrations. The robbers are brilliant creepy little men in black capes and tall hats with only their eyes visible. We never see any more of them than that. The backgrounds are blue and black, keeping the story dark and probably intense for little children. When the little girl is introduced she is surrounded with yellow. A light in the darkness. The orphans are dressed like the robbers only in red capes and hats adding joy and happiness and we see them outdoors against green background. Ungerer's drawings are a delight to behold and his use of colour in this book is dramatic. A fun older book which is nice to see back in print. less

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