The artist captures Albert's gentle eccentricity in his Edwardian haircut and oddly formal clothing. The artist is in complete control of his imagery from start to finish: A literal foreshadowing in the opening scene shows the shadow of the birds perched on grillwork crossbars projected onto the wall, symbolizing both imprisonment and freedom in the final scene, Albert 'flies' on a swing in a city park. All she wants is to forgetthe she was once a loving mother and a healer, blessed and powerful within her magic circle, and not a witch, claimed by the devils. Deep in the woods lives the old witch called Ugly One. LaMarche ( The Rainbabies) luminescent colored pencil illustrations in turn reflect the tale's quiet charm. From the author of Zel, Stones in Water, and The Prince of the Pond. Napoli effortlessly incorporates the twin metaphors of Albert reaching out to the world around him and baby birds learning to fly in flawless prose. He thus discovers that the world is not so forbidding, and decides it's time to test his own wings.

Reluctant to destroy the nest, Albert sleeps standing up and guards the eggs while the parents are foraging. Instead of going for a walk he 'listened to baseball games on the radio and cut pictures out of magazines and wrote postcards he never mailed.' One day when he stretches his hand outside his window, a pair of cardinals build a nest in it. Sticking his hand through the window grillwork each day to check the weather, Albert invariably decides it's 'too cold,' 'too damp' or 'too breezy' to venture out. ZEL Read Online Free Without Download - PDF, ePub, Fb2 eBooks by Donna Jo Napoli Zel - read free eBook by Donna Jo Napoli in online reader directly on the web page. Napoli's ( Beast) first picture book spins a beguiling tale of a recluse forced out of his shell through unlikely circumstances.

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