Voyage of the Basset - Rilegato

Christensen, James C.; St. James, Renwick; Foster, Alan Dean

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ISBN 10: 1885183585 ISBN 13: 9781885183583

Casa editrice: Artisan, 1996

Riassunto

Nine-year-old Cassandra Aisling takes readers on a fantastical journey of discovery in search of ancient legends and mythological worlds, in a fantasy tale featuring richly detailed paintings and line drawings in which magical kingdoms emerge from a sea of dreams.

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Cassandra Aisling, who was nine years and eleven months old (which made her very, very close to ten), didn't care a joy what sensible people thought. She liked strange, mysterious and magical things. So when her world got not just tilted, but wholly, truly and topsy-turvily tangled and tumbled upside down, she boarded the H.M.S. Basset, ready to explore the landscape of imagination.

Pledging allegiance to the Basset's motto, Credendo Vides...By Believing, One Sees..., Cassandra, her skeptical older sister, Miranda, and their father, professor Algernon Aisling, set out in search of the ancient legends. From the flickering flight of faeries to the mermaids' siren songs, a labyrinth-bound Minotaur to a fire-breathing dragon, the Aisling family witnesses firsthand the wonder of mythological worlds. Cassandra's adventures intertwine with her father's scientific scribblings to present both new tales and the essence of classic myth.

In the tradition of such favorites as Gulliver's Travels and Around the World in 80 Days, Voyage of the Basset takes the reader on a fantastical journey of discovery. Through richly detailed, full-color images and line drawings, magical kingdoms emerge from a sea of dreams.

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PROFESSOR AISLING'S JOURNEY

Credendo Vides...By Believing, One Sees

Aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, Charles Darwin traveled to the ends of the world, discovered his theory of evolution and sailed into history. Aboard the H.M.S. Basset, Professor Algernon Aisling, his daughters and their crew of dwarves and gremlins sail to a place just a little left of reality to preserve imagination.

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• Editore: Artisan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1885183585
• ISBN 13: 9781885183583
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 167