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Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Adorned with astonishingly beautiful art from beloved children's illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, here is an award-winning tale of bravery, perseverance, and peace.
This breathtakingly illustrated adaptation of a classic story is a must-have addition to any collection of folklore and fairy tales. Saint George and the Drago n dramatically retells the epic episode from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings joy to the land.
"[The illustrations] glitter with color and mesmerizing details."― Publisher's Weekly
Author Notes
Trina Schart Hyman was born on April 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, the Boston Museum School of Art, and Konstfackskolan, the Swedish State Art School.
While living in Sweden, she got her first illustration job with Brown and Little. Her first work, Toffe and the Little Car, was published in 1961. During her lifetime, she illustrate over 150 children's books. She received numerous awards including a Horn Award for King Stork in 1973, the Caldecott Medal for Margaret Hodges's St. George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend Adapted from Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queen', and Caldecott honors three times for Little Red Riding Hood, A Child's Calendar, and Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
She also wrote and illustrated her own books including How Six Found Christmas, A Little Alphabet, Little Red Riding Hood, and Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman. She joined the staff of Cricket magazine for children as an artist and illustrator in 1972 and became its art director before leaving in 1979. She died from complications of breast cancer on November 19, 2004 at the age of 65.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
This adaptation of The Faerie Queen features illustrations that ``glitter with color and mesmerizing details,'' said PW. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Those partial to highly finished story-telling illustration, in the Howard-Pyle vein, will find much to admire in Hyman's renderings of Saint George, and even unenthusiasts will find some of the work technically impressive. As usual, Hodges' telling is fluent and dramatic, with just a suggestion of archaicism. ""The dreadful dragon lay stretched on the sunny side of a great hill, like a great hill himself, and when he saw the knight's armor glistening in the sunlight, he came eagerly to do battle."" The dragon, unfortunately, is less imposing--almost, when first met, foolish-looking--in Hyman's literal depictions. But look at those thrashing coils of tail! See the dragon slain, and still--the nostrils breathing their last smoke, the slackjawed head halfway to being a skull. Notice also, at that moment, how the knight draws back his sword, inclines his head. The very last illustrations, of the ensuing festivities, are travel-poster tableaux, and there's considerable artistic posturing in the opening, pre-dragon scenes. But in that particular, more cinematic image of the dragon's fall, Hyman gets away from picture-making and various old modes of picture-making (represented also by the borders), and seizes the moment. Otherwise: a strong narrative, with stagy decor and pictures. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Hyman's meticulously researched illustrations bring Hodges' retelling of Edmund Spenser's sixteenth-century poem to full realization. The glowing paintings and borders recall the religious art of Spenser's time while details in the pictures evoke the earliest origins of the St. George legend.
