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Article: Seidler, Tor. The Dulcimer Boy.(Book Review) (book review)
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- School Library Journal
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- June 1, 2003
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illus. by Brian Selznick. 153p. CIP. Harper-Collins/A Laura Geringer Bk. June 2003. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-623609-6; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06.623610-X. LC 2001023875.
Gr 4-8--First published in 1979 (Viking; o.p.) for adults, Seidler's early-20th-century New England fairy tale receives an inspired pictorial resurrection by Selznick, Tracing the footsteps of musically gifted William Carbuncle from his arrival on his uncaring uncle's doorstep in a box containing him, his brother, and a silver-stringed dulcimer, the story follows William's escape and journey south. Tricked by an innkeeper into a year's servitude, he spends his days plotting his brother's rescue and his ...