Reviews for Around the world in 80 days

Horn Book
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Fiction: I The famous story of Phileas Fogg and his travels is enhanced with extensive and well-chosen period photographs, paintings, and drawings. A handsome edition. Horn Rating: Superior, well above average. Reviewed by: aaf (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


Horn Book
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Fiction: O Four classics are presented in a format that includes the unabridged texts, color illustrations, and copious supplemental information, such as maps, photographs, and historical explanations in the margins and on occasional double-page spreads. The information seems intended for classroom use but may impede the flow of the stories for many readers. Horn Rating: Recommended, with minor flaws. Reviewed by: pds (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Around The World In Eighty Days ($23.99; $15.99 paper; May 1996; 296 pp.; 0- 670-86917-1; paper 0-670-86793-4): An entry in The Whole Story series, this is an annotated edition of the 1873 classic, printed on coated stock and enhanced by both atmospheric new paintings and hundreds of postage-stampsized 19th-century photos and prints. The explanatory captions (credited to Jean-Pierre Verdet only on the copyright page) accompanying the latter are largely superfluous, although they do add random snippets of historical background to the journey. It's the views of old ships and trains, of costumed natives, and distant ports of call--from Port Said to San Francisco--that evoke the tale's panorama of the exotic, just as the many lurid Verne trading cards and other spinoffs capture the plot's melodramatic highlights. A good way to put both book and story in context for young armchair travelers. (Fiction. 11-15)

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