The chapter headings are especially mirthful: “Don Quixote Beats Up Some Sheep, Is Felled by Some Stones, and Ends Up With Fewer Teeth Than He Started With.†Jenkins’ always impressive and expressive artwork—characters are both gnarled and caricaturish—is an ideal medium in which to mix the tale’s deadpan silliness with Quixote’s unhinged fantasies. Though keeping stock of the litany of secondary characters may leave some readers a little woozy, the book does a fine job of capturing the sly satire and the duo’s slapstick schtick. Jenkins’ rendition is faithful almost to a fault, at times sounding more like summarization than adaptation. Having tackled Gulliver and his travels in 2005, they now set their sights on the famed tilter at windmills and his rotund squire. Jenkins and Riddell seem to be working their way through the satirical adventure canon, with rather rewarding results. This is the edition I ordered after looking at the original and deciding it was too adult for my 6th grader Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages. Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities. Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.
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