Dove Isabeau
by Jane Yolen
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Author: Jane YolenIllustrator: Dennis Nolan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03
ISBN: 0152015051
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Voyager Books
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Book Review: A Good Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved the book Dove Isabeau by Jane Yolen. Although it is filled with action and excitement Dove Isabeau was not at all gory and even though it was scary, it was a good book. The characters were amazing. They had great dialog! (For example)Kemp Onwain a handsome man studying sorcery. He loves Dove Isabeau a young girl turned into a dragon by a witch who has eyes as green as May but a heart as bleak as February. Oh and remember the white cat that helps Kemp Owain on his quest to save Isabeau. The plot was amazing and very dramatic. It was also sad.
The Theme was love someone for who they are, not for beauty. All the men who loved Dove Isabeau for beauty were devoured by Isabeau as a dragon.
The book started when Isabeau's mother dies and her father marries a witch. The brilliant yet evil witch hates Isabeau and is always talking to a crystal ball hoping that she can find a terrible fate for Isabeau. One night a frightened lizard climbs on to the glass ball. The witch sees and knows that she must turn Isabeau into a dragon. She collects herbs trailed by the cat.
Isabeau greets her stepmother at the door and they go up to Isabeau's mother's room together (which is now filled with dark magic.) The Which waves her hands so Isabeau cannot move or protest. Then she throws the herbs in Isabeau's face Screaming," herbs of evil herbs of woe change the shape the shape of Isabeau."
Isabeau feels her shape change. She sprouts wings and her gown bursts. Then shiny red scales appeared all over her body. Isabeau is now a dragon and only Kemp Owain can save her (he will soon he will be turned to stone.)
One of the best things about was that it was very poetic. There was a poem on almost every other page. This is part of my favorite poem "give the red wyrm kisses three and turned to stone you'll surely be."(This poem was a clue that the white gives Kemp Onwain.)
Compared with Yolen's book the Devil's Arithmetic Dove Isabeau was less complex. But still Dove Isabeau is complex and it is also one of the best books I've ever read!
I think you can use this book for a great read aloud for kindergarten to second grade in third grade you should be able to read it to yourself. Get a grown up to help you with words and watch out for romance. It takes a certain personality to like this book, but on a scale of one to ten, Dove Isabeau gets a nine so I would suggest reading it!!!!
Sophie Age 9
Summary of Dove Isabeau
The beautiful and virtuous Dove Isabeau is transformed into a winged dragon by her evil stepmother and is rescued by her beloved, only to see him, too, become enchanted, and she must confront her stepmother to save him. Reprint.Literature Books
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