From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:51:08 -0500

Linnea (and others who are interested):

The U.S. edition of "Hansel and Gretel" was published by Franklin Watts in the early 1980s. It had a Julia MacRae imprint on the title page, so it looks as though they may have had some sort of co-publishing arrangement with Julia MacRae, the U.K. publisher. I have a rather vague memory of Watts publising some things that had originally been published by MacRae in the early 1980s (pre-Orchard years). Maybe someone else has a clearer memory of this than I do.

In any case, you're right that it wasn't widely distributed in the U.S. ? which is a shame, since it's one of the most interesting interpretations of "Hansel and Gretel" that's ever been done. Perhaps it was just a little bit ahead of its time ? now that we're most used to picture books for older readers, I think it wouldn't seem so strange.

Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
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