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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (book)
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This is an article for the 1968 children's picture book. For the Russian folk tale, please see The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a retelling of a Russian fairy tale illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
. It is based on Arthur Ransome's
version of the story in Old Peter's Russian Tales. The book was released in 1968 by Farrar
and won a Caldecott Medal
for illustration
in 1969.
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Flying Ship or The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book and Arthur Ransome in Old Peter's Russian Tales....
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a retelling of a Russian fairy tale illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Uri Shulevitz
Uri Shulevitz is an American author and illustrator. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1969 for his illustration of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. He created his first picture book, The Moon in My Room, in 1963. Shulevitz lives in New York City.-Biography:Uri Shulevitz was born in Warsaw,...
. It is based on Arthur Ransome's
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects...
version of the story in Old Peter's Russian Tales. The book was released in 1968 by Farrar
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
and won a Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
in 1969.