Best Selling Books by Nancy Ekholm Burkert

Nancy Ekholm Burkert (born February 16, 1933) is an American artist and illustrator. Her most celebrated work is the picture book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1972), which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Caldecott Honor Book (one runner-up for the Caldecott Medal). Burkert was born in Sterling, Colorado, and moved with her family to Wisconsin in 1945. She received both her bachelor''s and master''s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Special Award for Valentine and Orson in 1990. In 2003, she was subject of an exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.

Retells the classic story of two brothers who are separated at birth.

"Nous allons mimer sur la scène un drame en neuf tableaux distincts. Notre spectacle vous entraîne en mille cinq cent cinquante-cinq, par un beau jour du mois de mai, dans la région des Flandres". L''auteure a réécrit intégralement le texte de cette pièce folklorique (de la fin du 15e siècle), avant de l''illustrer. Rejetée par son époux, Bellisante a deux fils, l''un élevé par le roi Pépin, l''autre, par une ourse. Un complément d''informations est nécessaire pour apprécier cet album à sa juste valeur.

Twin brothers are separated at birth. One is raised as a knight, and the other as a wild animal in a forest. When they meet, they become friends, and try to discover the circumstances causing their separation.