In this picture book version, Marcia Williams makes the story accessible to children in the same comic-strip style with which she has already retold several Bible stories and, most recently, "Greek Myths" and "Sinbad the Sailor". Her portrayal of Don Quixote's numerous ill-fated adventures include the infamous charge of the windmills. It features decorative borders, speech bubbles and lots of detail. Marcia Williams is the author/illustrator of several picture books, including the retellings "The Amazing Story of Noah's Ark"; "Jonah and the Whale"; "Joseph and his Magnificent Coat of Many Colours"; "Greek Myths"; "Sinbad the Sailor" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood", as well as her own texts "When I was Little" and "Not a Worry in the World".
There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .
Marcia Williams is famous for her retellings of classic stories. From Shakespeare and Dickens to the Canterbury Tales and Greek Myths, her humorous comic-strip illustration is hugely popular all over the globe. She lives in London.
This book contains the following story:
Don Quixote
This is the story of Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances he loses his grip on reality, coming to believe these tales involving the heroic exploits of mounted knights to be true. He takes up the lance and armour of a knight himself, renames himself Don Qixote, and embarks upon epic adventures across Spain, with the role of squire taken up by his servant Sancho Panza. The adventures include a number of humorous scenes, whereby Quixote charges at windmills which he perceives as ferocious giants, and stays at an inn which he perceives to be a mighty castle.
This book features the following character:
Don Quixote
