Rare is the artist and illustrator of children’s books who tackles adventure themes, for the challenges that fantasy adventures pose in children’s books. Trina Schart Hyman tackles these challenges creating both adventures for the children to read about and poetic pictures the beauty of which few can match. In her Caldecott Award Winning Saint George and the Dragon Hyman gives readers a world of soaring castles, great deeds, and beautiful fairy like pictures of flowers, and streams alongside fantastic dragons. These pictures are often much different then those one normally associates with children, however they are exactly the type of pictures children love.

            Its important to remember that cute art is partly for the parents benefit as will as the child’s, for parents love such cute pictures of childhood, while children love all beautiful pictures. In the case of the art work done by Hyman children will be draw to the fantastically detailed beauty of the images and the exciting scenes they portray, for battling dragons is something near and dear to the imaginations of children.

            Perhaps one of the most beautifully illustrated of Hyman’s books “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” tells the story of a man who rids a town of a horrible curse. This beautifully illustrated story is wonderful for any child, helping to show the importance of cultural celebrations, and courage to all peoples. The pictures include imaginative goblins set in an Eastern European land, and are sure to delight your children and fascinate your guests.

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