Don Quixote and the Windmills

By Eric A. Kimmel

A self-proclaimed knight Se?or Quexada has read so many books about knights in shining armor that he thinks he is one. He gives himself a name more fitting for a knight -- Don Quixote -- and sets off one evening with his squire. At dawn they come across what Don Quixote recognizes as an army of monstrous giants. "Master!" cries Sancho Panza. "They are only windmills!" But Don Quixote knows what he has to do . . . Don Quixote is the creation of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Eric A. Kimmel skillfully and cleverly crystallizes the character, and with his powerful line and vibrant color Leonard Everett Fisher completes the funny, loving portrait.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374318255
• ISBN13: 9780374318253
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 0.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Don Quixote

Don Quixote and the Windmills These books were in great condition and came in a pretty fast time. I was very pleased with the service. I really love the pictures and the story. I think it gives children a little taste of who Don Quixote was.

Brief Review

Bought this as a present for a knight-loving child who loves the book, the drawings are very well done and are very interesting to look at...

A CLASSIC TALE BROUGHT TO VIVID LIFE

A much sought after illustrator and writer Leonard Everett Fisher gives vivid life to this classic tale. The producer of over 200 children's books, his bold full-color pictures are unforgettable images of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. This hallmark of Spanish literature by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was written in 1605 and published to great acclaim. Obviously, it has endured for centuries and will for centuries to come. As most know, it is a tale of a rather ordinary fellow who has immersed himself in so much literature about knighthood that he believes he can be a knight. The story has become a much heralded Broadway musical, and the stuff of which dreams are made. Sancho Panza, a neighboring farmer, is the rotund companion chosen by Don Quixote. He, too, has become very much a part of our culture as a faithful follower. Kimmel, speaking for Don Quixote closes this version of his story with "Our names and the stories of our matchless deeds will resound through the ages." And they have. - Gail Cooke