Emma and the Blue Genie

by Cornelia Funke, Oliver Latsch (Translator), Kerstin Meyer (Illustrator)

Overview

The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings her signature imagination, adventure, and humor to a magical full-color chapter book for young readers!
 
One night, Emma finds a mysterious green bottle floating in the ocean. When she pulls out the stopper, she sets a blue genie free! Most genies grant three wishes, but Karim can’t grant even one anymore. A yellow genie stole his magic nose ring, leaving him small, powerless, and trapped in that bottle. Emma and her noodle-tailed dog have to help Karim get his nose ring—and his magic—back!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385375436
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	10/14/2014
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
Lexile:	770L (what's this?)
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Hailed as the J. K. Rowling of Germany, beloved and bestselling author CORNELIA FUNKE has written numerous magical novels and chapter books for children. Her New York Times bestsellers include The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, and Inkheart. She was once named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine. She was born in Germany and lives with her family in California.

Hometown:

Los Angeles, CA

Date of Birth:

December 10, 1958

Place of Birth:

Dorsten, Germany

Education:

University of Hamburg

Editorial Reviews

2014-07-16
Emma and her dog, Tristan, steal down to the moonlit sea for some quiet time and find a mysterious bottle bobbing on the waves; inside, of course, is a genie. Karim can't grant wishes; he's the one who needs help. Evil genie Sahim stole his nose ring, source of his power, and imprisoned him in the bottle. Emma, Tristan and Karim head via flying carpet for Barakash, where Sahim now rules, to recover the nose ring and free the city's caliph and citizens. Meyer's whimsical art is packed with quirky details and expressive humor (the supercilious dromedary's a delight), neatly enhancing Funke's droll humor. First published in Germany in 2002, this entertaining tale has plenty of charm, but it will have an uncomfortable aftertaste for some. This Disney-fied Arabian Nights territory draws from the well of Western popular culture, where normal is fair and cute, exotic is dark and comically alien, and color's a reliable indicator for good and evil. The flying carpet and palace are beautiful; the caliph's grandmother is "a big woman with a beard and blue patterns on her face." With tight word counts, restrictive vocabulary and language parameters, chapter books rely on their audience to fill in details from shared cultural assumptions. In an increasingly diverse society, notions of what is normal and what is exotic to readers call for frequent reassessment. Training wheels for Funke's future fans. (Fantasy. 7-9)

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