Product Description

When an old woman approaches Karmelo and Moconoco, Moconoco steals her golden walking cane. He wickedly breaks the cane into three pieces as Karmelo helps her up. The old woman curses Moconoco with three of everything--three eyes, three ears, three noses. She rewards Karmelo for his kindness with the broken cane, promising happiness when the three pieces are united.

Moconoco grows up to be an evil emperor and Karmelo grows up to be a poor slave. He gives the pieces to his three children and with the help of the cane, they must save their land from the cruel emperor!

Maria Celeste Arraras is an award-winning journalist and investigative reporter. She became an international name after her exclusive coverage of the death of the musical star Selena. She is one of the most popular Spanish-language television news personalities and the anchor of "Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste." Since its debut in 2001, the show has captured the U.S. audience by storm. Ms. Arraras is a tour de force in both the Hispanic and English communities.

Pablo Raimondi moved to the United States from his native Argentina to pursue his dream of being a book illustrator. He has done work as a comic book artist for both Marvel and DC Comics and has illustrated some of the top comic action figures, including Superman, Batman, and the X-Men. This is his first picture book, and his first book for Orchard Books.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #844437 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

About the Author
MARÍA CELESTE ARRARÁS is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and best-selling author who has been on the cover of Newsweek as one of the twenty most powerful women on the rise and featured in The New York Times. The Puerto Rican-born celebrity has one of the most popular shows in Spanish TV and has been invited to be a guest cohost on NBC's Today show. This is her first picture book with Orchard Books. She lives in Miami, Florida, with her family.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent Fairytale for Slightly Older Children - a review of "The Magic Cane"
My children - boy and girl, 5 and 7 respectively - really like this story. In fact, I hear them talking about it with their friends - which doesn't happened very often. I believe one of the aspects that has mesmerized them is the artwork. It is colorful and bright, and also a little scary, which is something of a novelty for them.

The story is about a prince named Moconoco and a peasant boy named Karmelo. The prince is not a very nice child. In fact, he is so spoiled and self-centered that no one will play with him except Karmelo. One day they are out playing in the woods when they come across an old crone. The old woman is leaning heavily on a golden cane but the prince doesn't care. He seizes the cane and laughs when the old woman falls to the ground. Well, as you can guess the old crone is not a common woman, and when the prince breaks the cane in anger she curses him saying that he will soon have three of every sense. The prince thinks this a blessing, but in fact it becomes less so when he develops 3 mouths, 3 eyes, 3 noses and 6 ears.

I won't tell you more, only that the prince becomes king, and a bad one at that. And that justice for all the people must wait for many years. And I would not have told you about the curse except that I think the caregivers ought to know beforehand that the artwork might be a little disconcerting or scary for very young children. My own children, as I said, really liked the creepiness.

Four Stars [B+] ::: "The Magic Cane" is a great fairytale for slightly older children. It still has a moral about how we ought to respect our elders, and in general treat others the way we want to be treated, except with a slightly scary twist.

Pam T~