Reviews for The Month-Brothers

The average rating for The Month-Brothers based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-11-14 00:00:00 Emmanuel Laporte was born 1887 in Voronezh, Russia, got good home education. In1902 his family moved to Saint Petersburg. As a Jew, Marshak could not legally attend to school. His parents arranged a meeting with the influential critic Vladimir Stasov who was so impressed by literary talent of the schoolboy that he arranged an exception from the Pale laws for Samuil. He also introduced Marshak to Maxim Gorky. In 1904 Samuil was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He could not continue to live in the cold climate of Saint Petersburg. Maxim Gorky arranged for him to live with his family somewhere close to the Black Sea (1904-1907). Gorky and some others paid for his education and therapy. On an evening in January, a spoiled young queen sends her servant into the woods for the impossible task of finding April flowers in the midst of winter. The young peasant girl finds the flowers with the help of the personified twelve months….

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-30 00:00:00 Ric Deez A version of the Slavic tale "The Month Brother's". My favorite version is the one illustrated by Anna Vojtech. This one has a more complete story for older children. For early grade school. Another version is Little Sister and the Month Brothers.