WR98

White Ravens’98/Slovenia/61738

Sitar, Jelena (text) Cvetko, Igor (illus.) Primeri detektiva Karla Loota. Skrivnost v galeriji ali zgodba o sencnih lutkah (The cases of detective Karel Loot. The secret of the gallery, or the story of the shadow puppets) Ljubljana: DZS, 1996. [68pp] (Umetnost igre ; 2) ISBN 86-341-1735-9 Art gallery - Shadow play - Detective When the most valued picture in an art gallery begins to change constantly, the director calls in Detective Loot to clear up the mystery. Loot studies the picture very carefully and guards it all night long. Gradually it begins to change, shadows move back and forth across it. Karel Loot is stymied until he discovers that he is watching the scenes of a shadow play. But then suddenly Karel Loot vanishes, too. This picture book is illustrated with funny, bizarre pictures. The story is suspense-ful and also reveals some information about the principles of shadow theater. (5+)
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