Coppe'lia

This is a retelling of the ballet "Coppe'lia done by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. It is the story of a dollmaker who schemes to pass his most beautiful doll off as a real girl, but he is outwitted by the townspeople that he tried to deceive. The illustrations by Minnesotans Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher are done in oil, acrylic and fabric on canvas to create very historic looking images. The book was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 1999.