The bee-man of Orn
By: Frank R. Stockton ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Contributors: Lynch, P. J., ill.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation. Story is accompanied by a DVD which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the illustrator at work.
Notes: The Bee-Man of Orn first appeared as "The Bee-man and his original form" in St. Nicholas magazine in November 1883. Text here is the slightly revised version from "The Bee-man of Orn and other fanciful tales," published in 1887 by Scribner's Sons in New York.