Montresor, Beni

Overview

Works:	113 works in 304 publications in 6 languages and 12,735 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Stories in rhyme Poetry Fairy tales Christmas fiction Picture books Stories, plots, etc Nursery rhymes Fantasy fiction
Roles:	Author, Illustrator, Book designer, prs, Librettist, Costume designer, Set designer , tcd, Other, Artist, 904, Lighting designer , Commentator, Speaker
Classifications:	PZ8.3.D443, E

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Beni Montresor

From colour to light : Beni Montresor : a leading figure in international theater by Gaetano Miglioranzi( Book )
Le altre magie di Beni Montresor : trent'anni di immagini per l'infanzia by Beni Montresor( Book )
Beni Montresor( Recording )
La Magia di Montresor by Beni Montresor( Book )
Beni Montresor by Beni Montresor( Book )

Papers by Beni Montresor( )
[Guest lecturer, Beni Montresor] by Beni Montresor( Visual )
[Portrait of Beni Montresor] by Carl Van Vechten( Visual )
Danses concertantes, performed by the San Francisco Ballet by Marty Sohl( Visual )
[Guest lecturer, Beni Montresor] by Beni Montresor( Visual )
Milan : Ezralow's Mandala, Le streghe at La Scala by Alessandra Gallone( )
Pagliacci : by Beni Montresor( Visual )
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers papers by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers( )
Dim lustre: by Beni Montresor( Visual )
[Guest lecturer, Beni Montresor] by Beni Montresor( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Beni Montresor

May I bring a friend? by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers( Book )

73 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 4,460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A well-mannered little boy has permission to bring his animal friends to visit the king and queen

Belling the tiger by Mary Stolz( Book )

5 editions published between 1961 and 1968 in English and held by 852 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When two little mice attempt to bell the house cat, they inadvertently become stowaways on a ship to a strange land where they befriend a tiger and scare an elephant

On Christmas Eve by Margaret Wise Brown( Book )

20 editions published between 1938 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Four children who cannot fall asleep Christmas eve creep downstairs to see the tree, their stockings, and their wrapped gifts, and to hear the Christmas carolers

The nightingale by Alan Benjamin( Book )

2 editions published between 1984 and 1985 in English and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song

The princesses : sixteen stories about princesses( Book )

1 edition published in 1962 in English and held by 482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stories about princesses by Hans Christian Andersen, W. Somerset Maugham, Walter de la Mare, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, A.A. Milne, E. Nesbit, George Macdonald, and James Thurber, among others

Cinderella : from the opera by Gioacchino Rossini by Beni Montresor( Book )

12 editions published between 1965 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts Rossini's operatic version of the tale of the mistreated cinder maid who stepped into a glass slipper and the arms of her Prince Charming

Little Red Riding Hood by Beni Montresor( Book )

4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A little girl on her way to visit her grandmother meets a hungry wolf in the forest

Willy O'Dwyer jumped in the fire : variations on a folk rhyme by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers( Book )

5 editions published between 1968 and 1970 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts Willy O'Dwyer's jumping journey that took him to the sun and back again

Mommies at work by Eve Merriam( Book )

4 editions published between 1961 and 1973 in English and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Examines many different jobs performed by working mothers, including counting money in banks and building bridges

The witches of Venice by Beni Montresor( Book )

4 editions published between 1963 and 1989 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rejected by the King and Queen of Venice, a lonely flower-plant boy seeks a flower-plant girl imprisoned by the Witches of the Grand Canal

The making of a musical( Visual )

8 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arthur Laurents, Beni Montresor, and Stephen Sondheim discuss the making of the 1965 Broadway musical, "Do I hear a waltz?"

Hansel and Gretel by Beni Montresor( Book )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch

The last savage by Gian Carlo Menotti( Book )

3 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 283 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Metropolitan Opera, subscription performance, new production, Gian Carlo Menotti "The Last Savage," opera in three acts, conductor: Thomas Schippers, staged by Mr. Menotti, sets and costumes designed by Beni Montresor, English translation by George Meade, chorus master: Kurt Adler, musical preparation: Ignace Strasfogel, associate chorus master: Thomas P. Martin, in charge of stage music: Adriano Corsi

The great rebellion by Mary Stolz( Book )

2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Småbørnsbog om musene Asa og Rambo, hvis hul hele tiden overvåges af katten Siri

The magic flute by Stephen Spender( Book )

1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young Prince Tamino sets out to save the daughter of the mysterious Queen of the Night, Princess Pamina, who has supposedly been kidnapped by the High Priest Sarastro. He is alternately helped and hindered by the bumbling Papageno, a comic bird catcher, and the Magic Flute

The birthday of the infanta and other tales by Oscar Wilde( Book )

2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The birthday of the infanta -- The selfish giant -- The nightingale and the rose -- The young king -- The happy prince

Bedtime! by Beni Montresor( Book )

7 editions published in 1978 in English and Italian and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A little boy who is not ready for bedtime runs to hide in a magic castle and finds some unusual friends there

Old Neapolitan fairy tales by Giambattista Basile( Book )

1 edition published in 1963 in English and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During the seventeenth century, the collection of ancient Italian fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone was first set down and published in Naples. Used as a source for the Brothers Grimm, among others, it includes the earliest printed accounts of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and other favorites

I saw a ship a-sailing : or the wonderful games that only little flower-plant children can play by Beni Montresor( Book )

4 editions published between 1967 and 1969 in English and held by 222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Text consists of Mother Goose rhymes

Siri the conquistador by Mary Stolz( Book )

3 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two mice, on friendly terms with the storeroom cat, share his anxiety about dogs, particularly when they hear the store-owners plan to get a dog named Maximilian

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