Love for Three Oranges Author:Sergei Prokofiev Adapted from the opera by Sergei Prokofiev, this is the first book in the ''Musical Stories Series'' collection designed to create an awareness of classical music among young children, featuring picture books based on the famous children's operas & ballets. Take a prince who cannot laugh, a witch who curses him with a consuming passion for not o... more »ne but three oranges, a devil with magic bellows, a rat, & a giant cook; place the whole thing in a fairy tale kingdom & you have one of the most surreal masterworks written for children: ''The Love for Three Oranges.'' This story is a combination of humor, sorrow, fantasy, & grotesquery. Ages 5-10. Illustrations.« less