Rating: two very bored stars of fiveOld-fashioned children's title, but so boring it put me to sleep every ~10pp. I read "The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" last year, for the first time, and didn't feel this deadening miasma of ennui...and it's hard to get more old-fashioned than that! Eliz...
The four Penderwick sisters, Rosalind (age 12), Skye (11), Jane (10), and Batty (4), spend their summer with their widowed father and dog Hound in a cottage on the fancy Arundel estate. Here they meet 11 year old Jeffery, who lives in the estate mansion with his cold and snobby mother, Mrs. Tifton. ...
This book was a pleasant way to spend a flight home. It was also rather refreshing to read a children’s book whose plot doesn’t rely on magic. Not a lot happens, but I enjoyed this sweet slow moving little story about 4 sisters on summer vacation with their father. I am glad to add it to my persona...
Birdsall's first book, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, had a timeless and innocent charm. Reminiscent of many childrens' books from the earlier, it could have been set at any point in the past century. Although the summer adventures of the fou...
This is a darling book. The people in it are well fleshed out, it's a light read. Just marvelous. I'd reccomend it to anyone, especiallly those who enjoy Little Women.
Fun story in the tradition of the Bastables and Melendys, I’d say, although not quite as well done as either. Still, I’m glad to hear that there’s a sequel. [Aug. 2008]
This one was tough for me to finish. It felt like the author was trying to recreate the halcyon books of childhood and in so doing drew too hard upon her source material. The whole thing somehow rang hollow for me with its self-conscious charm. That being said, when I could suspend my disbelief the ...
An old-fashioned summer adventure story Last night we read the dramatic bunny scene. Just typing "dramatic bunny scene" makes me giggle.I'm very admiring of Birdsall's structure. Real old children's books tend to consist of chapter-length adventures without an overall story arc. Birdsall manages the...
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