by Lois Lowry
What an odd little book. The Willoughbys is a sort of parody of "old fashioned" children's books. The children are hoping that their parents will be killed in a dangerous around the world trip, and the parents are hoping to sell the home out from under the children and have them cast out into the st...
This was such a cute read. I loved the way the children interacted with one another and I found myself laughing out loud many time. The plot was interesting and certainly drew from elements of "old fashioned" children's stories. All the characters were charming (except for the parents..no they were ...
“The Willoughbys” is a delightful children’s book which takes all of our accepted mores and turns them inside out! It is a spoof on life which lets us laugh at ourselves. It is a combination of The Sound of Music, Pippi Longstocking and Hansel and Gretel, all rolled into one.Instead of a happy home ...
If you are or were the type of kid to devour old-fashioned stories along with more modern books, picking up on the quirks of language, the differing family values, and the odd perspective everyone seemed to have on life, this book is a wonderful read. Lois Lowry's sendup of classic children's litera...
A morally bankrupt pastiche. It feels to me like Lowry was attempting to cash in on the current crop of creepy orphan tales (Lemony Snicket, et. al.) but justifying it by hearkening back to the orphan tales of old. It didn't work for me, on any level. The writing was phoned in, the characters made o...
Now I'm reading this aloud to the Possum. Such fun with the tropes of the old-fashioned story: four siblings, an abandoned-on-the-doorstep baby, a girl named Jane (there's always a girl named Jane, we have concluded).Ah, such a satisfying, amusing book. We both think it's great. Great for those ...
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