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Eloise (Eloise Series) (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
by Kay Thompson
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Self-confidence, General, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 198.00
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¥ 178.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
The book tells a mischievous girl named Eloise, but generally she's good-natured, high spirited and self-confident. |
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Author: Kay Thompson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pub. in: April, 1969
ISBN: 067122350X
Pages: 68
Measurements: 11.1 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00106
Other information: Reissue edition
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Eloise is a great book for the beginning reader, because the illustrations so nicely match up with the story. In fact, when your child has a chance to visit The Plaza, she or he will be delighted to see that it is so much like the book. This makes it seem like home for your child, as well. Also, there is not too much punctuation (especially periods) so it's easy to focus on the words.
The story is hilarious. Most adults wouldn't have the aplomb or the self-confidence of Eloise. For children, Eloise is a marvel . . . as well as a whimsical role model. What child will not want to have this story read and memorize it? That memorization then helps form the basics of learning to match the memory to the words. And soon, your child is reading along with you. At some point, he or she can take over and read the story aloud to you. What great fun for you both!
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8
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Kay Thompson (1909-1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s.
The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller; Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created three more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime, and Eloise in Moscow, all of which are now to be reissued by Simon & Schuster.
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Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person.
Henry James would want to study her.
Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal.
The New York Jets would want to have her on their side.
Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock).
She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people
when they are not boring.
She has Inner Resources.
If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did.
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Jdhauer (MSL quote), Northern Virginia
<2006-12-31 00:00>
As we all know, Eloise is six and she lives at the Plaza Hotel with her Nanny who says things three times, her dog Weenie, her turtle Skipperdee and two dolls. When I was a child, I adored this book and wanted to be just like Eloise. She does whatever she wants and gets away with it.
As an adult, I feel so sorry for Eloise because her mother only sends for her when it's sunny and otherwise isn't present. What a poor little girl to grow up so alone!
However, this is a tremendously humorous and beautifully illustrated classic that can always make me grin from ear to ear. I love room service too! Oh, and charge it please. Thank you very much.
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Ellie Reasoner (MSL quote), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Boy what a great book! Eloise's energy leaps off the page! In this! Review! I feel! Like using! Lots of exclamation points! She rules!
For those who may not know (and I feel sorry for you) Eloise is a six-year-old ball of energy who lives in a perpetual circa 1950 world with her nanny in the penthouse suite on the very top floor of New York's wondrously elegant and (to a six-year-old) ceaselessly enchanting, Plaza Hotel. She has a pet turtle, a pet doggie, and her nanny, a proper but never stuffy English lady, is her best friend. Eloise greets each new day as an adventure and leaps up from bed to boisterously summon Nanny before she trots off to see what excitement the world holds. She rides the elevators and races up and down the stairs. She knows everyone in the place, low and high. Sometimes Eloise is mischievous but generally she's good-natured and high spirited. It's easy to get tugged into her reality and get the hang of her point of view, and being reminded what it was like to be six is a lot of fun!
A book beloved by readers for half a century and counting!
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
as 1 reviewer said, some people just don't get Eloise
she isn't meant to be a role model, she's the wildness inside you
she doesn't care what you think of her or how that makes her look socially she just is herself-in a way she is a role model, just to an extreme
she lives with her nanny who is under orders to let her do whatever she wants, within reason. Unfortunately, Nanny has no reason, and no control. |
C. Burch (MSL quote), San Francisco, CA USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
A few weeks ago, I took a friend and her two 5 year old twin girls to dinner. There was a 45 minute wait, and we went to the bookstore next door. I was dreading the prospect of entertaining two 5 year olds for 45 minutes until I saw a copy of Eloise, which has been out of print for many years. I sat down and started reading to them. The time flew by. A few older women walked by and smiled. I like to think that they had read the book when they were little girls. The 45 minutes went by all too soon for me.
What can I say about Eloise? We named our dog Eloise when I was a boy. It is both literary and true to children. It is one of the books (like Charlotte's Web or Black Beauty) that stay in your heart from childhood.
Give it to your children. |
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