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The Gammage Cup (Paperback)
by Carol Kendall , Erik Blegvad (Illustrator)
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Award-winning books, Story, Fantacy, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
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A wonderful mystery tale full of humor, adventure, danger, some peculiar poetry, several proverbs, and even a bit of romance, conveys the message about self-discovery and external adventure. |
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Author: Carol Kendall , Erik Blegvad (Illustrator)
Publisher: Odyssey Classics
Pub. in: March, 2000
ISBN: 1594375542
Pages: 288
Measurements: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00295
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- Awards & Credential -
A winner of Newbery Honor |
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The book is about self-discovery as well as external adventure and because the five outcasts from the conformist society of Slipper-on-the-Water are all appealing in different ways: Walter the Earl (the scholar), Curley Green (the artist), Gummy (the poet), Mingy (the curmudgeon), and Muggles, the average Minnipin who finds the rebel within. When they turn out to be the only defenders of the Land between the Mountains from an impending invasion of cannibalistic Mushrooms, they prove themselves to be spiritual descendants of Fooley the Magnificent, the Minnipin who hundreds of years earlier ventured in a balloon out of the valley into the Land Beyond the Mountains. The conceit will please young readers who themselves may be at the age where such abbreviations in the grown-up world puzzle and amuse them. It is also revealing to discover that Fooley was himself originally an outcast like the five adventurers, mythologized into an acceptable kind of hero by his dull descendants. The world that Kendall creates in this book is a kind of pre-industrial village society - beautifully depicted in Erik Blegvad's drawings, which include a map of the valley and a bird's-eye view of Slipper-on-the-Water with houses and other buildings labeled. If there is such a thing as a cozy adventure, this is it. After all, the five outcasts don't even venture far from home, only into the mountains that surround their isolated valley, though even that is unknown territory to most Minnipins and fraught with real danger. The story is sure to appeal to imaginative children in the target age range of 9-12 not only because of its sympathetic characters but because its unobtrusive lesson about individuality is just what preteens are beginning to struggle with in their own lives. And it's so well written that adults will enjoy it, too.
Carol Kendall once said, "Children are a marvelous audience... they remember what they have read! Sometimes they remember it all their lives!" Adults who read The Gammage Cup as children will probably agree. It is a wonderful and memorable story.
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8
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Carol Kendall (born 13 September 1917) is a children's author who has written books including:
The Gammage Cup (1959)
The Whisper of Glocken (1965)
The Firelings (1981)
Other Side of the Tunnel (1973)
The Wedding of the Rat Family (1988)
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Carol Kendall's witty, epic tales about the race of people called the Minnipins are now available as Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. Now a new generation of readers can thrill to the adventures of the tiny folk who become mighty heroes. The original interior illustrations by Erik Blegvad and Imero Gobbato have been retained, but vibrant new cover art by beloved illustrators Tim and Greg Hildebrandt gives the books a new look for a new audience.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I remember reading this book in elementary school. I read it so many times that it lingered in the back of my mind all through high school and into adulthood. When my girls were what I thought old enough for me to read the book to them, I went out and found the book and bought it. As I was surfing through the vast array of books, here it was again, the Muggles, with all their differences, colored front doors and curiosity for things not on the straight and narrow, words that didn't follow the rules set out by the high ranking Periods. The book always pulled at me, causing me to see that each of us are different and we need to celebrate these differences, because after all, that is what makes our world so unique. Purchase the book, check it out from your local library, if they don't carry the book, make them purchase it. Read it yourself and float back to those lazy adolescence days, read it to your children and bask in their joy of a new adventure and remember when you too were in awe of the simple joy of a well written story. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
When I saw this book on someone's favorites list and I checked it out, I nearly cried because I have been looking for this book since I was really little. I read it then after I checked it out from the local library and I didn’t finish it, this would have been no problem, except I forgot the title and author, all I remembered was that there were minpins and something about muggle in it. I don’t know if the rest of you have noticed, but there seem to be an awful lot of books with minpins and muggles in them. This is the coolest children’s book. I would highly recommend it, I have completely outgrown it since the last time I read it was 12 yeas ago, but it is still a way cool book. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
The Gammage Cup was a very interesting book. Five of the Minnipins spoke their minds. They believed that the colors of their doors expressed the way they are inside. They were banned from Slipper-on-the-Water because of this. They depended on themselves after this. They built a house and got their own food. The Minnipins wore whatever they wanted to. Muggles planned out what they were going to do, and they set work to it. My favorite part is when Walter the Earl dug a hole in his garden and found chests of things from his ancestors. This part of the story was full of suspense. I liked the ending. The five Minnipins got to go back to their village, and Walter the Earl got to lead their army. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This is a wonderful book. It is fast paced at the beginning, but slow paced afterwards. It's about a group of misfits who are forced to survive in the wild, but soon discover a secret danger. My favorite part was the battle. The ending could have been better, but not much. Carol Kendall gave too little information and left it hanging. This is a must read book. |
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