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Mandy (Julie Andrews Collection) (Paperback)
by Julie Andrews Edwards , Johanna Westerman (Illustrator)
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A story of maturing and growing up, a story of comfort and love, a story of gardening and cottages and imagination and joy shows the magic of finding a home. |
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Author: Julie Andrews Edwards , Johanna Westerman (Illustrator)
Publisher: Julie Andrews Collection
Pub. in: August, 2006
ISBN: 0061131628
Pages: 320
Measurements: 8.5 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00297
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In this heartwarming story, 10-year-old Mandy searches for a way to put an end to the loneliness of her orphanage bound childhood. Mandy ultimately discovers that her answer lies in the redeeming power of love, and the hope that her dreams will come true. Ms. Andrews reads her delightful story with a keen ability to convey the world as glimpsed through the eyes of a child - capturing the flights of fantasy that brighten all of our dreamy afternoons.
Julie Andrews has a distinctive writing style. One example of her writing is "It was absolutely beautiful Lovely shells of every shape and size and all colors of white and pink and iridescent mother-of-pearl lined every wall and the ceiling too." The words used in Mandy are so light in touch and kind at heart. The mood in Mandy seems to make life so simple and filled with little trinkets of enjoyment and happiness along the road of life. For example, the environment Mandy lived in: "On the outskirts of a pretty country village called St. Martin's Green, there stands a large, white house called St. Martin's Orphanage. It has generous tall windows and large, high-ceilinged rooms." This is Julie Andrews's writing style.
Not only does Julie Andrews have a great writing style but also the characters are wonderful and alive. First, there is Mandy who is a bright, spunk, book loving 10-year-old girl who has lived at the orphanage all of her life. Sue, Mandy's roommate and friend, did not have as strong a personality as Mandy but was understanding and kind. Mrs. Bridie was the elderly woman in charge of St. Martin's since as long as Mandy can remember. Mrs. Bridie was strict and tries to aid and observe and help each child in a personal way. Last, but not least, there was Jake, the orphanage's gardener. Jake was sweet and generous but extremely protective about his ancient gardening tools and his gorgeous flowers. These are only some of the wonderful characters in Mandy.
The plot of Mandy is the favorite of many children as well as adults! Many people have wanted a place to call his/her own in his/her childhood where he/she can plant a garden of brilliant colored flowers and keep the cottage kept up. This is basically what Mandy is about. Mandy discovers a hidden, abandoned cottage deep inside the beautiful apple orchard over the "great wall" that inbounds the orphanage. The cottage is old, rickety, and filthy. Mandy uses the little money she has to buy exquisite flowers and borrows useful gardening materials from Jake.
Mandy is an exciting and just plain sweet story about an ambitious girl who follows her dreams, from which you can learned how wonderful life can be if you just pay attention to the little things. This book is definitely recommended to everyone who needs a heart-warming story about how to achieve his or her dreams. Mandy is a wondrous role model to people of all ages.
Target readers:
Kids aged 9-12
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Julie Andrews Edwards is one of the most recognized figures in the world of entertainment. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and The Princess Diaries. Ms. Edwards is the author of many favorite children's books, including The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles and Mandy.
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Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Escaping over the orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. All through the spring, summer, and fall, Mandy works to make it truly hers. Sometimes she "borrows" things she needs from the orphanage. Sometimes, to guard her secret, she even lies. Then, one stormy night at the cottage, Mandy gets sick, and no one knows how to find her-except a special friend she didn't know she had. Little did she know that there was someone watching her. He called himself the secret admirer but really he was a kind and caring man. If it wasn't for him she wouldn't have been saved. There's a happy ending. This new edition of a classic novel features beautiful illustrations that capture the magic of finding a home.
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G. L. Scanlan (MSL quote), New Zealands
<2007-01-05 00:00>
Yesterday I started and finished Ms. Edwards' book Mandy, and I absolutely loved it. I never doubted I would enjoy it, because I tend to like anything Ms. Andrews does, but I'm pretty certain I loved this book for it's plotline and the lovely way it was written, rather than simply because I'm a fan of the author. I loved the style in which it was written, so very descriptive of everything; the cottage, the garden, the animals Mandy met, they all seemed to be in such detail. I also loved some of the little expressions, such as "It was a warm contentment, something like the feeling one gets when hot tea and honey slide way down into one's stomach, only ten times better." And Ms. Andrews has all the emotions and feelings of all the characters involved exactly correct. I'm sure if I were Mandy I would feel the same way, and vice versa if I were Sue or Matron. Your heart really goes out to Mandy, especially when she is sick in the cottage, and when Bill and Anne are telling her that they want to adopt her. Although the ending and some parts of the plot were perhaps slightly predictable, in this case that only enhances the story. It was lovely, because you had a fair idea what was going to happen, and then you were so glad when it did. Or I was anyway. Mandy was a wonderful book, beautifully written, and an absolute joy to read. I'm sure there will be many children who can identify with it or just enjoy it for the lovely style and great plot. I hope when others read it their parents are not interrupting them every five minutes, as was the case with me. That way they will have the chance to read it all in one go, as I'm sure I would have. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, and I should like to congratulate Ms. Andrews Edwards on writing something so wonderful for her first story. Now I think I'll have to go and read Dragon: Hound of Honor. And I'm sure I'll read Mandy many times. Personally, I think it was a very good thing that Ms. Andrews Edwards lost the bet with Jennifer. Look what we got out of it. |
Erika Sorocco (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-05 00:00>
Ten-year-old orphan, Mandy, feels like she has nothing of her own, and almost lost among the other thirty children at the orphanage run by Ms. Bridie, where she resides. She dreams of having her very own place, where she can spend time quietly by herself, and where she'll feel as if she belongs. So when she climbs over the large, stone, orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy is ecstatic to find a lonely little stone cottage, hidden among the forest trees and shrubberies. With a few items that she borrows from the orphanage, the cottage becomes a home away from home for Mandy, and a place that she can call her own. To protect her secret place, Mandy lies, and tells no one of where she disappears to for hours at a time. But when she becomes terribly sick, and the people who love her are unable to find her, she must rely on the help of a secret admirer, whom she never knew she had. After reading Mandy, I am amazed to see that famed screen actress Julie Andrews, is as talented a writer, as she is a singer and film star. Andrews writes in such a poetic and descriptive way, that helps the reader to imagine that they are really there alongside Mandy, helping her to tend to her beloved garden, and taking walks amongst the lovely forest. Mandy is a kind and intelligent young character, who longs for a family, and a place to call her own, whom you feel for greatly. Overall, the book Mandy was an amazing, and powerful read that will be loved by all, young and old. Do not miss this delightful story. |
K. Bala (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-05 00:00>
I simply adore this book from start to finish. Mandy is a girl we all can relate to in one way or another. Simple, sweet, idealistic, and yes, she isn't perfect. When she come upon a small hidden cottage near her orphanage grounds, this little girl sets out to make it a place to call it her own - A refuge she can run to and place she can care for to ease her loneliness. We feel her disappointments and rejoice in her victories, we even feel the love for those whom she loves. This is a book about longing, wishes, and finding happiness. A pleasurable read for anyone who has ever felt alone in life. |
Skye (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-05 00:00>
Julie Andrews' name is next to the word "talent" in the dictionary. She can sing better than anyone in the world, she is an absolutely phenomenal, versatile actress (she won an Academy Award for Best Actress to prove it), an absobloominlutely amazing writer and has a personality to die for. Let me ask you, how is it possible to be all these things and then be extremely beautiful? I don't know how she does it! But I'm positively mesmerized by everything she's done. Anyhow, onto the book. Mandy is very well-written and as I've said previously, it's hard to believe that someone who can sing and act as perfectly as Julie can write to wonderful as well! Julie adds so much detail so you know every little thing that’s going on in the story. You can almost smell the flowers and see the garden and feel the love! It's tremendous. I could read this book over and over until someone finally whacks me over the head and slaps me back into reality. If you love this book. I highly recommend Julie Andrews Edwards' other children's novel The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, kind of sounds like something from the woman who put Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious into our vocabulary, doesn't it? 'Whandoodles' is so creative and so wonderful!!! Bravo, Dame Julie! |
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