Ribbon Rescue - Softcover

Munsch, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590895974 ISBN 13: 9780590895972

Publisher: Cartwheel Books, 2002

Synopsis

Best-selling author Robert Munsch unveils another hilarious story about a little girl named Jillian, whose help leaves her in a bind!

Jillian loves her new ribbon dress her grandma made especially for her. When she goes outside, she meets a groom, on his way to a church, but his shoes need fixing, and so Jillian takes a part of the ribbon from her dress to help. Then Jillian uses her ribbons to help the bride with her hair and next, to wrap a wedding gift. Soon, Jillian's dress is disheleved mess! But Jillian's efforts are rewarded when the bride and groom ask her to be their flower girl. And so Jillian walks down the aisle in her worn-out ribbon dress!

About this title

About the Author

Robert Munsch is a storyteller and the best-selling author of more than 25 books, including Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess and most recently, Ribbon Rescue. He lives in Guelph, Ontario. About storytelling, he has said, “I'm like a stand-up comic, reacting to the audience.”

From Publishers Weekly

Featuring a variety of voices, Munschs (Love You Forever) light, energetic paper-over-board book is well suited for reading aloud. Just after Jillian dons a brand-new ribbon dress, with pink and red ribbons flowing from under the bib-like collar, she encounters a tuxedo-clad fellow running down the road, laceless shoes in hand. Chiming, Im late. Im lost!/ Im late. Im lost! the harried groom fears that he is going to miss his own wedding. Jillian helpfully tears two ribbons off her dress, uses them to lace his shoes and lends him a skateboard to expedite his trip to the church. To the tune of similar refrains, the girl hands out ribbons (and a variety of transports) to bail out the tardy bride, whose hair is disheveled; a family with a wedding gift in need of wrapping, etc. Though Jillians good deeds leave her dress in tatters, the happy (and grateful) couple ask her to be their flower girl. Fernandess (A Difficult Day, reviewed below) cartoony gouache and colored-pencil pictures reinforce the slapstick tenor of the tale. She strews the artwork with diverting particulars, such as a host of buoyant frogs on each page (one even finds its way into the flower girls bouquet). A bizarre extraneous endnote mentions that Jillian is a Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal and her ribbon dress is a traditional Mohawk costume, which imposes an unnecessary and jarring historical context on this effervescent story. Ages 3-6.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Cartwheel Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590895974
• ISBN 13: 9780590895972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32