Miss Penny and Mr. Grubbs - Softcover

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689800355 ISBN 13: 9780689800351

Publisher: Aladdin, 1995

Synopsis

With the help of cooperative and hungry rabbits, jealous Mr. Grubbs sabotages the prize-winning garden of his neighbor Miss Penny.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-- After 48 summers, Mr. Grubb is sick of watching Miss Penny's garden flourish while his molders. He devises "the most evil scheme one gardener can plan against another." Under cover of darkness, the rounded, cheery-looking gent releases rabbits into her garden and sits back to watch. Despite the cruel trick, the woman (very round and very cheery) thinks positively until the end of the rabbit-fuel duel. Instead of taking prize vegetables to the county fair, she takes sleek, well-fed rabbits. Colorful, emphatic full-page cartoon-style illustrations are united thematically with small incidental events on facing pages, giving the book pleasing detail and texture. (Don't miss the telltale silhouettes on the endpapers, either.) Miss Penny, wielder of hammer, saw, and hoe, is a model of female independence. All told, the book's buoyancy and infectious visual humor make Miss Penny not only a county-fair winner, but a story time and read-alone prize as well. --Carolyn Noah, Worcester Public Library, MA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

"As ye sow, so shall ye reap" could be the moral of this engaging picture book. For 48 years, Miss Penny's prizewinning vegetable garden has been the envy of sour neighbor Mr. Grubbs. But Grubbs sees to it that this summer will be different; at night he sets loose hungry rabbits in his unsuspecting neighbor's yard. Miss Penny tries every known anti-rabbit device, but to no avail: before long, her flourishing crops are decimated. Grubbs's produce fails as well, since he directed all his attention to destroying Miss Penny's garden rather than caring for his own. In a neat twist, Miss Penny comes out a winner and Grubbs gets an ironic comeuppance. Ernst's ( When Bluebell Sang ; Ginger Jumps ) jovial illustrations, with their pleasingly plump contours, take an equal share in telling this original tale. The sight of a dismayed Miss Penny surrounded by pudgy rabbits will delight even the most bunny-weary reader. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0689800355
• ISBN 13: 9780689800351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Ernst Lisa Campbell