Goody O'Grumpity - Softcover

Carol Brink

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558586148 ISBN 13: 9781558586147

Publisher: North-South Books, 1996

Synopsis

""Wolff's stuning linoleum-block prints . . . illustrate this timeless, lilting poem. . . . The art and handsome typography . . . evoke a colonial past, when the children of a village rally at the news that a kindly woman is baking a cake . . . Wolff's research brought her to Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, where she found the 17th-century recipe for spice cake (containing the ingredients mentioned in the poem) that is reprinted at the close of this engaging book"".--Publishers Weekly, starred review. Full color.

About this title

About the Author:

Carol Ryrie Brink was the author of many books for young readers, including ""Caddie Woodlawn's Family, "" the companion volume to ""Caddie Woodlawn"", and ""Baby Island"".

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Wolff takes this 1937 poem by a Newbery medalist and brings it to life with her bold, detailed, hand-colored linoleum prints. The action is simple. Goody, a Pilgrim, bakes a spice cake and the children come running, first to lick the bowl and then, best of all, to sample the cake itself. The illustrations provide a strong sense of time and place. Details pertaining to the dwellings, dress, and occupations of the townsfolk are all consistent with the colonial setting. Goody collects her ingredients from the nearby cows and hens, churns her own butter, and places the cakes in a community stone oven. As the aroma wafts over the land, readers' vision of this past life is expanded as they follow the smoky trail through the woods to the neighboring Indian settlement. The book ends with Goody's recipe. A rich vision of the past, especially for Thanksgiving.
Martha Topol, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: North-South Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1558586148
• ISBN 13: 9781558586147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ashley Wolff