Young Jancsi and his cousin Kate from Budapest race across the Hungarian plains on horseback, attend country fairs and festivals, and experience a dangerous run-in with gypsies, in a author of The White Stag.
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This review is from: The Good Master (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Puffin Newbery Library) (School & Library Binding)
This book, and others by this author, enriched my childhood enormously. As an only child who yearned for adventure, I identified with Kate - as a rather quiet child, I admired and envied both her high spirits and her kind heart. I longed to visit the vast plains of Hungary, so beautifully described and illustrated by Kate Seredy, and to wade in that dangerous river, wear all those petticoats and high red boots, ride a beautiful milky-white horse, and eat delicious sausages, just like Kate did! And Jancsi - who ever had a cousin as wonderful as he? Jancsi's parents' tolerant wisdom, humor and love warmed me as a young reader. In retrospect, I can now clearly see that Kate was not the only child transformed by "the good master"...I also was changed. For life: I became a children's librarian and thus was able to recommend this and so many other good books to literally thousands of children and their families over the years. This is a marvelous book in every way. Highly recommended.
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This story, set in Hungary just before World War I, is a delightful story of a young motherless girl who learns the meaning of love and family with her uncle and his family out in the country. It can be enjoyed on many levels - family story, historical novel, ethnic traditions from Hungary, etc. Be sure to follow it up with the sequel "The Singing Tree" which tells of the family's life during World War I. Enthusiastically recommended!
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One of the Highlights of My Reading Life,
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This review is from: The Good Master (Puffin Newbery Library) (Paperback)
It seems I have always loved the Good Master. In fact, I first encountered it in the 5th grade. Set in pre-world War I Central Europe on a Hungarian ranch, its cast of characters, the sheperds, the old Jewish grocers, the Good Master, Janci, still inhabit my imagination. The main character, Kate, with her guts, compassion and funny bone became, along with Jo March, a personal hero and role model. This book takes a young reader completely away, visually and verbally, to another place in several other times, and sets his or her senses dancing. Unfortunately Seredy's art has fallen beneath editorial radar This book should be in the personal libary of all upper elementary students who love to read and adults who remember a child's delight in discovering a great read.
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JANCSI was up bright and early that morning and at work milking the cows. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Prince Mátyás, Little Rooster, Uncle Márton, Turkish Sultan, Mister Nagy, Uncle Sándor, Diamond Button, Cousin Kate, Milky Way, Bridal Veil New!
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JANCSI was up bright and early that morning and at work milking the cows. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fat servants, old miller Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prince Mátyás, Little Rooster, Uncle Márton, Turkish Sultan, Mister Nagy, Uncle Sándor, Diamond Button, Cousin Kate, Milky Way, Bridal Veil New!
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- Newbery and Caldecott Trivia and More for Every Day of the Year: by Claudette Hegel on page 70, and Back Matter
- The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading by Shireen Dodson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Moccasin Trail (Puffin Newbery Library) by Eloise Jarvis McGraw in Back Matter
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