Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes [Audio CD]

Product Details

• Audio CD: 32 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074757295X
• ISBN-13: 978-0747572954
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,144,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and her most recent, Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars R YOU READY FOR A LAUGH PROVOKING STORY?, October 11, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes (Hardcover)

Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood certainly needs to introduction to readers - young or old. In addition to her bestsellers, the latest being Oryx and Crake, she has penned four other children's books.

This time out she has more fun than most can imagine with the letter R. There was a fellow named Rude Ramsay who "resided in a ramshackle rectangular residence with a roof garden, a root-cellar, and a revolving door." He had a passel of revolting relatives named Ron, Rollo, and Ruby.

Ramsay did have one friend, "Ralph the red-nosed rat." When living with his kin became too much for Ramsay, Ralph suggested he move on, so he followed Ralph to a field of raspberry bushes and radishes. However, Rillah, the owner of the radish field doesn't take too kindly to Ramsay pilfering her radishes. She's a pretty miss who once was wealthy but is now down on hr luck.

As in all good stories, there's a happy ending here for Ramsay, Ralph, and Rillah. Dusan Petricic's outrageously funny illustrations are a joy to behold. Just try reading this without bursting into laughter.

- Gail Cooke

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful entertainment, August 24, 2005

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C. Violette (Weinheim, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes (Hardcover)

My 6 months old son listened intently to the rymes of the text. His eyes became big when I pointed out individual characters or objects of the colourful illustrations in this book. I was amazed how this book kept my son's undivided attention from front to back cover. As an adult however, I have to admit the story-line suffers in an attempt to make the words rhyme.