Plain Thistle can only cry as one by one her family is eaten by the potato monster Pudge, but her gentle bargain with a witch saves them all.
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Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of the most gifted writers writing today on the issues of faith and spirituality. Starting with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, Wangerin's writing career has encompassed most every genre: fiction, essay, short story, children's story, meditation, and biblical exposition. His writing voice is immediately recognizable, and his fans number in the millions. The author of over forty books, Wangerin has won the National Book Award, New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year Award, and several Gold Medallions, including best-fiction awards for both The Book of God and Paul: A Novel. He lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.
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THISTLE by Walter Wangerin, Jr.,
By thepaxdomini "The Book Review" (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thistle (Hardcover)
Thistle is a 1983 children's novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr. I am reviewing the original version, which features illustrations by Marcia Sewall (the 1995 version, which is easier to find, has illustrations by Bryna Waldman). Here, Thistle, the youngest and plainest of her family, must somehow save them all from a ravenous potato monster.Wangerin has created a very competent fairy tale here. Thistle prominently features the age-old fairy tale meme of repetition that we're all familiar with from stories like "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Rumpelstiltskin." Wangerin has a somewhat lyrical, vaguely poetic writing style, and it serves him well here. The story, structured as it is, isn't going to keep anybody guessing, but it's well told, and it's intense enough (that is, enough people get eaten) that small children may find it a little scary. Sewall's simple, folksy, sometimes angular pencil sketches create a fitting ambience for the book. Her attention to body language and facial expression is impressive. In my mind, her illustrations are superior to Waldman's new version, where everyone looks like tree elves. Wangerin is known as a Christian author, and Thistle certainly isn't short on positive morals: it doesn't matter how you look, it doesn't matter if you're prone to crying, and in the end, what matters most is how much you love. Thistle's never going to be enshrined in the fairy tale pantheon, but it is a quality positive children's book.
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My daughter loves this book. She borrowed it from someone and so I just had to get her a copy. It arrived in perfect condition and she was so excited.
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