Zeee (An Hbj Contemporary Classic) [Library Binding]

Elizabeth Enright (Author), Susan Gaber (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1993 | Series: An Hbj Contemporary Classic

A reissue of the 1965 classic children's tale tells the story of Zeee, a fairy who hates people and is constantly in search of a place to live. By the author of Thimble Summer.

Editorial Reviews

From Kirkus Reviews

First published in 1965, an entrancing story about a ``bad fairy'' who's really ``bad about only one thing'': people. But bumblebee-sized Zeee has ample provocation: each time she sets up her delectably described, Borrower-style housekeeping--under a dock leaf, in an old pail on the beach, or in an empty wasp's nest--people, who can't see her, blunder in and destroy her home. Her retaliation is poetically just: e.g., her friends the moles dig up the immaculate lawn of the man who thought her dock-leaf roof was a weed. In the end, a little girl named Pandora does see Zeee, suggests that her name could be Hope, and offers a home; but it's the details along the way, not the tidy conclusion, that give the story its considerable charm--nicely echoed in Gaber's bright new watercolors, where tiny Zeee is appropriately diaphanous and baleful and the landscape and other inhabitants (like a cat that wonders whether Zeee ``tastes like bird'') are viewed intriguingly from her perspective. An appealing new presentation. (Fiction/Picture book. 6-10) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books (J); Later printing edition (April 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152999582
• ISBN-13: 978-0152999582
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zeee is the best link to my "inner child"and yours, too!, April 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Zeee (An Hbj Contemporary Classic) (Library Binding)

Zeee is my favorite childhood book, originally published (and first read by me) in 1965. The story, long out of print until its recent re-issue, remained with me as a fond memory of a time long ago when fairies made homes in discarded beach pails and little girls made furniture for them from found miniatures such as shells, flowers, and twigs. When I "found " the book again, I found a piece of myself -- a link to my "inner child" and a revived kinship with Zeee, the fairy who hates people

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one true fairy tale., April 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Zeee (An Hbj Contemporary Classic) (Library Binding)

I have my original Zeee, given to me by my mother on Valentine's Day 1965. Luckily, I have daughters who give me a second chance to enter Zeee's invisible and beautiful spaces.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ZZZZenZZZZational Book!, March 8, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Zeee (An Hbj Contemporary Classic) (Library Binding)

I checked Zeee out from the library numerous times when I was a child. It has now been re-published for the next generation of children to read. Zeee is a delightful story with wonderful pictures. It makes you want to search your own backyard for a fairy. The story: Zeee has emotional trials and tribulations while trying to find the perfect home. Every time she thinks she has found a wonderful location, a human destroys it. It's a delightful story and I highly recommend it a "must-have"