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Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes
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Picture book by one of the nation's favourite authors. Lots of fun with letter repetition and a great story combined with fantastic art. Over 3,000 copies sold in hardback.

About the Author

Margaret Atwood lives in Canada and is the author of many wonderful books for adults as well as four other books for children. She has won the Booker Prize with Blind Assassin as well as being shortlisted for the prize with Oryx and Crake. Dusan Petricic is an award-winning illustrator who has illustrated over twenty books for children. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Scientific American and the Toronto Star. Like Margaret, Dusan lives in Toronto, Canada.

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"Margaret Atwood cleverly spins an engaging yarn...This romping exercise in clever, tongue-twisting wordplay is a lot of fun, and the illustrations by Dusan Petricic are a riot" Orlando Sentinel, September 2004 "In lesser hands such an alliteration might prove redundant, but Atwood's prose is both amusing and enlightening in its use of rich vocabulary, with phrases such as "rumpled rucksack," "raggedy ravens" and "rancid remnants of reeking rhinoceros." Kirkus Reviews Aug 2004

"Margaret Atwood cleverly spins an engaging yarn...This romping exercise in clever, tongue-twisting wordplay is a lot of fun, and the illustrations by Dusan Petricic are a riot" Orlando Sentinel, September 2004 "In lesser hands such an alliteration might prove redundant, but Atwood's prose is both amusing and enlightening in its use of rich vocabulary, with phrases such as "rumpled rucksack," "raggedy ravens" and "rancid remnants of reeking rhinoceros." Kirkus Reviews Aug 2004

Gr 1-3-"Rude Ramsay resided in a ramshackle rectangular residence with a roof garden, a root cellar, and a revolving door." So begins this nonsensical, alliterative romp. The renowned Canadian writer's command of wordplay is impressive, and unfamiliar words (rhapsodic, rigor mortis, rubicund) may afford youngsters an opportunity for vocabulary enrichment. Nevertheless, the conceit totally overwhelms the strained and far-fetched plot involving Rude Ramsay (who isn't really rude) running away with a rat and encountering a field of rabid radishes and a rich girl named Rillah. Subtly toned, sophisticated illustrations mirror the frenetic pace of the slightly unpleasant text, though some spreads, notably the scene of the rabid radishes, exhibit a clever and humorous design. Overall, however, consider this a rather wretched effort.-Caroline Ward, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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