|
Nanny McPhee: Based on the Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
|
| Price: | $7.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
Price as of Sat 11th Feb,2012 06:29 am CST
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com
106 new or used available from $0.01
Average customer review:
(24 customer reviews)
Product Description
First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital-have charmed readers ever since. Now the inspiration for the major motion picture Nanny McPhee, all three beloved books are available once again in a paperback omnibus edition which features the three complete and unabridged books by Christianna Brand, along with Edward Ardizzone's charming black-and-white illustrations. This movie tie-in edition also features an eight-page color photo insert.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #946556 in Books
- Published on: 2005-12-13
- Released on: 2005-12-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.05" h x 5.04" w x 7.82" l, .66 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. Nurse Matilda is a combination of Mary Poppins, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and TV's Super Nanny. The three tales of Nurse Matilda's entanglements with the Brown family, which were published individually in the 1960s, might have languished in out-of-print purgatory were it not for a "major motion picture," entitled Nanny McPhee, inspired by the stories. American readers, even those "of a certain age," may not be familiar with the Nanny tales, but there's lots to warm up to, including Ardizzone's lively ink drawings, over-the-top events, and the arch, yet understated, British tone ("I understand that your children are exceedingly naughty"). And so the Brown children are, mixing up mischief and a bit of violence. One of Brand's funny conceits is that the children are too numerous to be counted, with new ones continually being named. Still, by the third section, in which the children play havoc with several elderly ladies, the bad behavior seems gratuitous and belabored. The book's popularity in the U.S. will probably be tied to the movie's.^B Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author
Edward Ardizzone wrote and illustrated about twenty books for children and edited and illustrated two volumes of classic fairy tales over the course of his fifty-year career. He also wrote five books for adults and illustrated more than 150 books by other authors. He died in 1979.
