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Title: Zeralda's Ogre
ISBN: 0385303874
Author:
Tomi Ungerer
Publicate Date: 1991-05-01
Publish: 1991-05-01
List Price: $15.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Lowest Used Price: $14.94
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1: Ogre's Like Children--As a Meal, of Course
"Once upon a time there lived a lonely ogre. Like most ogres he had sharp teeth, a bristling beard, a big nose, a big knife, a bad temper, and a huge appetite. Of all things, he liked little children for breakfast the best" (from text).
And he wanted to eat little Zeralda, too. But, fortunately for her, he made a mistake. And as a result of this mistake he never ate little children--or anybody--again. Zeralda had a lot to do with this change of eating habit. She didn't outsmart him or use magic, but she did eventually fall in love with and marry him. Can you imagine that! (This folktale-like picture book will be thoroughly enjoyed by primary grade students, especially as a read-aloud.)
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2: Please bring this back in print!
One of the incredible Tomi Ungerer's best books. Someone please bring Zeralda's Ogre back in print. There's a dark side to this tale, but it is a masterpiece! My library's copy is in shreds, but I can't possibly throw it out!
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3: Absolute Favorite
The story of a little girl and how her skills in the kitchen win over the child eating grumpy ogre, is something that should be shared with everyone.
This is such a sweet tale, of how love and a love for food can cure even the grouchiest of us adult ogres. I've yet to find a child that doesn't enjoy this book or the pictures. Tomi Ungerer is right up there with the likes of Dr. Suess and Steven Kellogg.
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4: Scrumptious!
A grumpy pirate-like Ogre terrorizes a peasant village shutting down shops, markets and even schools because of his appetite for children. Zeralda, the daughter of a poor working man loves to cook. She cooks such great dishes that when her father falls ill and she is forced to go to market in his place she is able to save the day. Rescuing the hungry Ogre from his own clumsiness and his irrational appetite, Zeralda gives him tastes he never forgets. Soon all the Ogres want what's in Zeralda's kitchen. None want it as much as Zeralda's Ogre though. In a surprise and twisted ending, she marries him. If Disney can pull it off with Shrek, then author Tomi Ungerer should get accolades for her work too. I read this story to a large group of preschoolers and they really enjoyed it.
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5: A good sitting on daddy's knee bed-time story
The subject is very Grimm's fairy tale, an ogre that eats children; the tone, and the illustrations, are not. The ogre is shown walking down the village street with a bag over his shoulder, a child's arm is sticking out! But the picture includes lots of other details - children being hidden in cellars, and a depessed looking teacher in gown and mortarboard; the text with this picture says that children went into hiding, schools shut and teachers were unemployed. The light tone fits the story-line, which is, that the ogre accidentally comes to taste young Zeralda's wonderful cooking, goes off eating children, and they have a long, happy, life, spent throwing extravagent dinner parties (a lavish sample menu is illustrated).
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