In this children's eBook Mama is puzzled. Who ate the gooseberry pie?
Each time she sets a pie out to cool; it disappears!
A little peasant boy loves gooseberry pie so much that when his mama makes a pie and sets it cool on the windowsill he cannot resist the temptation to have a little bite. Before long the pie is gone and he is faced with a dilemma. What to tell Mama. Compounding his predicament: Mama makes a second pie, and he gobbles it down as well. Writer Thompson has woven a delightful tale making a case for truthfulness and honesty around a typical home situation. Illustrated by artist Jones’ ‘sure to please children’ illustrations No More Gooseberry Pie is certain to enchant the younger set. The little peasant boy is guided toward the best conduct in a manner children will accept. The book will serve as a ‘talking starter’ for parents and children and teachers and children as children watch the little boy in the book learn a valuable lesson. As a teacher I would like to see the target audience noted to make it easier for teachers and home schoolers to decide by looking at the first page that this book is or is not one to fit their program. The vocabulary used is a little advanced for the very youngest readers. A word list in the back of the book would be an asset. No More Gooseberry Pie is a read to for the 3-6 group, and a beginning reader for the 6-8s. Children may need to have some words explained ‘peasant’ comes to mind, prior to their independent reading. Children love ‘different’ words and I do not find the vocabulary to be prohibitive. Entertaining read, Highly Recommended. ============================= Reviewed by: Molly's Reviews molly martin ============================= Reviewed first for Scribes World Title: . No More Gooseberry Pie children’s book Cover Art: Kym Jones Author: . Dorothy Thompson Line/Publisher: . Writers Exchange Epulishing www.writers-exchange.come/epublishing/ Release Date: . 2001 ISBN: 1-876962-24-0 eBook Formats Highly recommended http://www.angelfire.com/ok4/mollymartin Twenty + year classroom teacher
