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Cute book about a bad ogre who scares the villagers and eats them. Then one day he meets a girl and her kindness is his undoing.
Wonderful illustrations that stretch the story beyond the book.
Pretty funny with a decent message.
I’ve been very excited about this book. The Phantom Tollbooth has always been one of my very favorite books, ever since it was first published; I still have my original edition from 1961, from nearly a half century ago.I was not at all expecting this book to be its equal. Not even close. And it isn’t. But I did like it. I’d say 3-1/2 stars. It was hard for me to decide whether to give this 3 or 4 stars. I think it was the humor, the illustrations, and the fun with words that tipped it up to 4 st...
An odious ogre, widely believed to be "extraordinarily large, exceedingly ugly, constantly hungry, and absolutely merciless," terrorizes the countryside and finds that his depredations are made all too easy by his terrible reputation, and the fear and apathy this inspires in the local population. Then the ogre comes upon a polite, kindhearted young girl who has never heard of him, and who treats him courteously. He can hardly process this state of affairs, becomes paranoid, convinced that there
This is the story of an odious ogre, whose reputation always precedes him and whose job of pillaging and plundering villages and munching up tasty villagers is always easy since most nearly die of fright before he even does anything. But, one day, he meets a sweet maiden in a village--one that has never heard of him before. And, since she doesn't *know* he is the odious ogre, she doesn't treat him like one. She treats him quite nicely, in fact. With very surprising consequences!This was a hard o...
When I found out Norton Juster, author, and Jules Pfeiffer, illustrator, were back together again for a new children's book, I was thrilled. Their masterly collaboration, 1961's The Phantom Tollbooth, has stayed with me for years, and I recommend it to everyone I know who either knows the secret of looking at the world with magic, or needs to learn it.49 years after The Phantom Tollbooth, Juster & Pfeiffer's The Odious Ogre brings Juster's mastery of descriptive English and Pfeiffer's lyrical, e...
The Odious Ogre is an amusing play on manners, responsibility and courage. The titular beast is a powerful creature, but a lazy one. His easy victories cause him to believe his mighty voice, warrior face and ill temper will be enough to cow his prey. But he’s met his match when one nameless girl lays the full force of her sweet personality on him.This picture book features the familiar drawings of Jules Feiffer; they tend towards bold outlines rather than nuanced drawings. But his is a well-know...
I expected more, considering the author and illustrator. I also didn't realize this was a picture book and was expecting a chapter book like the phantom tollbooth. This was too obviously moralistic and unrealistic for my taste (kindness will win out). The illustrations were delightful.
This one is just kind of silly and funny, but the illustrations are what really make it. Would be fun to read with kids and have them act out the part of the ogre.
If you're a fan of Norton Juster (The Phantom Toolbooth) and wry humor, you will enjoy this book. The book reads like a fable or fairy tale and it makes a great picture book for older readers. (The ogre does eat people, so if you have sensitive readers, this might not be the book for them.) The narration is hilarious. The ogre has a large vocabulary "due mainly to having inadvertently swallowed a large dictionary while consuming the head librarian in one of the nearby towns." The ogre's encounte...
Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer, the author and illustrator of the fantastic children's book classic "The Phantom Tollbooth" have teamed up once again, 50 years later, for "The Odious Ogre." It's about an "invulnerable, impregnable, insuperable, indefatigable, insurmountable" ogre - who once swallowed a dictionary, accounting for his awesome vocabulary - and what happens when he meets a kind young girl in the woods. The large full colour illustrations are gorgeous - playful, lush, sly - perfectl...
4.5 stars
