The Moffats - Hardcover

Estes, Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152025359 ISBN 13: 9780152025359

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2001

Synopsis

Meet the Moffats. There is Sylvie, the oldest, the cleverest, and-most days at least-the responsible one; Joey, who though only twelve is the man of the house...sometimes; Janey, who has a terrific upside-down way of looking at the world; and Rufus, who may be the littlest but always gets in the biggest trouble.
Even the most ordinary Moffat day is packed with extraordinary fun. Only a Moffat could get locked in a bread box all afternoon, or dance with a dog in front of the whole town, or hitch a ride on a boxcar during kindergarten recess. And only a Moffat could turn mistakes and mischief into hilarious one-of-a-kind adventure.
Eleanor Estes's beloved Moffats stories are being published in new editions as Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. The original interior illustrations have been retained, but handsome new cover art by Tricia Tusa gives the books a fresh, timeless appeal for today's readers.

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Review:

Who else but a member of the Moffat family could, during kindergarten recess, accidentally hitch a ride out of town on a boxcar? Or wind up trapped in the breadbox outside the delicatessen store? Or kindly offer to escort the Salvation Army man to his destination--only to accidentally bump him out of his own horse-drawn wagon? The Moffats is a paradigm of old-fashioned family fun. Four children and a hard-working widowed mother live together on New Dollar Street in the village of Cranbury. Their seemingly quiet lives are studded with almost daily unexpected adventures, with droll results.

This charming book has been making readers smile for over half a century. It reflects a gentler era, when the jolly chief of police had time to sit on the curb to hear a little girl's "crimes" and a little boy's escapade on a train was not cause for media panic, just a simple redirecting by the agreeable engineer. Eleanor Estes, author of the Newbery Honor book The Hundred Dresses, and Caldecott medalist Louis Slobodkin (Many Moons) make a lovely team in this story of benign humor and sweet times. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

From the Publisher:

The Moffats is a multi-voiced recording featuring narrator Cynthia Bishop and the talented Full Cast Audio family of actors. The roles of the children are played by real life children, which adds an authentic touch, and the adult characters are portrayed with a warmth and humor that will appeal to young and old alike. Reminiscent of classic radio drama, this charming audiobook is even better because it contains the full, unabridged text.

About this edition

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0152025359
• ISBN 13: 9780152025359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Slobodkin Louis