Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Russell Hoban

Book - 2017

"Emmet Otter and his mother enter the local talent contest in the hopes of winning the cash prize and being able to buy each other a Christmas present."--

Saved in:
Place a Hold Save to List Email this

Children's Room Show me where

j394.2663/Hoban
3 / 3 copies available
Location Call Number   Status
Children's Room j394.2663/Hoban Checked In
Children's Room j394.2663/Hoban Checked In
Children's Room j394.2663/Hoban Checked In
Subjects
Christmas stories > Juvenile fiction.
Otters > Juvenile fictiopicture booksn.
Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Russell Hoban (author)
Other Authors
Lillian Hoban (illustrator)
Edition
First Doubleday edition
Item Description
Originally published by Parents' Magazine Press in 1971.
Physical Description
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781524714574
9781524714581
Contents unavailable.
Review by Horn Book Review

In this welcome reissue of the Hobans 1971 story (which inspired Jim Hensons 1977 TV special of the same name), widow Mrs. Otter and her son, Emmet, live along the river near Frogtown Hollow, both doing odd jobs to get by. Each hopes to surprise the other with a store-bought musical instrument for Christmas, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Emmet puts a hole in Mas washtub in order to join a jug band, and Ma hocks Emmets tool chest to buy material for a dress, each secretly entering the local Christmas Eve talent show hoping to win the cash prize. The Hobans creative spin on The Gift of the Magi avoids sentimentality. Colorful illustrations of the close-knit animal community contain plenty of warmth. cynthia k. ritter (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Similar Items