George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector's Edition (George & Martha Early Reader)

George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector's Edition (George & Martha Early Reader)
by James Marshall

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Author: James Marshall
Brand: Books
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN: 0618891951
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

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Book Review: Wonderful stories, great deal, must have for kids lit. collection
Summary: 5 Stars

I am prejudiced about Marshall. I, like many other parents and like other children's writers, think that Marshall is absolutely superb. His drawings dawn on you in their significance after many readings, his prose, after only one.

If I were to write a book that portrayed boys and girls on equal footing, and I wanted to show them both how to take account of one another honestly, I would have written about George and Martha.

This edition has all of the stories, and it is a bargain price compared with buying each paperback book individually. It makes a great holiday or birthday gift. We have already given four away to friends, and everyone says how much they love reading them (over and over) to their children.

What I can't understand is why people seem never to have heard of George and Martha. They've been around for more than 30 years, and I remember receiving my first copy back when Jimmy Carter was president and Reading Is Fundamental instituted its programs in the libraries. If only we spent as much money giving George and Martha to children these days...they might start to like reading again.

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Summary of George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector's Edition (George & Martha Early Reader)

Like all best friends, George and Martha do everything together?go to the movies, play at the beach, and just hang around not doing much of anything. George and Martha teach each other (and adoring readers) that even in a close friendship, privacy is important, practical jokes can sometimes backfire, and among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef?s feelings is not the best-laid plan. A man with a talent for friendship, James Marshall defined its very essence in his stories about the world?s two best friends. In this volume, all thirty-five episodes are brought together to celebrate friendship and two of the most lovable characters ever created. Each of these brief tales is filled with humor, and James Marshall?s drawings are guaranteed to spark feelings of empathy, delight, and self-recognition.

This collector?s edition includes an introduction by MauriceSendak as well as appreciations by some of the top authorsand illustrators working in children?s publishing today.It is a true testament to James Marshall as an author, as an artist, and as a person that his work and his life inspired such a diverse and immensely talented group. Noted children?s book historian Anita Silvey provides an afterword.

Like all best friends, George and Martha do everything together--go to the movies, play at the beach, and just hang around not doing much of anything. No matter that they happen to be gigantic hippopotami, they learn the same lessons humans do about the ups and downs of true friendship. George and Martha teach each other (and adoring readers) that even in a close friendship, privacy is important, practical jokes can sometimes backfire, and among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef's feelings is not the best laid plan.

What's remarkable about the stories in this wonderful collection is the emotion James Marshall infuses into his understated, charming text and illustrations. Each brief tale is always humorous, never preachy, and his drawings--deceptively simple in appearance--are guaranteed to spark feelings of empathy, delight, and self-recognition. Maurice Sendak, in his foreword to this 25th anniversary compilation edition of all 35 stories, notes, "Those dear, ditzy, down-to-earth hippos bring serious pleasure to everybody, not only to children. They are time-capsule hippos who will always remind us of a paradise in publishing and--both seriously and comically--of the true, durable meaning of friendship under the best and worst conditions." (Ages 4 and up)

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