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readingthroughtheages's review
4.0
This book is a great example of a picture book that should be used with older children. This book is full of exaggerations and plays on words that older children will understand and appreciate that youngers won't. It's also a longer picture book and needs to have an audience that can stay with it.
The Widow Tulip Jones of England has recently inherited $35 million and a ranch in Texas. Off she goes and the hilarity starts when thousands of Texan bachelors come to win her hand in marriage.
The text and illustrations work together so well. You have to look carefully at the illustrations to see the ways it compliments and adds to what is happening in the story.
The Widow Tulip Jones of England has recently inherited $35 million and a ranch in Texas. Off she goes and the hilarity starts when thousands of Texan bachelors come to win her hand in marriage.
The text and illustrations work together so well. You have to look carefully at the illustrations to see the ways it compliments and adds to what is happening in the story.
panda_incognito's review
4.0
This tall tale has lots of spunk, vibrant art, and a satisfying, happy ending. I'm glad that I picked this out to read for class, and I will keep it in mind as possible read-aloud idea for the future.
trixie_reads's review
4.0
This is a very cute, rather long picture book that would make a great readaloud for upper elementary school kids.
rabbilrb's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
bookdingo's review
4.0
Wonderfully exaggerated Odyssey retelling of a rich widow in Texas trying to get rid of 1,000 suitors
saragrochowski's review
4.0
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH is straight out of Texas, where, under the full penalty of the law, exaggeration is forbidden to every person (unless that person is an elected official or anyone who has ever ridden a horse), so the reader can take sometimes unbelievable tale as fact. It's 1870 When Tulip Jones, a widow from Greater Bore, England, inherits a ranch in By-Golly Gully, Texas. She sets off to set up residence, armed with plenty of tea, twelve pet tortoises (named January, February, March, and so on), and her three capable servants, Linsey, Woolsey, and Calico. Tulip quickly learns everything is bigger in Texas, including vegetables, tortoises, and the lines of bachelors who line up to marry eligible ladies. As a swarm of unmarried men descend upon By-Golly Ranch, Tulip and her ladies struggle to run the ranch and entertain the endless stream of suitors. It takes Tulip no small about of wit and cleverness to rid herself of the gold-digging suitors and, along the way, she just might find true love.
aemy's review
5.0
Made me laugh out loud, very cute and sweet and well illustrated. Seems like it might be a good read for a family learning about the Odyssey/greek mythology or even just literary allusion or influence as the trials of Tulip Jones, millionaire texan widow, seem to mirror those of Penelope.
circleofreadersdruid's review
5.0
Tall tale Texas style. Loved the pet turtles, the lizards on stilts, and the many tasks Widow Tulip Jones set for her would-be suitors. Highly recommended for slightly older (5-9 yrs) picture book readers.
rachel_from_avid_bookshop's review
5.0
I love tall tales and this entertaining story of a British widow who inherits a Texas ranch is a doozy. This is for the older child, think ages five to nine. Kevin Hawkes's illustrations do justice to Anne Issacs's storytelling. This is a delightful read.
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