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Good Enough To Eat

by Brock Cole

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Age Range: 5-9 (1) An intersting story that dispalys the way society views its poor about a homeless girl who the townspeople attempt to marry off to an ogre to save the town. genre: picture book (1) AR Rd Lvl: 4.1 (1) bravery (2) children's (1) children's picture book (1) discussion (1) fairy tales (1) fairy tales & fables (1) fiction (3) folklore (1) folktales (1) fsg 9/07 (1) ghouls and ogres (1) greed (2) homeless persons (1) homelessness (2) kindness (1) Lexile: 810 (1) myth (1) names (1) ogres (3) orphans (2) picture book (16) poverty (1) pyp (3) scraps and smells (1) thinkers (3) trickster tale (1) tricksters (1)

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When the villagers sacrifice a scruffy street-girl to a terrible ogre, she must use all her considerable wits not only to survive but also to come out a winner.

corinne331 | May 24, 2009 |

Although very sad and possibly inappropriate for younger children, this book does have its perks. A poor, ragged girl is sacrificed to the ogre in order to save the town. Her looks, terrible nicknames, and wit outsmart the townspeople and the ogre. She not only saves the town but wins in the end. However, her new name is not such a winner.

christivance | May 7, 2009 |

I didn't like this book much. The story was about a poor orphan who was called not very nice names. The townspeople wanted to throw her out so they didn't ave to see poor people. Then when an ogre came around, they voted to give her to the ogre. However she did outwit the townspeope and the ogre and renamed herself; but still her name was not a nice one.

sroeck | Apr 11, 2009 |

This story reminds me a lot of a classic fairy tale because it is about a young girl who is sacrificed to an ogre by the towns people. Don't let this review discourage you because by the end of the story, this clever girl outwits everyone including the ogre.

carrie.murphy | Mar 15, 2009 |

A story that seems like a folktale about a street girl who is given to an ogre from the villagers to save the rest of the town. The girl turns out to be clever to not only save the town but also help herself come out a winner in the end. I loved the illustrations because they made me think about Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, however the story was not my favorite. It seemed to be trying to be like a folklore or fairy tale but was lacking something. (

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A story about a poor homeless girl who outsmarts the townspeople who wish to give her to an ogre as his bride. There is a lot of social commentary imbedded in this book about the state of poverty and the invisibility of the poor. Beautiful artwork.

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Once there was a poor girl who had no mama and no papa and nothing at all, not even a name.

But then one day an Ogre comes knocking at the town’s gate, threatening to ravage the town unless the townspeople give him one of their fair maidens. Of course they pick this poor girl to be sacrificed. They dress her in a gown and a paper crown, put her in a sack, and leave her for the Ogre. But this brave and clever girl manages to outwit the Ogre and all the townspeople, too, earning a purse full of gold, a fine sharp sword, and most important, a fitting name for herself: Good-Enough-to-Eat.

This satisfying story has the feel of a classic fairy tale, brought to life by Brock Cole’s expressive watercolors.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400)

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