The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen

After a scene-setting beginning in which we meet the orphans and their evil guardian aunt, the book gets somewhat exciting and very silly. To be sure, it's the kind of humor some readers will love, and others will think lame. I love to read word-play and of a kind (& mostly honest) snake-oil peddler, so I enjoyed the book. Sometimes the suspension of disbelief was a bit too much, though... from where did the hat get things like bugles and good food? Presumably somebody, perhaps somebody who really needs same, has been stolen from, and yet no character has a fret.

3.5 stars rounded down because I believe the GR community rates this too highly and, though I want you to consider reading this, I don't want you to get your hopes too high!