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Date Posted: 00:03:26 04/10/02 Wed
Author: nancy
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Re: Old Town In The Green Groves
In reply to:
Anne
's message, "Old Town In The Green Groves" on 22:40:51 04/09/02 Tue
Yes, I've read it. It sucks canal water. There is SO much wrong with the book -- stuff that makes it obvious that Cynthia Rylant didn't even have a passing acquaintance with the LH books. We discussed it on another LIW group and were pretty brutal (g).
The worst thing, imho, is that on the back of the dust jacket, this book is now listed as an honest to goodness LITTLE HOUSE book!!! They have it pictured right there between BPC and SSL, with "Read all the Little House Books" written above. No, no, no, this is just wrong!
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Re: Old Town In The Green Groves -- Anne, 00:35:34 04/10/02 Wed
Oh No! You have confirmed my darkest fears Nancy! What a shame that a better job couldn't have been done with the book. Did Cynthia Rylant stick to the facts at all or was she pretty far off the mark in most parts?
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facts? -- nancy, 00:55:28 04/10/02 Wed
Feel free to skip this if you're going to read the book.
There were things she got right, but the ones she got wrong just stuck out like sore thumbs. Pa was a coffee drinker; Ma put the china shepherdess out in a temporary home; Jack wasn't a bulldog; the family had ham to eat (when in LToP it said that the first time they had pork other than salt pork since BW was at the New England Supper); the Steadmans were the "Steadams" (and there was no baby in the family); the rented house in WG was behind the school; no mention of church in Burr Oak... etc. etc. Carrie's age is even wrong in the book!
Rylant obviously used Pioneer Girl for the basic stories. Only the way she told them didn't make you want to read them again. They just didn't "sing" like Laura's.
If I had picked up this book and it was about Pete, Susan, and their daughter Molly, I wouldn't have bought it. Period. The only reason I did buy it was because of the LH connection. I wish I had at least waited until it was available in paperback. It was a total waste of $16.
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I forgot -- nancy, 01:01:43 04/10/02 Wed
This book is much shorter than either BPC or SSL. It's only 164 pages (BPC is 339, and in a smaller font!) and it feels like it is written at a much easier reading level than any LH book, to me.
The illustrations look like Holly Hobbie people, and the illustrator obviously didn't think that anyone owned a comb.
Enough from me, before I say what I really think. :-)
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Nancy... -- Anne, 04:07:18 04/10/02 Wed
Maybe I should cancel my order and just wait for my library to get it?
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Anne -- nancy, 10:06:08 04/10/02 Wed
Or you could go ahead and get it and if you don't like it, donate it to your library so others won't have to buy it?
Or lend it around to your friends to save them the money. That's what I'm doing.
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Re: Old Town In The Green Groves -- Anonymous, 13:59:34 04/10/02 Wed
Sorry to intrude, and excuse my ignorance, but what is BPC and SSL?
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Re: Old Town In The Green Groves -- Laura, 16:28:31 04/10/02 Wed
BPC= On the Banks of Plum Creek
SSL= By the Shores of Silver Lake
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