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Eloise: The Ultimate Edition (Eloise)
If you love love love
Eloise
(who doesn't?)
and you
cawn't cawn't cawn't
get enough of her
(who can?)
then you simply
MUST
have this
absolutely enormous
book
It has
everything Eloise
not just
The Absolutely
Essential
and jolie Paris
and fa la la la la
Christmastime
and dear gray Moscow
but a lovely
new dustjacket
by Mr. Knight
Even if you have
all the Eloise books
you need this one too
So charge...more
Eloise
(who doesn't?)
and you
cawn't cawn't cawn't
get enough of her
(who can?)
then you simply
MUST
have this
absolutely enormous
book
It has
everything Eloise
not just
The Absolutely
Essential
and jolie Paris
and fa la la la la
Christmastime
and dear gray Moscow
but a lovely
new dustjacket
by Mr. Knight
Even if you have
all the Eloise books
you need this one too
So charge...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
October 1st 2000
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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The precocious, rawther pseudo-sophisticated Eloise was the brain-child of Kay Thompson. There are four books in this Ultimate Edition. Each story contains the amusing, childish antics of six-year-old Eloise.
Eloise lives at the Plaza Hotel stomping and sneaking throughout, creating her own brand of mischief with her daring high jinks and fantastic imagination. Her English, live-in Nanny is her only connection to the warm love that she misses from her own absentee mother. She finds herself preocc...more
Eloise lives at the Plaza Hotel stomping and sneaking throughout, creating her own brand of mischief with her daring high jinks and fantastic imagination. Her English, live-in Nanny is her only connection to the warm love that she misses from her own absentee mother. She finds herself preocc...more
Dec 15, 2008
Ciara
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children, six-year-old girls, very wealthy city children, NYC obsessives
Shelves:
kids-books,
read-in-2008
i picked this up as a gift for my niece, who is now six, just like eloise. i had never read the eloise books as a child, for whatever reason. maybe because my parents didn't want me to turn into a brat. i read every book that anyone put down in front of me, including dune, moby dick, & cujo (all before the age of eight), so surely i would have read this if anyone had ever given it to me. eloise is a spoiled rich girl who lives in the penthouse apartment at the plaza hotel in new york. we nev...more
I read this on Saturday - it's all four Eloise books in one. I'd heard about these 1950s children's books before, especially since getting a subscription to Vanity Fair, which seems to talk reverentially about the Plaza Hotel in every other issue, but I didn't know what they were about. They're brilliantly illustrated tales of a precocious six-year-old poor little rich girl, whose absentee mother leaves her to run amok in New York, Paris and Moscow's most exclusive hotels with only her British n...more
As Eloise herself might say, she is "rawther unusual," and I can't believe it took me this long to read all four of her adventures. The drawings couldn't be more delightfully subversive, in their way, and the six-year-old-going-on-twenty-six's freeform way of describing her life in the hotel (or her Christmas adventure or trips to Paris and Moscow, since those books are also included in this anthology of all four books) very often make you laugh out loud. The humor is wry but fresh, and the abso...more
Eloise has always been precocious, rambunctious, and the ideal 6 year old to share. She is very lovable, caring, and always sticks for what she believes in. She is under the care of her Nanny and constantly goes on adventures. She has high energy spirit and lives a vivacious life full of laughter and fun. She is a great young girl for other girls to embrace.
I am not a fan of Eloise. Neither is Aaron. Or Laurel, for that matter. We bought this book on the recommendation of a friend. Eloise, in my ever so humble opinion, is a snotty little neglected child who lives in a hotel in NYC. Her nanny smokes cigarettes - that was a fun one to explain. She's mischievous but not in a cute way. More obnoxious to me. There's no point to the stories other than "hi, I'm self-absorbed and you should be endlessly fascinated by me" - not really what kids need to hear...more
This was a hilarious book. I liked Eloise and her sneaky little get-away-withs, for her mother's never home and her nanny doesn't really pay any attention to her. And I wondered, as I read this, what would happen if Eloise had a friend, named... Zackery, let's just say, who's grandmother was a good friend of Eloise's nanny, and so Zackery and Eloise were always getting into trouble TOGETHER? Museums, amusement parks, zoos, movie theaters, pet stores... and what if Zackery lived in the apartment...more
Eloise is not who we want to be or even who we want to friends with, but oh, I do love Hilary Knight's illustrations.
Eloise books are just such a fun combination of illustrations and stories of her adventures told in the snappy, precocious, unique voice of the character. I enjoyed finding out more about the artist and author in this collection - and about how Eloise came to be and how they came to collaborate. The books included do vary - and the Moscow one, although the material was fascinating - a visit during Cold War times - the quality overall wasn't as good. But who wouldn't like a turtle named Skipperde...more
i absolutely luved reading this book. oh my lord, it was a very good, good, good book! Eloise is a spoiled little girl but she has a nice heart when it comes to things she cares about!
This has a lot of sweet stories I love these books
One of my most favourites as a child :)
Simply Great!!
My mother first read the Eloise books to me as a little girl - After that first time, I don't think I let her read me anything else. I still read them, even at 23! Eloise is pretty bratty, sure, but she inspired in me independence, a passion for imagination and the belief that girls can do anything. They spoke to both my tomboy nature and my girly side, and made me realize I didn't have to be one way or the other. I could like fishing, getting dirty and dressing up for parties all at the same ti...more
Eloise is a trip--you've gotta read these out loud, the language just effervesces. There's not really a plot per se, but the whole point is just to take you into the imaginative and impish world of a precocious child: "Then I do my champagne exercises," "we could see these reindeers zimbering through the trees in Central Park." Just joyful to read.
My favourite childhood story character. Eloise could be one of the reasons I'm such a traveller? Perhaps, but it's absolutely a story I'll share with my nieces/nephews!
One book made up of several short stories. Can appeal to children who like any of teh eloise stories and/or movies.
These books will always be my favorite!
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