false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165652161m/8004.jpg 8004 5 Young readers who have watched their older siblings devour the Redwall series by Brian Jacques will be overjoyed to find a Redwall tale just their pace. Along with <I>The Great Redwall Feast</I>, Jacques and illustrator Christopher Denise's <I>A Redwall Winter's Tale</I> brings the saga of the lively badger, mole, squirrel, and mouse denizens of Redwall Abbey to a younger audience. In this cozy, happy story, Bungo the mole-babe and his friend Tubspike the hedgehog maid are beside themselves with excitement as they await some very special guests on the last day of autumn. Little do they know there's another, even more special guest on his way.<p> Verse interspersed with prose makes this cheerful, pleasing tale a perfect read-aloud--perhaps in small doses, though. Denise's depictions of the many beasts feasting, celebrating, playing, and sleeping are adorable without being too precious. Here is a terrific introduction to the more advanced tales of danger and adventure in the well-loved Redwall series. (Ages 5 to 8) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> 1900 2001 A Redwall Winter's Tale (Redwall) total:183|5:65|4:61|3:36|2:17|1:4| 183 715 290 8 5 3 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 20:28:22 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:50:26 -0800 2008 Redwall, it would not be required to have read that first. The story stands alone quite well. At first the alternating prose and poetry was odd, but by the end I had gotten used to it and enjoyed the switch back and forth...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:37:07 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:38:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 06:28:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 06:30:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 08:51:02 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 08:55:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Feb 21 10:23:25 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 12:38:48 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 06 09:29:55 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 09:35:41 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 18 14:02:57 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 14:03:06 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Feb 14 07:47:13 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 07:48:23 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 01 06:36:47 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 06:36:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 17:36:08 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 17:36:08 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 25 14:04:27 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 14:04:27 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 24 10:01:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:01:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 12:16:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:16:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 05:19:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 05:19:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 15:37:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 15:37:52 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 22:18:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:18:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 05:25:29 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:25:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 14:03:24 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 14:03:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 12:39:24 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:39:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 03:20:25 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 03:20:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8004