Annette's review
Knee Knock Rise
by Natalie Babbitt
Annette's review
Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
Annette's review
rating:
bookshelves:
juvenile-fiction
recommended for: anyone who likes Tuck Everlasting
Like Tuck Everlasting, this is a thought provoking book. I didn't like it as much as Tuck, but I did enjoy it. I think the whole message of the book can be found in the poem written by Uncle Ott:
I visited a certain king
Who had a certain fool.
The king was gray with wisdom got
From forty years of schol.
The fool was pink with nonsense
And could barely write his name
But he knew a lot of little songs
And sang them just the same.
The fool was gay. The king was not.
Now tell me if you can:
Which was perhaps the greater fool
And which the wiser man?
The whole point of the book is to make you think; is it better to be the king or the fool?
I visited a certain king
Who had a certain fool.
The king was gray with wisdom got
From forty years of schol.
The fool was pink with nonsense
And could barely write his name
But he knew a lot of little songs
And sang them just the same.
The fool was gay. The king was not.
Now tell me if you can:
Which was perhaps the greater fool
And which the wiser man?
The whole point of the book is to make you think; is it better to be the king or the fool?
