- Paperback: 117 pages
- Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre / Not Applicable; Reprint edition (May 1 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0374442606
- ISBN-13: 978-0374442606
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,009,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-6. This unabridged audio recording of Natalie Babbit's Knee Knock Rise (FS&G, 1970) is a wonderful way to enjoy this fable about man's need for belief systems. A young boy ventures from a tiny village to discover the source of a mysterious cry at the top of a rocky mountain. Despite evidence that the sound is an explainable, natural occurrence, the townsfolk refuse to believe it is anything but the wailing and moaning monster, the Megramum. Suzanne Toren, who received the 1988 Narrator of the Year Award for the narration of 900 Talking Books for the Library of Congress, gives an outstanding performance as the narrator and the voices of each realistic and well-defined character. Her voice is pleasant and animated. The clear recording, with even volume, will stand alone or as a companion to the book. In the school setting, teachers and librarians can use it as an introduction to the author, with small or large groups. Reluctant readers will find this a helpful tool and it also would be a great addition to a family library.
Lisa J. Radmer, Opstad Elementary School,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Lisa J. Radmer, Opstad Elementary School,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Although Kneeknock Rise is little more than a high hill, it is a source of awe and pride to the villagers on Instep, who attribute the terrifying sounds which issue from the mist-shrouded top of the Rise on stormy nights to an unseen but fearsome creature they call a Megrimum...An enchanting tale imbued with a folk flavor." --Starred, Booklist
"Here's a wonderfully fluent fable about man's need to have somthing to believe in...The strength of this tale is in Natalie Babbitt's clean, modern, very confident telling. For children, especially, this is fine writing." --School Library Journal
"The allegory seems to have grown slowly and surely, so much fold felling does it have along with its symbolism and satire. Beatifully and clearly written, the story can be read aloud with pleasure." --Horn Book
"Natalie Babbitt's prose is as clean as her pen line. Like The Search...delicious."
--The Kirkus Reviews
"Here's a wonderfully fluent fable about man's need to have somthing to believe in...The strength of this tale is in Natalie Babbitt's clean, modern, very confident telling. For children, especially, this is fine writing." --School Library Journal
"The allegory seems to have grown slowly and surely, so much fold felling does it have along with its symbolism and satire. Beatifully and clearly written, the story can be read aloud with pleasure." --Horn Book
"Natalie Babbitt's prose is as clean as her pen line. Like The Search...delicious."
--The Kirkus Reviews
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Clinging to Superstition,
By Plume45 "kitka12345" (Westchester, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kneeknock Rise (Paperback)
Young Egan is traveling by chandler's cart to the distant village of Instep, to enjoy their annual fair, where he willstay with relatives. (The setting is deliberately vague as to country and date.) But the guests and tourists expect much more than a delightful day in the country with special foods, games and craft booths. They want mist, rain and a big storm as a lugubrious prelude to the audible terror who dwells at the top of a mound called Kneeknock Rise. (We assume that the people are so traumatized by the wizard that their knees together in fear.) It's not just the knees of children that knock on stormy nights, either, for the local adults place various charms to ward off the malevolent skulker who might come too close to their comfy homes. Obviously no child or adult has ever dared to confront the monster in his lair; both men and dogs have disappeared forever as a result of their temerity in approaching Taunted by his snobby cousin, Ada, Egan determines to prove himself brave--albeit foolhardy. He boldly marches up the hill during a storm, to call out the monster and settle this business once and for all. Then would the Insteppers be relieved--released from their probably false bondage of fear! And wouldn't his Uncles and Aunt
3.0 out of 5 stars
Is the migrum really real?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Kneeknock Rise (Paperback)
This book is not a really great book it has a lot of moral but the story needs more structure. I did this book for a book project and it is one of the most neutralized books I have read it includes some major points that are good and bad.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Is there really a megrimum?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Kneeknock Rise (Paperback)
Knee-Knock Rise is a book that is slightly interesting with an okay story. When Egan goes to Instep he hears of the megrimum, a monster that lives on top of Knee-Knock Rise. When it rains, the megrimum howls because he wakes up. Is the megrimum a nice or a mean monster? Is there really even a megrimum? To find out the answers to these questions, read Knee-Knock Rise. I recommend this book to everyone that wants to learn a moral from a book.
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