- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Harper Trophy Canada; 1 edition (Oct 5 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006392601
- ISBN-13: 978-0006392606
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #324,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you've already plumbed the depths of the sea by the time you're eight, there's nothing left but to climb the world's tallest mountain. So figures Peg, the feisty heroine of a delightfully outrageous tall tale by award-winning children's fantasy writer Kenneth Oppel (author of Airborn and the Silverwing trilogy). A follow-up to Oppel's equally whimsical picture book Peg and the Whale, Peg and the Yeti describes the incredible journey of this pint-sized adventurer to the top of Mount Everest and back. With typical bravado, Peg brings nothing in the way of climbing gear except a fishing rod, her wool mitts, and a supply of pork scruncheons. The scruncheons come in handy, however, when she meets the dreaded Yeti, for it turns out that the Yeti's legendary bad temper can be traced directly to a shortage of delicious snack food. Together, Peg and her abominable snow companion scale Everest's peak and drift comfortably down the mountainside in a hot air balloon created from Peg's tent and a hollowed-out block of ice. Her parents, waiting below on their fishing boat, are amusingly blasé about the woolly new addition to the family. "'I see you've brought the Yeti with you,' her mother said. 'He likes the scruncheons,' Peg explained. 'Very good then,' said her father." Featuring the Plasticine art of celebrated Canadian illustrator Barbara Reid, Peg and the Yeti is a fun-filled romp for four- to six-year-olds in the can-do spirit of Pippi Longstocking. --Lisa Alward
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Books in Canada
Peg is the child of fisher-folk, and by eight years of age, an expert at fishing herself. A girl with ambition, who wants, “big, better, and best,” she decides it’s time to reach for new heights, and sets out to climb Mount Everest. Peg can do anything she puts her mind to, and before long, she is half-way up the mountain, undaunted by the precipices, chasms, and powerful winds. She finds a cave to spend the night. In the cave sleeps a giant, fierce Yeti who becomes furious when wakened by the plucky little girl. Pork scruncheons from Peg’s food supply bag soon soften the bad-tempered Yeti, and he attaches himself to Peg as she continues her climb to the top of the mountain.
Oppel’s text is nicely written but the plot meanders, and while the heroine is ambitious, fearless and resourceful, she lacks depth. The book is obviously meant to show girls they shouldn’t hesitate to pusue their goals. That’s great, but a character becomes one-dimensional when there’s no limit at all to the things she can do.
Barbara Reid has won many awards for her plasticine illustrations. This book was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Children’s book illustration, and it’s plain to see why. Reid’s fanciful creations are a treat to behold. The diverse settings, objects, and characters in Reid’s relief renderings are vivid with colour, texture, and often subtle facial expression. Reid’s attentiveness to detail enables the reader to see the harsh, snow-whipping wind and the glow from the sun. So convincing is the art, it’s hard to believe sometimes that every tiny part of her canvases was moulded. And always enlivening and adding charm to Reid’s work is her bountiful sense of humour.
Olga Stein (Books in Canada)
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Oppel’s text is nicely written but the plot meanders, and while the heroine is ambitious, fearless and resourceful, she lacks depth. The book is obviously meant to show girls they shouldn’t hesitate to pusue their goals. That’s great, but a character becomes one-dimensional when there’s no limit at all to the things she can do.
Barbara Reid has won many awards for her plasticine illustrations. This book was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Children’s book illustration, and it’s plain to see why. Reid’s fanciful creations are a treat to behold. The diverse settings, objects, and characters in Reid’s relief renderings are vivid with colour, texture, and often subtle facial expression. Reid’s attentiveness to detail enables the reader to see the harsh, snow-whipping wind and the glow from the sun. So convincing is the art, it’s hard to believe sometimes that every tiny part of her canvases was moulded. And always enlivening and adding charm to Reid’s work is her bountiful sense of humour.
Olga Stein (Books in Canada)
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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