- Hardcover
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. (June 1978)
- ISBN-10: 0030357608
- ISBN-13: 978-0030357602
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Welcome Back! Old favorites are being reissued in force this fall. Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet follows siblings Mona, Rush, Miranda (Randy, for short) and Oliver. First published in 1941, The Saturdays kicks off the series and centers on the foursome's Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.), an allowance-endowed venture formed so one lucky Melendy can enjoy a solo sojourn each week. In The Four-Story Mistake (1942) the family moves from their city brownstone to the country; Then There Were Five (1944) describes what happens when the siblings befriend an orphan; and in Spiderweb forTwo: A Melendy Maze (1951), when everyone else leaves for school, Randy and Oliver are left to solve a mystery. The author's charming pen-and-inks punctuate all four volumes. (Sept.)
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences." -- The New York Times
"The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant." -- Publishers Weekly
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5.0 out of 5 stars
What A Gem!,
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This review is from: Melendy Family Saturdays (Paperback)
The Saturdays is one swell book!It is upbeat, agreeable, and not so deep that one would get bogged down by all sorts of disasters, unfortunate luck and the like, that befall many subjects in books for the 8-12 set and young teens. Older readers will also enjoy if you're looking for something breezy and fun. This book seems as if it really could have happened. It's light and amusing, but with a few serious close calls. BR>Parents will enjoy reading to their youngsters, perhaps a few chapters at a time, and more developed readers on their own, or even as a family this book will be enjoyed on a rainy Saturday afternoon or evening, while taking turns reading aloud. If you love this book, then you will most likely love the others by this wonderfully talented author. In sum, it is positive, decent and filled with adventure. The ending is absolutely great! :)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The hit of the third grade!,
By Lynn Brewer (Brevard, N.C.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Melendy Family Saturdays (Paperback)
When I was in third grade, a classroom aide gave us the option of listening to her read out loud, or playing on the playground. Her book of choice? The Saturdays. Within the week, every child was choosing to stay in during recess and breathlessly awaiting the further exploits of Mona, Rush, Randy and Oliver. At 40 years of age, it continues to be an all-time favorite book of mine, as well as the other books about the Melendys. I consider it a treasure to pass on to my eight-year-old daughter; something we will share and laugh together about for years.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic!,
By Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Saturdays (Hardcover)
"The Saturdays" has been among my favorite juveniles since I discovered it in the library 40 years ago. I'm now in my 50's and can't count how many times I've gone back and reread it. What a treat to see that, at last, some astute editor has had the savvy to bring it back into print so modern audiences can enjoy it--and in a durable hardcover at that. This is a perfect read-aloud for families, in part perhaps because of the age-spread of the four children: preschoolers will envy six-year-old Oliver his lone excursion to the circus, young teens will identify with 13-year-old Mona's stirrings of adolescent rebellion as exemplified by her decision to have her "long butter-colored braids" cut off, and middlers will like 10-year-old Randy's creation of the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club and the unique situations that befall her (like befriending the formidable and exotic Mrs. Oliphant or tumbling out of a rowboat on Central Park Lake). Each child is a real human being and an individual character whom Enright draws to perfection. And the setting (New York in, probably, early 1940 or '41) will intrigue the younger generations and bring a glow of nostalgia to the older ones. This book should be in every household library in the land!
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