Kay Thompson
Hardcover | Pages: 65 pages Rating: 4.2 | 22896 Users | 545 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Eloise |
| ISBN: | 067122350X (ISBN13: 9780671223502) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kay Thompson's Eloise |
| Characters: | Mr. Salomone, Weenie, Skipperdee, Thomas, Bill, Nanny, René, Johanna, Joe, Vincent, Philip, Lily, Eloise |
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Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel!Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person.
Henry James would want to study her.
Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal.
The New York Jets would want to have her on their side.
Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock).
She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they are not boring.
She has Inner Resources.
If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did.
Mention Containing Books Eloise (Kay Thompson's Eloise)
| Title | : | Eloise (Kay Thompson's Eloise) |
| Author | : | Kay Thompson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 65 pages |
| Published | : | April 30th 1969 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published 1955) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction. Classics. Humor. New York. Juvenile |
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FIVE EXPANSIVE BOOKS SET IN CLOSE QUARTERS (#5)This summer, the Wall Street Journal asked me to pick five books I admired that were somehow reminiscent of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW. To that end, I wrote on five works in which the action is confined to a small space, but in which the reader somehow experiences the world. Here is #5:On the second page of Kay Thompsons Eloise, our intrepid young heroine is seen entering New Yorks Plaza Hotel (with a fitting salute to the doorman) and that is the last2.5* - I'm willing to concede that the charm of this book is more suited to the decade it was written in but it failed to charm me. I found it quite irritating.
Eloise is one of my all-time favourite classic stories (the 2003 film came out on VHS the year my little brother was born so I was a big fan as a child). Comedic without vulgarity, complete with stunning illustrations, this book is great for all ages. :)
This book should be titled: "How to be a spoiled little bitch." I asked my little boy if he's like to read some books the other day, and he brought over this one, asking if I'd read it next. I'd never read it before, which is fine with me. I like to read him new books. Too much repetition can get wearying to me. But this book... Seriously. It pissed me off. I've read bad children's books before. Books with bad stories. Books that were nausiating with sweetness and love. Books that were obviously
I know that Kay Thompson's and Hilary Knight's Eloise is considered both a classic and for many seemingly a personal and nostalgic favourite (and also very much a slice of genuine New York City life, as Eloise's place of residence, the Plaza, is a bona fide Midtown Manhattan luxury hotel). And if I simply look at Eloise as a character, as a person, as a child, I do see much to cherish and to tenderly if not even glowingly appreciate (her voice, her imagination, her often delightful games and
Charming and witty book about a bright, loquacious, mischievous, imaginative 6 year old girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York. First in the Eloise series and a good one to read first. Really fun to read to little girls and I still enjoy it.
This book was fantastic. I do not remember reading Eloise when I was little. This particular version has a delightful story about the author, Kay Thompson. She was very well known as a dancer, singer, writer and had a show with Andy Williams and his three brothers during her career. It was fascinating to read about her and there was also a piece written by Hilary Knight (a man) who drew the pictures. His artwork is delightful. Eloise was fun to read, quite the precocious little six year old who
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