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Title: Rotten Ralph Helps Out : A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader by Jack Gantos, Nicole Rubel ISBN: 0-374-36355-2 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rotten Ralph walks, reads, shakes and looks like an Egyptian
Comment: As an educator it is always a treat to discover new ways of tricking young students into learning things and that is what we have here with "Rotten Ralph Helps Out," the first volume to be A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader. Written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel, the title has to do with Rotten Ralph's attempts, such as they are, to help young Sarah with her school project on ancient Egypt. At first, Rotten Ralph is dismissive of Sarah's enthusiasm, but then he learns that the ancient Egyptians were the first people to have cats for pets. Of course, Rotten Ralph's efforts to help tend to backfire, even when he is actually trying to do something for Sarah rather than just for himself. Still, in the end, Rotten Ralph is able to help out in the end.
What makes this book fun is that every little thing Sarah does, from dancing to shaking hands, has something to do with ancient Egypt. Gantos and Rubel work in about a dozen such factoids all within the context of the story (and Sarah's research). Rotten Ralph is news to me, although I have since learned he has been misbehaving in books for a quarter of a century and in now finding news ways of being bad in an animated series (in Greece, Rotten Ralph is known as Ralf o Kakomathimenos, a.k.a. Ralph the Badly Behaved). A book like "Rotten Ralph Helps Out" is the sort that would make a teacher of young students want to do a unit on the ancient Egyptians, even if they were not thinking of doing so. However, Kiara, my own cat, refrained from making any comments on this book whatsoever...
Rating: 5
Summary: Walk Like A Rotten Feline!
Comment: Jack Gantos' adorably mischievous feline, Rotten Ralph, is at it again! Sarah has a big project due for school about Ancient Egypt and she desperately wants Ralph to assist her. In typical Ralph fashion, however, Ralph wants to do anything but what his ever-so-patient "owner" Sarah wants him to do. Gantos uses the conversations between Sarah and Ralph to inform readers about various aspects of life and culture in Ancient Egypt, but does so in such a way that it doesn't come across as "teachy," but entertaining instead. From the fact that Ancient Egyptians regarded cats as super-special deities to the fact that Ancient Egyptians were the first to invent pancakes, the material presented in this new chapter-book approach from Gantos and Rubel will interest and appeal to children who are ready to graduate from the previous Rotten Ralph books to something they can manage on their own. Rubel's artwork is as charming as ever and Gantos' wit is matchless as Ralph takes on a whole new format of fun and frolic! Sooooooooo cool! A definite winner.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rotten Ralph in the Classroom
Comment: Rotten Ralph is at it again, as mean and self-serving as ever! Sarah is trying to do a school project on the ancient Egyptians and their culture. Ralph could not care less. UNTIL he realizes just how important all of this is to Sarah and how very much she wants his assistance (as well as how much interference he has run in tangling up all her plans!). Gantos takes the ever-lovable, but cantankerous, feline he has masterfully perfected in previous Rotten Ralph books and stepped up the pace to a chapter-book format. Gantos exposes readers to various interesting Egyptian facts throughout the course of the book without ever boring them or "beating" a lesson into them (i.e., Egyptians invented pancakes). Rubel's illustrations are as right-on as ever. Soooooo cool, Gantos! A real winner!
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Title: Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph: A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader by Jack Gantos, Nicole Rubel ISBN: 0374363560 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 20 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Worse Than Rotten, Ralph by Nicole Rubel, Jack Gantos ISBN: 0395329191 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 25 October, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance by Nicole Rubel ISBN: 0395739780 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 06 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Happy Birthday, Rotten Ralph by Nicole Rubel, Jack Gantos ISBN: 0395700914 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 26 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Rotten Ralph by Nicole Rubel, Jack Gantos ISBN: 0395292026 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 19 February, 1980 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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