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Summary: A Delicious Book
Review: "There will be civil war!" the {Prime Minister} burst out at last. "Splits, upheavals, and people taking sides! Smiles will be forgotten and spring will escape notice! Little flowers will push up, only to be trodden down, and birds will sing unheeded." Prime Minister DeCree is making a dictionary, but this is not exactly an ordinary dictionary. Some of the definitions are things like 'Affectionate is your dog', 'Bulky is a big bag of boxes', and 'Annoying is a loose boot in a muddy place.' The King is extremely happy with this dictionary at first, especially the definition 'Calamitous is saying no to the King.' He then reads the definition of delicious, which is fried fish according to DeCree, and he says "no." He thinks the most delicious things are apples. The General thinks the definition should be a mug of beer and the Queen favors Christmas pudding. Soon the whole court is fighting over what should be the definition of delicious. So the King decides to send twelve year old Gaylen, DeCree's foster son, to take a poll of the kingdom. The story tells of Gaylen's obstacles and adventures along the way including some helpful dwarfs, a mermaid named Ardis, and a few angry villagers.
I loved this book and could not stop reading it. Natalie Babbitt creates such vivid characters and remarkable situations. I recommend this great fantasy to anyone who enjoys extraordinary adventures in imaginative worlds.
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Summary: An overall good book
Review: A very funny and exiting book.However, some parts were boring though.
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Summary: The Search for Delicious is filled with humor and adventure.
Review: Babbitt has written a wonderful tale of a boy on a most unusual adventure. My fifth grade class enjoyed the many characters Babbitt invented along the way. The book was filled with adventure, humor, and a bit of a lesson about greed. As the protagonist, Vaungaylen searches for one meaning for the word "delicious" on which everyone can agree, and just when you think the search is hopeless, he finds his answer. An excellent fast read with marvelous characters, The Search for Delicious is sure to be a hit with many young readers.
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Summary: Excellent childern's book!
Review: Great book for young children and old. I would suggest this book to 3rd through 8th graders!! I and my children fell in love with it!!
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Summary: A New Favorite
Review: I don't know why I picked this up to read it. I just ran across an old copy of a book by an author I haven't read much of and started it. I was absolutely startled to find such a warm book of authentic, feeling relationships, sincere humor, and true depth.The story is of Gaylen. He lives at court where his father-figure, the Prime Minister, is writing a dictionary. The king and the rest of court have a great dispute on the meaning of the word "delicious." Gaylen is sent to poll the country to find out what is truly delicious. On his journey, he finds that the country is about to be throne into a war over the issue, and Gaylen has to try to contact some pretty magical people to try and save the country. The book works on a lot of levels. On one hand, it is a humorous, adventurous, and truly touching little novel. You really love the main character and each of the episodes he undergoes makes you like him more. But the novel does have a little deeper side as the conflict over the word "delicious" comments a lot on the nature of relative truth in a fallen world, and Gaylen is on a search to try and bring order back to the world. From whatever perspective one reads the novel, I think there is something wonderful to find. I am definitely going to purchase myself a copy and recommend it to everyone I know.
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Summary: One of my favorite books and author!
Review: I love all of Babbitt's works. I have every book that she haswritten, but out of all her works, The Search for Delicious is myfavorite. It has everything, from a hilarous cast of royal characters in the castle, a curious lad, a mermaid, a woodweller, and many other joyful characters. I would recommend this book to anyone young at heart, and all children who enjoy a good fairy tale. END
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Summary: Great Children's Book!!
Review: I love this book so much because it shows imagination.......wonderful character development and spactacular plot!!! It's got my vote!
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Summary: Great book
Review: I loved this book! It's about a king who is writing a dictionary, and he is up to the word "delicious" There is and argument over what is true defininition for "delicious". The prime minister sends a boy named Vaungalen out to poll people on what is their choice for "delicious." On his journey he meets up with various characters such as Ardis the mermaid, the woldweller, Mrs. Copse, the Mildews and the minstrel. There is only one thing stopping him: Hemlock! Hemlock is the queen's brother who is up to no good. I really recomend this book.
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Summary: My Favorite book.
Review: I once found this book in the basement of a very old house that my grandmother has lived in for many years. When I took it up to show her, she told me I could keep it. I took it home that day and read about 10 pages. I was hooked, I would read this book every night, and every night it seemed like a new adventure. After I finished reading it, I misplaced it and could not find it for about 2 years. Then one day I stumbled upon it again, and I read it again. It was easily as great as the first time. The characters in this book are VERY creative, which goes hand in hand with Babbitt's great writing style, and the wonderful, and at times funny, plot. I am now in college and I still make it a point to read the book AT LEAST once a year. This is a great book for people of all ages to read and enjoy. It is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best, book ever written.
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Summary: A book your child will read to their child in 25 years
Review: I remember my 4th grade teacher reading this book aloud back in the mid 1970's. What more of a recommendation do you need? I'm buying this book to read to my six-year-old, who is really starting to enjoy longer books (without pictures). And since there are no pictures, she is making a stronger effort to read by herself, as she can't guess (and remember) what it says.
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