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Summary: You have to read this book!
Review: I am 37 years old, and I read this book over and over many times. My older sister, who was not much of a book lover, got me hooked on it. She actually read it more than once too, and she never enjoyed to read books! I wanted to curl up with a book on a velvet window seat just like Robin (the lead character).
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Summary: an enchanting story, why is it out of print?
Review: i first read this book in 6th grade, which was only 3 years ago. i fell in love with this book and many other zks books. i recommend it to anyone who likes good literature. what i don't understand though is, why do they have such a wonderful story out of print?
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Summary: One Girl's Adventure Will Carry Us
Review: I read The Velvet Room years ago, and lived out the adventures in the big stone house, in the velvet room, and in Bridget's garden. Returning recently to my mother's house, I needed some reading material for the plane ride home, and took this with me. I was entranced once again. To have your own special place to hide, to read, to have an adventure...a dream come true. As the excitement built up toward the end, I found myself riveted and couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: Very rememberable
Review: I read this book about 20 years ago and still remember certain specifics and the feeling I had when I read it. I've been searching for this book and was very sad when I found out it had been discontinued. I very much would like my own copy to share with my children one day. Publishers, please bring it back!
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Summary: Read this book as a teenager
Review: I read this book as a teenager after having read Below the Root. I could relate to the girl and her need to escape to the velvet room to read. Zilpha makes this world come alive. As you read, you experience everything with the girl. I cannot recommend this book enough to readers of all ages. It is a favorite!
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Summary: My husband curses this book!
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was in 5th grade. It made me want my own round tower library with window seats and velvet drapes! I am now married to an architect, and he wishes I had never read this book, because in planning our own house, my biggest requirement is a round library, with deep window seats, and (maybe) green velvet drapes to shut out the world. A totally awesome book about escaping into imaginary worlds with reading (something I am still prone to do)a wonderful book.Beverly
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Summary: such a WONDERFUL book
Review: i read this book in third grade. i don't remember alot of it, just an amazing, captivated feeling. i couldn't put it down. i am in 7th grade now, and lost my mother's copy a long time ago. PLEASE PUT IT BACK IN PRINT!
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Summary: Secret Place
Review: I think all introverted, bookish youngsters like myself long for a secret place to get away from their family and others who do not understand them. In this book Robin, middle daughter in a large, poor family during the Depression, finds just such a place in the Velvet Room. This is Robin's name for the library in the old McCurdy mansion on Las Palmeras, the California rancho where her family is working picking apricots. Robin loves the library with its precious historical artifacts and wide window seats hidden behind thick velvet curtains. Robin hides from reality in the Velvet Room until she reaches a crossroads and realizes what is most important to her. This book was, and still is a favorite. Can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: Out of print!
Review: I think that the Velvet Room is one of the best books I have ever read. I just couldn't put it down and it's one of those books where you wish you had a secret velvet room too where you could sit and read all day. I was hoping to be able to buy the book but unfortunately it is out of print. I think they should make a new edition.
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Summary: Just as I remembered
Review: This book was my very favorite, first read ages ago when I was 11 or 12. I related to the main character since I was a member of large family that struggled somewhat to make ends meet. This book validated the feelings I had, needs for privacy, comfort, and an outlet for the imagination. It also teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of family, and finding satisfaction within one's situation in life. I think of this book as a timeless classic, to provide enjoyment and inspiration to every generation.
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