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kirsty_bookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Read to my daughter as a bedtime story, I read this as a child, forgotten the story but remember the illustrations perfectly. One of my favourite Beatrix Potter books.
readbykatherine's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty
boohelimo's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
trudy_joan's review against another edition
5.0
When I named my cat Jemima Puddle-Duck I didn't actually know this book. I finally read it this morning, to a couple of my little cousins.
"And Trudy," Theo said, "you wouldn't believewhat good fortune Jemima Puddle-Duck has!" He leaned in and whispered real quiet. "She doesn't even die!" And once we were done he took the book and studied the last page. "Ah," he said. "Nerves. We all get them sometimes, don't we."
I love these books and would recommend them to anyone.
"And Trudy," Theo said, "you wouldn't believe
I love these books and would recommend them to anyone.
creative_mimz12's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
mat_tobin's review against another edition
4.0
Jemima’s unfortunate life-choices would come to fruition during a particularly bountiful period of Potter’s writing. With members of the Cannon family, tenants of hers during her time at the village of Sawrey (in the Lake District), Jemima’s story is a tragic one but then she is exceptionally dim-witted.
Frustrated with the fact that she is not allowed to nest any of her own eggs on the farm, Jemima flies off into a nearby wood where she encounters a cunning fox who smoothly offers her a room next to his home as a nesting place. As a way of celebrating this relationship, the fox suggests that Jemima begin to collect ingredients for an omelette. She agrees, little realising that the vegetables and herbs she is gathering are the main ingredients for stuff duck.
Fortunately she informs the farm’s collie, Kep (Potter’s favourite sheepdog) of the events, and he gathers two fox-hound puppies to join him paying the trickster ‘a visit’. Whilst Jemima loses her eggs and a good slice of her dignity it doesn’t all end bad for she finds she allowed, eventually, to hatch her own eggs and we close with her waddling off with four chicks.
Frustrated with the fact that she is not allowed to nest any of her own eggs on the farm, Jemima flies off into a nearby wood where she encounters a cunning fox who smoothly offers her a room next to his home as a nesting place. As a way of celebrating this relationship, the fox suggests that Jemima begin to collect ingredients for an omelette. She agrees, little realising that the vegetables and herbs she is gathering are the main ingredients for stuff duck.
Fortunately she informs the farm’s collie, Kep (Potter’s favourite sheepdog) of the events, and he gathers two fox-hound puppies to join him paying the trickster ‘a visit’. Whilst Jemima loses her eggs and a good slice of her dignity it doesn’t all end bad for she finds she allowed, eventually, to hatch her own eggs and we close with her waddling off with four chicks.
kitness's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5