Absolutely Essential Eloise (50th Anniversary Edition) - Hardcover

Thompson, Kay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416916814 ISBN 13: 9781416916819

Publisher: Pocket Childrens Books H/B, 2005

Synopsis

Eloise lives with her nanny at The Plaza Hotel in New York. The daughter of extremely rich parents, she is left daily to her own devices. She knows everything about The Plaza and everyone in it. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognise 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). Her antics are hilarious, her characterisation of those around her, perfect and whether you are about to fall in love with Eloise or you already adore her, you ought to have this book.

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Review:

Maurice Sendak calls Eloise a "brazen, loose-limbed little monster". Pulitzer Prize winner Anna Quindlen finds her pathetic and lonely. Eloise gave Vanity Fair writer Marie Brenner "permission to rebel". Anyone who has been introduced to the eccentric 6-year-old who spends her days at large in New York's Plaza Hotel pouring water down the mail chute and managing her self-imposed responsibilities is fascinated, fascinated, fascinated. She is the only girl we know who feeds her turtle raisins and braids his ears, wears Kleenex boxes on her head (they make very good hats) and gets away with everything. Even if you have seven copies of the original Eloise, you may want to add The Absolutely Essential Eloise to your collection. In addition to the full splendour of Eloise, this special edition includes a 16-page scrapbook, written by Marie Brenner, with "photographs of Miss Kay Thompson when she was young and fabulous and rawther like Eloise" and never-before-seen photographs, memorabilia and sketches and stories from illustrator Hilary Knight. Anyone who adores Eloise and is intrigued by her talented creators should have this book within easy reach. (Ages 5 to 105) --Karin Snelson

Review:

Bobby Short

What a delight to find Kay and Hilary's precocious scamp on the loose again! I love Eloise!

"The" (London) "Telegraph Magazine"

Ooooooooo I just love Eloise.

Robert Wagner

Long may Eloise "skibble" through life and remind us all how a little imagination can get us through the daily grind with a very big smile.

"The" (London) "Telegraph Magazine"Ooooooooo I just love Eloise.

Bobby ShortWhat a delight to find Kay and Hilary's precocious scamp on the loose again! I love Eloise!

Robert WagnerLong may Eloise "skibble" through life and remind us all how a little imagination can get us through the daily grind with a very big smile.

"Eloise, Kay, and Hilary have been in my life always. And her pug puppy is in my heart. What memories!"

-- Lena Horne (movie star)

"My first happy response to Eloise was entirely due to the brilliant, iconic images. That brazen, loose-limbed, deliciosly little girl monster is Hilary Knight at his best."

-- Maurice Sendak (enormously famous artist)

"Eloise is one of the more delightfully fiendish literary heroines of our time."

-- Edward I. Koch (former NYC mayor!!!)

"Thanks to Eloise, my daughter sought independence and mastery over her life. We loved reading this book, and we've never given it away."

-- Susan Sarandon (rawther grande actress)

"Eloise is a model for uppity women."

-- Nina Totenberg (rawther important radio lady)

"Ooooooo....I just love Eloise! Thank you, Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. You're the bestest!"

-- Judy Blume (lovely author)

Bobby Short What a delight to find Kay and Hilary's precocious scamp on the loose again! I love Eloise!

Robert Wagner Long may Eloise "skibble" through life and remind us all how a little imagination can get us through the daily grind with a very big smile.

"The" (London) "Telegraph Magazine" Ooooooooo I just love Eloise.

The (London) Telegraph Magazine Ooooooooo I just love Eloise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Childrens Books H/B
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416916814
• ISBN 13: 9781416916819
• Binding: Hardcover