Everything on a Waffle

Name: Everything on a Waffle
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Polly Horvath
ISBN: 9780807207161

Author: Polly Horvath

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 02/26/2002

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, despite what the other residents of Coal Harbour believe. For all practical purposes, Primrose is an orphan, and there's no great clamoring of prospective adopters. After realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a mothball-scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council places her with Uncle Jack, who reluctantly takes her in. Primrose does warm up to him, but her true sanctuary is a local restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where everything--including lasagna--is served on a waffle, and where the proprietor Miss Bowzer offers a willing ear.

Through a mixture of eccentric humor and probing philosophy, author Polly Horvath makes Primrose's search for peace and understanding a most memorable one.

About The Author

Polly Horvath is the author of many books for children, including An Occasional Cow, The Happy Yellow Car, When the Circus Came to Town, and The Trolls, which was a National Book Award Finalist and is available from Listening Library.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on July 01, 2024

"At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists." —Primrose Squarp, Everything on a Waffle, P. 16 "Sometimes you get tempted to make something wonderful even better but in doing so you lose what was so wonderful to begin with." —Primrose Squarp, P. 36 Everything o......more

Goodreads review by Luisa on February 28, 2019

This is ok. It's a lighthearted book about a girl that becomes an orphan after her parents go missing in a storm at sea. If you're looking for a similar story, I'd highly recommend Counting by 7s instead. It's written so much better, and has incredibly likable and memorable characters. Cleanliness:......more

Goodreads review by Lena on May 16, 2014

I've been seeing this book in classroom libraries for years. I have to say, I enjoyed it. Maybe it was a little sweet for my taste, but still good. I thought the recipes were really cleverly incorporated, and I wanted to try them all. The story was good, and I was engaged the whole time. I just thou......more