Rotten Ralph Helps Out, Jack Gantos
Rotten Ralph Helps Out, Jack Gantos
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Rotten Ralph Helps Out

Author: Jack Gantos

Narrator: Jack Gantos

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

In this first in a series of Rotten Ralph readers, Jack Gantos reads his tale of the irrepressible cat with a penchant for disaster. When Ralph tries to help Sarah with her class project on ancient Egypt, he wreaks havoc first at the library and then continues his “assistance” at home. As usual, Ralph overcomes his rotten-ness and ultimately rescues Sarah’s project by dressing up as the Sphinx. Listeners will not only learn interesting tidbits about life in ancient Egypt, they’ll get an eye-full – and earful – of Rotten Ralph!

About Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, and Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book. Jack was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and when he was seven, his family moved to Barbados. He attended British schools, where there was much emphasis on reading and writing, and teachers made learning a lot of fun. When the family moved to south Florida, he found his new classmates uninterested in their studies, and his teachers spent most of their time disciplining students. Jack retreated to an abandoned bookmobile (three flat tires and empty of books) parked out behind the sandy ball field, and read for most of the day. The seeds for Jack’s writing career were planted in sixth grade, when he read his sister’s diary and decided he could write better than she could. He begged his mother for a diary and began to collect anecdotes he overheard at school, mostly from standing outside the teachers’ lounge and listening to their lunchtime conversations. Later, he incorporated many of these anecdotes into stories.  While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of well-deserved rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. It was a success and the beginning of Jack’s career as a professional writer. Jack continued to write children’s books and began to teach courses in children’s book writing and children’s literature. He developed the master’s degree program in children’s book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children’s book writers. He now devotes his time to writing books and educational speaking. He lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on June 25, 2012

Loved. Review to come.......more

Goodreads review by Maddypictures on March 12, 2012

Rotten Ralph is up to his tricks again, in this book where Sarah learns about Egyptian history. I read a re-issue with an attractive new cover.......more

Goodreads review by Dani on June 23, 2012

The story was cute, but I didn't care too much for the illustrations.......more

Goodreads review by Dillon Wilson on May 19, 2014

ROTTEN RALPH HELPS OUT Rotten Ralph was naughty! I liked this book! Sarah has a special cat. But she was still mad at Ralph at times.......more