The Emperor's Ostrich

Name: The Emperor's Ostrich
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Julie Berry
ISBN: 9780553396058

Author: Julie Berry

Narrator: Jayne Entwistle

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/13/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Children's Mystery & Detective, Fantasy Stories

Synopsis

Magic and mayhem abound in this fantasy adventure from the author of The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place.

Young dairymaid Begonia has lost her cow Alfalfa. So she has set off on a search across the countryside even though she has nothing but a magical map to guide her. Along the way she meets a mother and baby, a woodcutter, a very dirty young man, and an eight-foot ostrich.

Meanwhile, the emperor has gone missing from the royal palace in a most mysterious manner. Was it murder? Was it magic? It will take all of Begonia's wits to save the empire and get Alfalfa home safely.

About The Author

Julie Berry is the author of many books for children and young adults including The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. She lives in southern California with her husband and four sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara

This book was so much fun! I'm not normally a fan of middle grade but the writing was done in a way that didn't feel dumbed down. The story itself was magical and fun and I loved it. I would highly recommended to anyone who really likes Ella Enchanted.......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Here it comes, my next little offering, for the young and the young at heart. I wrote this as a love letter to Lloyd Alexander. The idea emerged in a writing workshop conducted with elementary school students in Ashland, Massachusetts. I hope that you and they enjoy it. This middle grade adventure f......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Such a fun adventure story! Julie calls it her love letter to Lloyd Alexander, and it certainly reminded me of Alexander, but also of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films, and a little bit of The Nightingale (the only Hans Christian Anderson story I can tolerate). But I did more than tolerate this: I love......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine

I picked this up thinking it was a graphic novel, which it wasn’t (but do you blame me? That cover screams graphic novel) but wow I am glad I did, because this was fun and absurd and hilarious. Did you watch Mulan and wish the ancestor spirits had a bigger role? Wish there were more Prince and the P......more