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    The Eloise Audio Collection: Four Complete Eloise Tales: Eloise , Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas Time and Eloise in Moscow
    The Eloise Audio Collection: Four Complete Eloise Tales: Eloise , Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas Time and Eloise in Moscow
    The Eloise Audio Collection: Four Complete Eloise Tales: Eloise , Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas Time and Eloise in Moscow
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    The Eloise Audio Collection: Four Complete Eloise Tales: Eloise , Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas Time and Eloise in Moscow

    Written by Kay Thompson

    Narrated by Bernadette Peters

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    About this audiobook

    2016 Audie Award Finalist for Young Listeners

    Tony Award–winning Broadway legend Bernadette Peters gives voice to The Plaza Hotel's most iconic resident as she makes her audio debut in The Eloise Collection.

    Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise books have never been available on audio...until now! To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Eloise book, Kay Thompson's estate personally chose Bernadette Peters to narrate the very first Eloise audiobooks. Two New York City icons unite in The Eloise Collection, four classic Eloise stories: Eloise; Eloise in Paris; Eloise in Moscow; and Eloise at Christmas Time together in one amazing audio compilation. Join Bernadette Peters as she introduces you to the life and adventures of Eloise—a one-of-a-kind audio event!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 27, 2015
    ISBN9781442391758
    The Eloise Audio Collection: Four Complete Eloise Tales: Eloise , Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas Time and Eloise in Moscow
    Author

    Kay Thompson

    Kay Thompson (1909–1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

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    • 5/5
      It’s so funny and it’s so fun ? I love it
    • 5/5
      This book is awesome. It made me laugh so hard. It’s witty. I love these book!!!??
    • 2/5
      um... what a brat? Kidding (a little).

      We bought as a gift but read first. Looks like reviews are either 1 star or 5 stars.
    • 5/5
      Eloise is my favorite childhood heroine. This book came out in 1955, for 54 weeks of which I was 6, and my attachment to Eloise has lasted since my first encounter with her that year.The narration of Eloise's adventures is great fun, and the illustrations are so charming and sly, from the slight angles of the nostrils of Eloise's understated nose to the guarded glance of the "lady" peeping out the door over the debonair fellow's shoulder.
    • 3/5
      Still cute! I bet there are people complaining in the comments about how spoiled and rude and out of control Eloise is. The fun was always in seeing a very naughty little girl doing things you'd never do! Though I am amused that the cover notes that the book is "for precocious grown-ups."
    • 4/5
      Oh to be Eloise.
    • 3/5
      I'm willing to concede that the charm of this book is more suited to the decade it was written in but it failed to charm me. I found it quite irritating.
    • 1/5
      I don't usually review all the children's books I read with my daughter but I will this one. I **hated** this book. Eloise is such a spoiled rich kid and the book is just a listing of all the bad behavior she gets up to over the course of a day.

      I've read other reviews indicating that at the time it was published this may have been refreshing, but it's hopelessly dated in that case. I just wanted this one to end.
    • 3/5
      Mixed feelings about this, and no idea when I read it. It's sad, and it's funny. Eloise is a brat, and she's resourceful and strong. It does help to know that it was originally not a children's book. (Read Kathryn's review for more info. and join us in the Children's Books group to discuss.)
    • 5/5
      This was my favorite book as a child and I love it even more as a young adult. I like this book because there are so many fun things going on on each page (like the elevator map or the drawings of Eloise's imaginations). The writing in the book is interesting because it mimic's Eloise's busy personality. There is little punctuation so the reader is forced to read the page in one breath. This technique indicates how Eloise would talk and makes the story come alive. This book does not follow the normal formula for a plot, yet does not lose the reader's attention for a second. There is no explicit problem-resolution model. On the other hand, it is implied that Eloise is a hyperactive girl who feels trapped in her hotel with no other kids around and is just trying to find a way to stay busy. I like that this book deviates from the normal structure and is still successful. The message of this book is a bit ambiguous. Since it's geared more for adults, it may serve as a reminder of what it's like to be a young girl with a wild imagination. It could also work to make adults more thankful for their well-behaved children.
    • 5/5
      This is an endearing book about a little girl living a mischievous life in the Plaza Hotel. There are some French phrases in it that would be fun for the children to learn about. Eloise also, has a wild imagination and it would be fun for students to come up with their own wild stories.
    • 4/5
      Oh, man. This book is subtitled, "for Precocious Adults," which sums up the tone perfectly. A doesn't get the humor at all, but I was dying. As the parent of a *busy* little girl, it's hard not to find it hilarious.
    • 2/5
      Eloise is a very well known book about a rather spoiled little girl who lives in the Plaza hotel in New York City. She causes a lot of trouble in her environment. Her Nanny is in charge of doing damage control. Eloise is a funny book, but I found it hard to read. I wonder if children are able to follow it very well. The author uses run-on sentences and jumps from one thought to another. I know she is showing how the little girl thinks and talks. I suspect adults may enjoy this book more than children.
    • 4/5
      My heart goes out to little Eloise, living at the Plaza, with only an old nanny to care for her and really not much to do except get into mischief. Eloise may be more a book for grown ups than it is for kids, because we know where all her weird expressions and antics come from (they come from us, the grown ups) and we get the double standards exhibited by the adults interactions with and judgement of little Eloise. In fact, I'm not sure if there is much in these books for kids, unless they're at least 7 - 8 (not sure why the book is recommended to 3 year olds and over, even if my son rawther liked it ...) having gained some insight into the complicated world of adults.
      Eloise does not have the pretensions to be cute, in fact the illustrations show her as a rather plain looking abandoned little six year old. She's unloved and without friends and the only world she seems to know is the superficial world of the rich guests of the Plaza hotel ... and the parallel world of the staff who cater to those guests. Her nanny, although perhaps tender with her, does not seem to do but the strict minimum (understandably) and Eloise is left to entertain herself in the rawther child unfriendly environment of the hotel hallways and lobby. Watching how she copes is touching, mostly sad but sometimes quite uplifting. She copies the adults she meets and sees and off and on tries to act like one, but her observations are chillingly earnest. The illustrations purvey the repugnance, irritation and sometimes amusement of the people that cross her path in the hotel. In Eloise's own words: "I'm a nuisance in the lobby Mr. Salomon said so He is the Manager". And yet he gracefully bows to her. There are some rare ones who seem to be fond of poor Eloise, such as Thomas at the Palm Court. They're "both rawther fond of talking ... " and "Thomas has a son in the Marines. " (Eloise probably knows way more personal details about the low ranking staff than the management does, that's just how "spoiled" she is) ...
      As you can imagine, a hotel's a busy place, especially one like the Plaza with all the numerous events. Eloise tries to make herself useful and kills time "helping" the staff. "I have to help [our maid] put on those pillowcases or she'll never be through by 4 for Lord's sake". "I am all over the hotel Half the time I am lost" She says "Getting bored is not allowed", but she must struggle with boredom all the same. That's probably why Eloise has got quite a developed imagination. I wish the same could be said of adults sometimes, such as the ones among the reviewers who want to "give her some proper discipline" and see in the expression of that lonely little girl's independence only a sign of bad character and brattiness ...

      Please don't be too harsh on Eloise, I truly believe she's doing her best to keep her wits in a cold, cruel world. Will she be fine? I don't know, but if so, it won't be thanks to her wealthy, absent mother, but thanks to the young busboy, the kind waiter and perhaps the random thoughtful guest at the Plaza.
    • 5/5
      This is an all time favorite of mine. Eloise is a six year old little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Her mother is often away on business so Eloise is left with a nanny who takes care of her. Eloise is an extremely energetic little girl (as most six year olds are) with a very playful imagination. In this book she takes us through a typical day in her life and all the things she does, likes, dislikes, and the people she visits. This book really is quite funny and extremely relatable. It is written with absolutely no punctuation so it reads in a rambling sort of way, like six year olds often talk. The kinds of things she does for fun and the mischief she gets into is very entertaining for young children to think about. It is rather long for a picture book so it could be broken up into two or three story times allowing children to predict what may happen tomorrow as well as remember what happened the day before.
    • 5/5
      The story of Eloise, a rich girl living with her Nanny in the Plaza, while her parents are away away on business.I liked the whole book but I especially liked the fold out elevator, it was fun to track her movements up and down.It is a very interactive book.
    • 4/5
      As an only daughter of a single musician dad at her age, I was more than a bit of an Eloise. Madeline was always the more admirable character - maybe it was the structure, or the fact that she actually lived in France - but Eloise's hijinks seemed like the kind of thing that every 6-year-old would do, given the chance. She was Fancy Nancy, before Fancy Nancy. (Or maybe FN is Eloise trying to imitate Madeline - but that's another book review.) I like Eloise, because unlike a lot of kid's books these days (I thinking here of David Shannon's "No, David" in particular, and similar works), Eloise is unconventional and spunky throughout, and does NOT end up ultimately tamed by the adults around her. Do you think she grew up and became Auntie Mame?
    • 2/5
      A fun book for kids, though for me I couldn't stop thinking that Eloise might need some Valium for her ADD.
    • 4/5
      A little girl named Eloise lives in the Plaza Hotel and gets into lots of trouble.
    • 4/5
      There is something unlikeable about Eloise, even though she is abso. adorable. I never read this book as a child, so my first exposure was when I was in my twenties (I think I read it for a children's fiction class in library school?). I initially felt very negatively about Eloise - she's entitled and a spoiled brat - there's no comeuppance or lesson about how good she has it compared to others. She just runs around the Plaza Hotel causing mischief and mayhem, getting away with it, not feeling sorry, and then starts all over again the next day.Okay, I reread it just recently and I feel a lot more positively about her. I'm not sure why, though! The illustrations are absolutely vital to conveying the adorableness of Eloise - the text does not do her justice. Her face really shows her character - she's bored, she's grumpy, she's got a perpetual, "Yeah, I did that. So?" expression that is fabulous! She's sometimes sweet and loving and very childlike, while sometimes her face shows a maturity and an incongruous ironic adult humor. The limited color palette - pinks and blacks - is perfect for her. Most of all the illustrations convey the movement, the action, the lively spirit of Eloise - it's all very endearing. The text is overlong and the author's insistance on three-times repetition is weird and distracting, but the basic story of Eloise and her life in the Plaza is a cute one.So yes she is spoiled and entitled and sometimes annoying. But that's okay. I love her anyway!
    • 5/5
      After the Herdmans (Worst Christmas Pageant Ever), Eloise is the first kid I ever really wanted to know. I laughed all the way through this one.
    • 5/5
      I still remember being given this by my 2nd grade teacher and falling in love with Eloise and her magnificent life at the Plaza!
    • 5/5
      Eloise truly captures the spirit of childhood. I've never known a young girl to read this and not see herself in Eloise, and imagine herself as a "city child" living at the Plaza. It really captivates and encourages the imagination. This is a perfect book for, honestly, any age. I read it to my 18 month old and she likes it, and I sincerely love it too. It is absolutely wonderful to read aloud, the cadence is perfect, and there are so many fun repetitions and "rawthers", it always gets a laugh. Just...perfect.
    • 4/5
      Eloise is a precocious little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The story follows Eloise though the adventures (and misadventures) of her life in the Plaza; a typical day includes everything from ordering a single raisin from room service to watching the debutantes “prancing around.” Thompson perfectly captures the eager, breathless, non-stop chattering of a young child telling someone about their day. The illustrations done in black, white and pink are charming and full of little details that children will love to explore. This book is a good fit for early readers, who will enjoy following along and laughing at Eloise’s exploits.
    • 5/5
      My favorite children's book.
    • 5/5
      This is the hilarious story of a little girl living in the Plaza Hotel and running (or ruining) everything. Eloise has many adventures and knows everyone and everything about the hotel. This book is written as though Eloise is talking about her life: her dialogue skips everywhere.