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    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure
    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure
    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure
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    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure

    By Shari Tharp

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    Gertrude the goat and her best friend Toby the tortoise are adventurers. No sitting around on the boring farm for them. They love to explore, and every Friday they sneak off the farm for some extra fun. One Friday, Gertrude and Toby decide to visit the local candy store in town. They discover yummy goodies and treats, but soon find that the treats are not free—uh oh! The market owner grabs Toby. He demands money for the candy that Gertrude and Toby have taken by mistake. Gertrude must find a way to save her friend and get back home before Farmer Sam returns.

    Book 1 in the Gertrude and Toby fairy-tale adventure book series

    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure is an exciting adventure story for children who are transitioning from beginning readers to chapter books. This is the perfect book for the child who has been tasked with the usual 30-minutes-per-night reading homework. From the standpoint of reading progression, this title fills a specific niche that represents a gap in the children's book market--longer illustrated children's books that are more complex and challenging than typical picture books.

    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure incorporates many traditional fairy-tale characters that will be immediately recognizable to most young readers. These characters include Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White's evil stepmother, Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk), the Gingerbread Man, and a frog princess. The presence of these fairy-tale characters adds familiarity for young readers and keeps alive the old tales (e.g., those by the Brothers Grimm) that many of us have come to know and love.

    The second and third books in the series follow the same approach of adapting fairy-tale tropes using fairy-tale characters in a contemporary setting. These modern stories have more complex plots and wording than those of standard picture books, but without the daunting word count of typical beginning chapter books.

    We hope you love Gertrude and Toby and their series of adventure books as much as we do.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlasPublishing
    Release dateJun 22, 2017
    ISBN9780996967921
    Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure
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    Shari Tharp

    Shari Tharp is a graduate of San Diego State University and a former teacher. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and son. Her debut book, GERTRUDE AND TOBY'S FRIDAY ADVENTURE, won a silver medal IPPY award for Best Illustrated Ebook.The next two books in the series, GERTRUDE AND TOBY SAVE THE GINGERBREAD MAN and GERTRUDE AND TOBY MEET THE WOLF, were released in late 2016.In addition to writing, Shari enjoys playing chess, hiking, biking, and reading (of course!).

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    • 5/5
      Gertrude and Toby's Friday AdventureWritten by: Shari TharpIllustrated by: Jim HeathI received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Atlas Publishing in exchange for my honest review.I loved this charming little book! It is perfect for young readers who have already mastered the traditional fairy tales (around age 6 or 7 and up). Young people of this age like to play around with familiar stories and give them a twist. You can develop this by encouraging funny or goofy renderings of familiar songs. They love this sort of game! This skill is exactly what Ms. Tharp develops in her first book in a new series. It is an enchanting mashup of multiple fairytales. Plot:The story is about a young goat (Gertrude) and turtle (Toby) who are best friends and have adventures together. Friday is their day for doing something "big". One Friday they decide to go to the Hay Bale Market for goodies/ candy. Along the way, the friends encounter several familiar fairy tale people (Red Riding Hood, the Wicked Witch, Jack and the Beanstalk, etc.). The author never gives their full names. The reader receives clues such as "girl wearing a red hood" or a witch with dangerous apples. I know that children will be so tickled with themselves when they discover the character names for themselves. Gertrude and Toby's eventually make it to the market but naively don't realize that they must pay for their candy. Young children will certainly sympathize. Toby is kept by the shopkeeper until Gertrude can come up with the funds. She races back down her path and re-encounters all the characters from earlier. They eagerly help our young hero. There is also a lovely little twist at the end which added another layer of fun to the story.Illustrations/ Characters:The illustrations in this book were lovely little water colors in shades of yellow, brown, red, and green. They help flesh out the world and give further visual clues to the story plot. Gertrude and Toby are adorably drawn with human-like faces and large, sweetly innocent eyes. All the characters in the book are drawn with their own personalities. For instance, the shop keeper shows a comical range of facial expressions that convey exactly what is occurring in the book even without words.Overall:I highly recommend this book and can't wait to read the rest of the series.
    • 4/5
      Gertrude the goat and Toby the tortoise are fast friends who live at McFarland farms. Every Friday they enjoy going on an adventure. This Friday, they plan to sneak off the farm and into town to chow down on some candy. On their way into town Gertrude and Toby meet a variety of characters and when they get to the store they realize they might have a problem that some of the characters they met might be able to help them with. A fun adventure with many unexpected twists and turns. I and the little one loved this unlikely duo, showing that friends come in all shapes and sizes. As Gertrude and Toby go on their quest for treats, they meet some recognizable fairy tale characters. This made a fun question and answer game as to which story each character came from. Gertrude comes up with an inventive way to use gifts from each character they meet in order to solve their problem, resulting in a funny and exciting ending. Colorful and whimsical illustrations follow the story nicely and tie everything together.This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      This was a really cute well illustrated little book. My kids really enjoyed the story and the illustrations were terrific. They really enjoyed all the fairy tale characters that made an appearance during the adventure. I believe both kids are very interested in the next book as well. I think this series has great promise and that many little children will enjoy it for a long time.
    • 4/5
      Gertrude the goat and her best friend Toby the tortoise are adventurers. No sitting around on the boring farm for them! They love to explore, and every Friday they sneak off the farm for some extra fun.This is a great introduction to this series. In this book the friends briefly meet up with several fairytale characters such as Red Riding Hood, Jack, the Wicked Witch and more. They head to Bay Hale town to get sweets and unbeknownst to them, they actually steal them. When the owner keeps Toby as a hostage while Gertrude finds the money to pay for the sweets, Gertrude sets a chain reaction in place. Kids will enjoy this book and its comical series of events. The illustrations are very simple, but assist in the telling of the story. A good book for school, class and public libraries.I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 5/5
      What a fun read! I loved the behhhing goat named Gertrude and the wise old tortoise named Toby. There are references to the stories "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Frog Prince", "Snow White", "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Gingerbread Man". Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure is a great stand-alone story even if a child doesn't have knowledge of the other fairy tales.Since reading this book, I have found that Shari Tharp has also published Gertrude and Toby Save the Gingerbread Man and Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf. I plan to buy all three from Amazon and have them sent to my grand-kids. I am disappointed that I can't find the books to order from Follett. I would love to purchase all three in hardbound for some of my library customers at school. I will keep checking back and hope that they become available. Jim Heath has created comical and colorful illustrations that add humor to this story. Shari Tharp has created a rollicking adventure. I think kids will love it.
    • 3/5
      Gertrude and Toby met includes several well-known fairy tale characters on their adventure. It introduces the concept of paying for what you get and asking for help when needed. The pleasant drawings will interest younger children.LibraryThing Member Giveaway randomly chose me to receive this book free from the publisher. I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
    • 4/5
      Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure (Gertrude and Toby #1) By Shari Tharp is a delightful tale for kids about two animal friends that explore on Fridays when the farmer is not around. They sneak to the candy story but meet interesting people along the way then have to accomplish something to get home. A cute story with excellent illustrations. The illustrations really make the story. Running away when not supervised is probably not a good lesson but as long as it is a story... Cute book.
    • 2/5
      The longer I think about this book, the angrier I get. The first page of this tale is written in present tense, which is unusual for a children's book so it caught my attention. Then, inexplicably, when I turned the page I was transported to the past via verb conjugation but it looked just like the present. This. Is. Not. Allowed. There are Rules! Conventions! Children do not need to be given books that will confuse their ability to properly conjugate, especially given the number of irregular verbs the English language is blessed with.

      The story and illustrations are perfectly cute but the writing is sloppy and awkward and I would cringe if I ever tried to read it to a child.

      I was sent this book by the publisher in exchange for my brutally honest review.

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