The Catalog When The Green Tiger Press first published this book in Publisher s Weekly said in its review Three mountains just sit day and night until a catalog arrives in their remote desert location Stud
When The Green Tiger Press first published this book in 1981 Publisher s Weekly said in its review Three mountains just sit, day and night, until a catalog arrives in their remote desert location Studying the offerings, one mountain decides to order 43 giraffes the second sends for 61 turtles and the third decides on 52 bears The animals arrive in due time, kicking oWhen The Green Tiger Press first published this book in 1981 Publisher s Weekly said in its review Three mountains just sit, day and night, until a catalog arrives in their remote desert location Studying the offerings, one mountain decides to order 43 giraffes the second sends for 61 turtles and the third decides on 52 bears The animals arrive in due time, kicking off blithe happenings that grow out of the hosts ideas for making the company feel at home and the guests generous reciprocation of favors The mountains order refrigerators full of food, decks of playing cards, records for dancing and of course a record player, and other things the animals delight in Their gifts to the mountains are depicted in the last pages of Tomkins exhilaration flight of fancy, a love of a book with pictures so cleverly drawn that the author makes one eager to believe his tale.
I was given this book when I was about two, and I have loved it ever since. My copy is ancient and missing many of its pages, including the title page, so I had to do some poking around to find the title online, but this is it and I've read it over and over again for the last twenty-seven years. There are three friendly mountains, who are lonely, and when they receive a catalog in the mail, they start ordering things. Animals first (bears, giraffes, and I don't remember what the third one gets; [...]
If you have a home shopping network fanaticor back in the day, the Mail order catalog fanaticen this book will give you a chuckle. I read it to a co-worker who is crazy for QVC and she giggled the whole way! Just look through the Catalog and you get what you need! Giraffe, bears, Turtle, refrigerators and hats I thought it was fun, written in 1981 so a tad outdatedw it would be "The mountains went to the internet and ordered 1342 Giraffe.!
I met Jasper Tomkins at a Young Author's Conference when I was in elementary school. I think his signature is about the only "celebrity" autograph I own.
A sweet/funny story about caring for others.
Cute fun read about mountains who realize they didn't think through their decision to purchase something special and how they try to fix it.