Ragweed (Poppy, 1)
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Ragweed (Poppy, 1)

Paperback – Picture Book, June 9, 2020

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Price
$7.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
208
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0380801671
Dimensions
5.12 x 0.45 x 7.62 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

Description

From Publishers Weekly In a starred review, PW said, "Consummate storyteller Avi outdoes himself in this prequel to Poppy and Poppy and Rye, cutting loose with a crackerjack tale that's pure delight from start to finish." Ages 8-12. (May) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal In a starred review, PW said, "Consummate storyteller Avi outdoes himself in this prequel to Poppy and Poppy and Rye, cutting loose with a crackerjack tale that's pure delight from start to finish." Ages 8-12. (May) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. "A crackerjack tale that's pure delight from start to finish."--" Publishers Weekly" (starred review)"Should appeal to fans of the series and newcomers as well...the thrilling climax at the Café Independent will leave them breathless."--" School Library Journal" A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice--Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker--band together to fight their feline foe? Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at www.avi-writer.com. Brian Floca , in addition to being the illustrator of the books in Avi's Poppy Stories series, is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed picture books Locomotive , winner of the Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 ; Lightship ; The Racecar Alphabet ; and Five Trucks . You can visit him online at www.brianfloca.com. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • The first book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca
  • A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do.
  • Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats!
  • Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

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Most Helpful Reviews

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I am an adult and love children's books

I am an adult and love children's books. This series was such a joy to read. I rarely read books twice, but I could read this series again. I sent them to my nieces to read. I asked a neighbor girl if she had read them and she just grinned cheek to cheek! It was a very enjoyable series! You must read them in order and I wish the books were marked with a large number, but I hope I have them in correct order: 1 Ragweed, 2 Poppy, 3 Poppy & Rye, 4 Ereth's Birthday, 5 Poppy's Return, and 6 Poppy and Ereth. My fourth grade teacher was an old Scottish lady and she used to make us put our heads down the last 15 minutes of the day and she would read to us. What a joy that was! This series would be good for that purpose - everyone goes home totally relaxed.
16 people found this helpful
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The runaway mouse

In the story Ragweed is by the author Avi. It is about a mouse which decides to explore the New World. He wants to see the lights, people, and excitment. He ended up in a city called Amperville. He thought it was a nice town until he figured that many cats live there and are in search for mice. With Ragweed, Blinker, and Clutch they build a new club named Cafe Independent. Read the exciting and adventurous story of Ragweed on his suicide run for the city. If I was in confusing in reading a book, I would recommand this book. It is very well written and high vocabulary. The story was well planned out and I am sure it took a lot of time for the author to think of such a story. The illustrations are incredibly magnificent and helped in the understanding of the bood. This book will fill you with thrills and suspence.
6 people found this helpful
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A Book Review From a Spiritridge Third Grader

Do you want an adventurous, dangerous, thrilling story that will make you jump out of your skin? Well, you should read Ragweed, by Avi. Ragweed is about a mouse that lives by a brook and wants to travel from country to country to see the world! He comes along a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go. Suddenly, a vole bumps into him! Finding himself starting a conversation on which way to go, he discovers that one path leads to a railroad! So he follows it to the railroad and gets on one of the parked trains. After the train ride Ragweed runs top speed to escape a cat! The rest is SECRET until you read the book!

I enjoyed that Ragweed met lots of friends, including extremely unpleasant ones! For example, he meets Silversides and Graybar two unpleasant cats.

Readers who are interested in adventure and who can read thick chapter books should read this book! It is very satisfying!
4 people found this helpful
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Highly recommended

My daughter read the Criapin series and truly enjoyed it, and so wanted to read other titles by AVI. She loves animal stories as well (definitely look into the Green Ember series by S.D. Smith, it is amazing!), so she chose to read Ragweed, and then bought the rest if the Poppy series as well because she enjoyed it so much. We highly recommend this series of books. Easy to read for near teen/very young teens, but entertaining to read.
3 people found this helpful
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Ragweed (Poppy)

I taught fourth grade for many years. The Poppy series was one of many that I kept in my classroom library. My grandchildren loved them when we read to them. I bought this book as a gift for the grandchild of a friend. I'm a believer that the more you consistently read TO a child, the more likely he/she is to love reading and become a better reader. The research is strong about this.
3 people found this helpful
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Cute, if not for the urban talk...

The story itself is cute, but all the "urban talk" was completely annoying. I understand what the author was trying to do, but it just comes across to me as sounding stupid & it was irritating to have to read through. I don't even think it was necessary because it didn't add anything to the storyline. I hope the books that come after this one are better...
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Required reading. Miserable book.

My daughter, who is going into the third grade, is required to read this book over the summer. My opinion is...this book is a horrible choice for readers of this age. Lots of conversations between characters going on, weird character names, sentences that go oooon forever. It makes this book so hard to read and the storyline hard to follow. I swear I would rather shoot myself in the foot than have to finish this book. (We are more than half way through)
Hating life right now.
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Great Children's book

My Grand daughter is reading the book Poppy in her classroom and this is the first book of the series. She is loving this book, it is action packed and a great book for a third grader.
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Excruciating

Nothing happens in this story. I kept hoping and waiting for something to happen.I was not rewarded for my patience.
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GARBAGE

First, i read Poppy in 5 grade, and i really liked it. So, i decided to read all of the books, and decided to read this book. It was so boring, and nothing realy happened that was rely intresting. To me, none of it was funny. It was boring, and it was a book that dragged on and on and on.
Then, i did a book report on it, so I had to read it again, because it was a year later. WOW, was I bored. It was just realy stupid, boring, dumb, useless, and awful.
So, i do not recomend this book!Read Poppy though, its amazing.
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