Mean Margaret, Tor Seidler
Mean Margaret, Tor Seidler
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Mean Margaret

Author: Tor Seidler

Narrator: Simon Jones

Unabridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2015


Synopsis

Unconditional kindness is the key in this National Book Award Finalist from the author of The Wainscott Weasel about nontraditional families, adoption, love—and a little peace and quiet.

Margaret is a mean, cranky human toddler from a family of nine. She is such a pain that her beleaguered parents chuck her out, and she’s on her own, grousing and grumping until two caring woodchucks, Phoebe and Fred, take Margaret in as their own. But despite their love, Margaret continues to wreak havoc with her loud, destructive ways, ruining the burrow and shrieking nonstop. Soon the woodchucks are as beleaguered as Margaret’s human parents were, but because love is more powerful than temper tantrums, they are determined to make it work. So they enlist a little unconventional help, and with the guidance of a snake, bats, and a skunk, their feral little human just might realize there’s more to life than being mean.

About Tor Seidler

Tor Seidler is the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of more than a dozen children’s books, including FirstbornThe Wainscott WeaselA Rat’s Tale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Gully’s Travels, and most notably Mean Margaret, which was a National Book Award Finalist. He lives in New York, New York.

About Simon Jones

Simon Jones Broadway credits include: The Real Thing, Benefactors, The School for Scandal, The Herbal Bed, and Waiting in the Wings (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Off-Broadway credits include: Woman in Mind, Terra Nova, Privates On Parade (Drama Desk nominee). Film and TV highlights: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, The Devil's Own, Brideshead Revisited, PBS's Liberty and HBO's Oz.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cory on June 25, 2020

This was a perfect read aloud for my 10 and 7 year olds. It took several chapters for the title character to make an appearance, so we were wondering for a time whether there was a mistake with our digital download. However, the time the author took in developing the animal characters was well worth......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on April 13, 2018

A quirky tale with many, many pleasant twists and turns. I enjoyed this tale for its imaginative nature as well as its subject matter dealing with the lives of many times of animals. Irreverent and sometimes pretty funny. Nice changes to the inner lives of the main characters, through interesting an......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on April 06, 2024

A woodchuck couple happen upon a human child, abandoned in a ditch by her siblings, and they name her Margaret and take her home. Margaret wreaks havok on the woodchuck home, and it is only because of the love and care of the woodchuck wife that Margaret is retained in the new family. Somehow, out o......more

Goodreads review by Thatjuliegirl on May 20, 2022

Very cute and not at all what I was expecting. Occasionally a little macabre, which kind of delighted me. Fun to read aloud. Both of my littles commented that they enjoyed that all the characters learned something.......more

Goodreads review by Eden on October 02, 2021

From Eden's father: The story is ok, and everything ends up fine in the end, but there are elements of the book which are unsuitable for small children, including murderous siblings, murderous intentions, alcoholism, *slightly* suggestive elements and a tiny bit of crude language.......more