The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen
- Author Myron Levoy
- Narrator Kirby Heyborne
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 10 November 2015
- Run Time 4 hours and 22 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories.
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What to expect
In 1890s South Dakota, Amy and Joshua escape from their mean aunt Vootch. They plan to find their grandparents in New York and manage to team up with a traveling magician, Mortimer Wintergreen, who is also New York bound. Mortimer owns a truly magic hat with a temperamental, mischievous mind of its own.
Adventures abound as their way is blocked by outlaws, runaway hot-air balloons, geese, and the persistent Aunt Vootch—but the hat is always ready for action.
Critics Review
u201cReaders will adore this droll romp. Sure to provoke heavy and sustained laughter.u201d
u201cClever wordplay, engaging characters, and the kind of sober undercurrent that makes true comedy more buoyant, make this a fine addition to the short list of stories that truly entertain.u201d
u201cThis is a lark of an adventure storyu2026Levoy provides a merry and suspenseful chase.u201d
u201cA good read.u201d
u201c[A] fast and funny book that students will enjoy hearing read aloud. The storyu2019s 1890s setting also makes an excellent jumping-off point for history lessons about turn-of-the-century America.u201d
u201cNarrator Kirby Heyborne draws listeners into the plight of Amy and Joshuau2026When the children escape and team up with an itinerant magicianu2026Heyborne hits his stride, dynamically rendering the cross-country chase as the trio is pursued by outlaws as well as the persistent Aunt Vootch. Heyborne gives Mortimeru2019s voice an easygoing tone with a lovely singsong effect when he reacts to the shenanigans of his hatu2026[A] funny, merry adventure.u201d
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