Worzel Gummidge

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Spending their summer holidays with Farmer Braithwaite and his wife in Scatterbrook, John and Susan come across a particularly lifelike scarecrow in a nearby field. That evening, much to the children’s surprise, the scarecrow makes an appearance in the Braithwaites’ kitchen to warm himself by the fire. He is Worzel Gummidge and he is no ordinary scarecrow. His tendency to cause mayhem wherever he goes sparks a series of mishaps and adventures, often with hilarious results. This is the first of the Worzel Gummidge novels written by Barbara Euphan Todd, originally published in 1936.

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Some childrenu2019s classics can strike the ear as dated; Barbara Euphan Toddu2019s Worzel Gummidge bounces with unrepentant zest from the moment John and Susan sight a scarecrow in the ten-acre field of Scatterbrook Farm and take his battered umbrella to shelter from the rain. Did his arms quiver? Did the features carved into his mangel-wurzel head change expression? Toddu2019s simple phrasing, embellished with interesting words such as u2018dawdlesomeu2019 and u2018rampageousu2019, is perfectly pitched for small children; parents will chuckle along with Gummidgeu2019s adventures too. Jessica Martin reads with the crisp clarity vital in a childrenu2019s audiobook.
Christina Hardyment, The Times

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