A review by whatsthestorywishbone
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

3.0

1950’s Newbery award winner and I read somewhere it beat out Charlottes Web??!! This book is written for very young kids (Reid is probably in the perfect age group at six). It’s style reminded me of a Beverly Cleary series but was neither as engaging or as cohesive. I personally found it long winded and slow with lots of side stories and flash backs that had zero relevance. And predictable...knew exactly what had happened to Ginger Pie as soon as they introduced the villain. The author does create good images and Reid enjoyed it although I am not sure it was his favorite either. The wrap up (we listened to it so this was the last 30 minutes of the book) was completely unnecessary and just repetitively told us how happy everyone was. It was not worthy of any awards in my opinion and Definitely showed its age.