Product Description

Climb to the top of the Crumpetty Tree and meet the Blue Baboon, the Fimble Fowl, the Dong with a luminous nose - and, of course, the Quangle Wangle in his huge and lovely Hat!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298487 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

Truly delightful
This is a thoroughly gorgeous edition of the poem of the Quangle Wangle Quee. I remember the poem clearly from my own childhood and surely you do too. If not, then you're never too old to become acquainted with it:
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
With ribbons and bibbons on every side,
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee....
And there came to the crumpetty tree ... a whole menagerie of interesting beasts, a pobble who hast no toes and a small Olympian bear for example, each of which is beautifully illustrated in this wonderful version of this classic tale. They come and live on the wonderful hat and dance the night away. I grew up on the Oxenbury pictures and often I hark back to illustrations from the original editions but in this case I can assure you that you won't be disappointed. The pictures are clear and fun with a good strong colour palette. And if you liked Louise Voce's smashing take on the Owl and the Pussycat, then get this companion. Can we have the Jumblies next please?