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This much loved comic adventure story has magical characters and a gripping plot for all the family to enjoy.
When Prince Abu Ali, son of Aladdin, is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one that has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious land of Green Ginger. His quest brings him in contact with flying carpets, button-nosed tortoises, magic phoenix birds - and two very villainous princes.
Contains original Edward Ardizzone illustrations throughout.
About the Author
Noel Langley is the successful and popular broadway playwright and scriptwriter behind classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Scrooge and Tom Brown's Schooldays.
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123 of 124 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There's a wonderful book called The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley. This isn't it.
Langley, who was one of the three writers of The Wizard of Oz movie, did an early draft of The Land of Green Ginger in the 1930s, then reworked it for Shirley Temple's Fairytale Theatre on US television in the early 1950s.
In 1966 he rewrote and expanded it into a pretty much perfect book. It's hilarious, strange and unique. That's the book that most of the people here are talking about having read.
In 1975 it was republished in a drastically abridged form -- seventy pages shorter -- with most of the jokes removed, along with several characters, such as Nosi Parka the egghead. While there's still something of the original in the 1975 edition, it's a depressing book if you love the original -- pages of fun and froth are replaced with a dry summary of the plot. Omar Khayyam no longer lisps or makes up poetry. Even the songs are gone...
I have no idea why Faber would republish the eviscerated 1975 edition, rather than the 1966 edition (the one Kenneth Williams famously read on Jackanory all those years ago). I wish they hadn't.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yes - this is a very entertaining book - I wouldn't want to put anyone off reading it to their children - it's a fun adventure.
But I do agree that it is now but a mere shadow of the 1966 version - which now retails second hand at fantastic sums - because it outshines this latest version as the sun to the moon.
One of the great games of listening to the old version was unscrambling the funny words used. Then you could make up tunes for the songs. Just the most fun way of learning this immense language that we enjoy.
...and for those of you really tripping down memory lane - what ever happened to Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field (only Elsie Piddick seems to survive!)and Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard?
Publishers please note!
But I do agree that it is now but a mere shadow of the 1966 version - which now retails second hand at fantastic sums - because it outshines this latest version as the sun to the moon.
One of the great games of listening to the old version was unscrambling the funny words used. Then you could make up tunes for the songs. Just the most fun way of learning this immense language that we enjoy.
...and for those of you really tripping down memory lane - what ever happened to Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field (only Elsie Piddick seems to survive!)and Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard?
Publishers please note!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderful book to read out loud to children. The names of the characters alone are a delight. The style is deliberately old fashioned but witty and refined. There is enough excitement to keep younger minds involved but nothing that will give rise to nightmares. Highly recomended.
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memories
the Original (and possibly this version) contains some of the most sublime jokes around. I still remember from 45 years ago the Dragon preparing our hero Aladdin to eat him,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Edgeley
check the publisher, pumpkins review is not relevant here
Having pumpkins review on all of the different versions of this book for sale is confusing, as it refers to a late faber edition, this entry is for the puffin edition, so check... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2009 by jessica long
Timeless Gem
The Land Of Green Ginger is one of those rare books which instantly tells you heaps about people. For me, when I find out someone I just met has read it and loved it, I know we... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Alistair Dixon
Just Plain Wrong
No!!! This is a travesty. Not the real book. Someone at the publisher should be hung for releasing this pale shadow of the true book. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2008 by J. D. Ritchie
Appallingly edited version of brilliant original
The Land of Green Ginger is one of my enduring childhood memories and I still own a battered 1966 edition. Read more
Published on 16 May 2008 by Angus Bell
Original and best
I disagree with Pumkin99's review,I absolutely adored this book as a child and it is STILL a favorite of mine, and the book I love and remember so well? Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2007 by Priscilla Birt
The Land of Green Ginger
If you want to read a book about Heroes and Villains (as in Life), Birds and Beasts (as in Zoos), Mysteries and Magic (as in daydreams), and the Wonderful Wanderings of an... Read more
Published on 11 July 2004 by ball
Brilliantly funny story for children of all ages
I am so glad this book is still in print. It was my favourite as a child, and I am still reading it on a regular basis! Read more
Published on 7 April 2002
Funny,Fantastic,Love It
Like the reader from Calgary I too have searched for this book for years ever since I lent it to a friend to read to her children and never got it back! Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2001
At last !! I can buy it for my kids!
I've been looking for this book for many years...it was one of my favourites as a child until one of my brothers dropped it in the bath! Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2001
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