The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen

by Myron Levoy

Overview

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 their persistent Aunt Vootch. But The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen is always ready for action.

A Junior Literary Guild Selection

"Buoyant comedy. A fine addition to stories that truly entertain."(Kirkus review)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595093533
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Myron Levoy is the author of The Witch of Fourth Street, and Other Stories, among many other books for children. Alan and Naomi was nominated for the American Book Award for Children's Literature and was an honor book for both the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards. It also won the Silver Pencil Award in the Netherlands.

Kirby Heyborne is a musician, actor, and professional narrator. Noted for his work in teen and juvenile audio, he has garnered over twenty Earphones Awards. His audiobook credits include Jesse Kellerman's The Genius, Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, and George R. R. Martin's Selections from Dreamsongs.

Editorial Reviews

Readers will adore this droll romp. Sure to provoke heavy and sustained laughter.”

Booklist (starred review)

Narrator Kirby Heyborne draws listeners into the plight of Amy and Joshua…When the children escape and team up with an itinerant magician…Heyborne 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 Mortimer’s voice an easygoing tone with a lovely singsong effect when he reacts to the shenanigans of his hat…[A] funny, merry adventure.”

AudioFile

[A] fast and funny book that students will enjoy hearing read aloud. The story’s 1890s setting also makes an excellent jumping-off point for history lessons about turn-of-the-century America.”

Children’s Literature

Prepare for a wild ride, set in the 1890s. Narrator Kirby Heyborne draws listeners into the plight of Amy and Joshua, who live under the thumb of their abusive Aunt Vootch. When the children escape and team up with an itinerant magician, Mr. Mortimer Wintergreen, to travel to New York City to find their grandparents, Heyborne 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 Mortimer’s voice an easygoing tone with a lovely singsong effect when he reacts to the shenanigans of his hat, which gives forth items such as a line of laundry, smoke from a locomotive, bagels, and crayons—or refuses to cooperate at all. This funny, merry adventure is sure to please. M.F.T. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2016 - AudioFile