Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Jellybean by Tessa Duder ISBN 13: 9780195581270. Geraldine's mother is a cellist. Geraldine is tired of having to fit in with her mother's schedule, and lonely. Then she discovers an ambition of her own: to be a conductor. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Tessa Duder's literary career spans 28 years. Internationally acclaimed for her multi-award-winning Alex Quartet and Tiggie Tompson trilogy and two picture books, A Book of Pacific Lullabies and Carpet of Dreams, her awards include the Margaret Mahy Medal, the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the coveted Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award, Artist to Antarctica in 2007 and an honorary PhD in 2008. Tessa is also a journalist, editor, non-fiction author and biographer, with Margaret Mahy: a writer's life. From School Library Journal : Grade 5-8 As the only child of a single musician, Geraldine (nicknamed Jellybean) has always played second fiddle to her mother's career. Resentful and lonely, she has to arrange her life around her mother's rehearsal and performance schedule as a concert cellist. A man from her mother's past helps Geraldine discover her own passion for music and helps her to better understand her mother and herself. This book is a commentary on the dedication and single-mindedness that a musician must have in order to succeed. The characters are real people who deal with real problems and who grow and change during the course of the story. This well-written novel, set in New Zealand, is slow paced but solid. It should appeal not only to those interested in music, but also to children who may sometimes feel that they are not getting enough attention from or spending enough time with their parents. Donna Rodda, Solon City Schools, Ohio Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. ISBN 13: 9781869508395. The coming of age of a lonely girl who learns to follow her dreams by award winning author Tessa Duder. First published in the United Kingdom in 1985, Jellybean is one of tessa Duder's best loved children's novels, and tells the beguiling story of a lonely girl, Geraldine, whose unconventional single mother is uncomfortably different from all her schoolmates' mothers. Her mother is a professional musician - but not even something cool like a singer or a a rock star - she plays in the orchestra and occasionally in a jazz band in clubs. Jellybean is often left to her own devices, and feels sad and neglected. When a stranger comes into their life and she finds that he is someone from her mother's past, she begins to wonder if he is her mysteriously absent father. Jellybean also learns what she really wants, and that some things are so important to who you are, you have to make some challenging choices. And the hardest lesson of all is that sometimes you might want to hide away, but what you need to do is take your courage in your hands and be prepared to stand up and be seen. Published internationally in several editions, and a finalist in both Adult and Children's premier literary awards in this country at the time of its release, Jellybean is a poignant and timeless tale that has been out of print for the last ten years, and we are delighted to be able to revisit her enchanting story. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Tessa Duder's literary career spans 28 years. Internationally acclaimed for her multi-award-winning Alex Quartet and Tiggie Tompson trilogy and two picture books, A Book of Pacific Lullabies and Carpet of Dreams, her awards include the Margaret Mahy Medal, the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the coveted Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award, Artist to Antarctica in 2007 and an honorary PhD in 2008. Tessa is also a journalist, editor, non-fiction author and biographer, with Margaret Mahy: a writer's life. From School Library Journal : Grade 5-8 As the only child of a single musician, Geraldine (nicknamed Jellybean) has always played second fiddle to her mother's career. Resentful and lonely, she has to arrange her life around her mother's rehearsal and performance schedule as a concert cellist. A man from her mother's past helps Geraldine discover her own passion for music and helps her to better understand her mother and herself. This book is a commentary on the dedication and single-mindedness that a musician must have in order to succeed. The characters are real people who deal with real problems and who grow and change during the course of the story. This well-written novel, set in New Zealand, is slow paced but solid. It should appeal not only to those interested in music, but also to children who may sometimes feel that they are not getting enough attention from or spending enough time with their parents. Donna Rodda, Solon City Schools, Ohio Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Jellybean (1985) Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Geraldine lives with her mother, “the only mother who plays the cello in a pub…in all of Rooms Nine and Ten”. She has never even seen a photograph of her father. Geraldine’s life is a lonely series of babysitters, rehearsals, and performances. All she wants is to spend quality time with her mother. Then she meets Gerald, another mysterious cellist who seems to know her mother quite well, and who finds out the one other thing Geraldine secretly wants… Geraldine is nearly eleven. “Jellybean” is her mother’s childhood nickname for her. Mostly Geraldine prefers not to be called that, however it is one special thing that the two of them share, so she feels reluctant to drop it completely. One of the characteristics of the book is its atmosphere of longing and loneliness- Geraldine is always seeking a closer relationship with her mother. She “realizes she is actually jealous of her mother’s cello” then acknowledges that she has good reason to be. Many readers will identify with wanting to be a bigger part of a parent’s busy lifestyle. This is a simple story, the brevity of which is an indication that not much action takes place. The plot is fairly basic, with the climax being an annual orchestra performance at Geraldine’s school. However I found the most exciting part of the story was Geraldine’s various adventures after her mother runs off to avoid being late for a rehearsal, leaving Geraldine to find her own way to the theatre. The story is realistic, a window into the world of Geraldine and her mother covering about six months of their lives. Some big things happen, but often there are everyday occurrences, and conversations they (and every other family!) must have had several times before. A further aspect of the realism of the book is its recognisable Auckland setting, with many references to One Tree Hill, and the theatre just off Queen Street. The strength and appeal of the story for me lies in its passion for and pre-occupation with music. Geraldine has a peculiar relationship with music- it is music that draws her mother away from her, yet only music can relieve her own strong emotions. She has no friends, because “no one likes my sort of music…and we don’t have a colour telly, or heaps off Lego or skates or bikes or dress-ups…” Alone in the house after school, Geraldine turns the tape deck up loud and absorbs the strength of the classics. Interrogated by Gerald about her secret ambition, he says “ ‘The love of music is the first thing. Do you think you love music enough?’ Enough? How much is enough? she wonders.” This is a story for any musical New Zealander around the same age as Geraldine (10-11 years), or anyone who can identify with being an only child of busy parents. Jellybean. The coming of age of a lonely girl who learns to follow her dreams by award winning author Tessa Duder. First published in the United Kingdom in 1985, Jellybean is one of tessa Duder's best loved children's novels, and tells the beguiling story of a lonely girl, Geraldine, whose unconventional single mother is uncomfortably different from all her schoolmates' mothers. Her mother is a professional musician - but not even something cool like a singer or a a rock star - she plays in the orchestra and occasionally in a jazz . Read More. The coming of age of a lonely girl who learns to follow her dreams by award winning author Tessa Duder. First published in the United Kingdom in 1985, Jellybean is one of tessa Duder's best loved children's novels, and tells the beguiling story of a lonely girl, Geraldine, whose unconventional single mother is uncomfortably different from all her schoolmates' mothers. Her mother is a professional musician - but not even something cool like a singer or a a rock star - she plays in the orchestra and occasionally in a jazz band in clubs. Jellybean is often left to her own devices, and feels sad and neglected. When a stranger comes into their life and she finds that he is someone from her mother's past, she begins to wonder if he is her mysteriously absent father. Jellybean also learns what she really wants, and that some things are so important to who you are, you have to make some challenging choices. And the hardest lesson of all is that sometimes you might want to hide away, but what you need to do is take your courage in your hands and be prepared to stand up and be seen. Published internationally in several editions, and a finalist in both Adult and Children's premier literary awards in this country at the time of its release, Jellybean is a poignant and timeless tale that has been out of print for the last ten years, and we are delighted to be able to revisit her enchanting story. Read Less. All Copies ( 13 ) Softcover ( 9 ) Hardcover ( 4 ) Choose Edition ( 4 ) Book Details Seller Sort. 1988, Puffin Books. Halethorpe, MD, USA. Edition: 1988, Puffin Books Trade paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 0140321144 ISBN-13: 9780140321142 Pages: 112 Publisher: Puffin Books Published: 1988 Language: English Alibris ID: 16677270234 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,59. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. 1988, Puffin Books. Brownstown, MI, USA. 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Cover and pages fine but for a small stamp on front endpaper Note: Adventuring with Books--unclipped dj has slight rub and edgewear. ► Contact This Seller. 1988, Puffin Books. Edition: 1988, Puffin Books Hardcover, Fine/Like New Details: Pages: 112 Publisher: Puffin Books Alibris ID: 11369976114 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,59 Trackable Expedited: €7,19. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Fiction for Adults: Is She Still Alive? – scintillating tales for women of a certain age. (HarperCollins, 2008) A themed collection of 13 short stories about the experiences of older women, set in New Zealand and Europe. Novels for young people: Night Race to Kawau (Oxford University Press, 1982) An exciting sailing adventure set in the famous Hauraki Gulf. Jellybean (Reissued by HarperCollins, 2010. Oxford University Press, 1985, Penguin Books 1987, Houghton Mifflin (USA), 1987) A gentle story about a young girl’s passion for music, updated for contemporary children. The Alex Quartet Four books charting Alex Archer's progress towards Olympic representation, her Rome experience and its aftermath. 1987 USA. Alex (OUP, 1987); published as In Lane Three, Alex Archer (Houghton Mifflin, USA hardback, 1987 and Bantam paperback, 1991) Alex wins the crucial race for Olympic nomination. Alex in Winter (OUP, 1989) Alex survives a tough winter of training. Alessandra - Alex in Rome (OUP, 1991); published as Alex in Rome (Houghton Mifflin, USA, 1991) Alex competes in Rome. Songs for Alex (OUP, 1992) Alex after Rome has tough decisions to make. All six published by Oxford University Press and Penguin Books, in New Zealand, UK, Australia and various European/South African translations. The Alex Quartet is being re-issued as four books in new format by Penguin NZ, April, 2003. Mercury Beach (Penguin, 1997) A comic tale of small-town fund-raising. The Tiggie Thompson Show (Penguin, NZ and Australia, 1999) The first book about Tiggie, from fat girl to TV star. Hot Mail A novel in e-mails with William Taylor (Penguin, NZ and Australia, March 2000) Two unlikely e-mail pals share their lives and find friendship. Tiggie Thompson, All at Sea (Penguin, NZ and Australia, 2001) Tiggie Tompson copes with disappointment and an unwelcome half-brother. Tiggie Thompson's Longest Journey (Penguin, NZ and Australia, 2003) Tiggie comes to grips with playing the tough role of Eliza and finding out where her real ambitions lie, though her family and personal life threaten at times to overwhelm her. Picture Books: Carpet of Dreams (HarperCollins 2006) Illustrated by award-winning Australian artist Mark Wilson, this fantasy story is Tessa Duder’s first true picture book. It’s about a girl’s discovery of an old carpet in her grandmother’s attic, and the night-time journey it takes her, from modern New Zealand back in time and place, to its 19th century origins in Turkey. The recommended age is 5 or 6 and upwards. Short Stories: The Violin (in The Magpies Said , editor Dorothy Butler, Viking Kestrel, 1981) Person Overboard (in Ice Cream and Tabasco Sauce , editor Lydia Weavers, Macmillan, 1990) Sea-changes (in Ultimate Sports , edited by Donald R. Gallo, Delacorte Press, 1995) Not Just a Pretty Face (in Zig Zag , anthology of short stories edited by William Taylor, Penguin, 1993) Tuesdays (in Falling in Love , edited by Tessa Duder, Penguin, 1995) White Daffodils (in Crossings , edited by Tessa Duder and Agnes Nieuwenhuizen, Reed Australia, 1995) A Stroke of Luck (in The First Time, Vol 1 , edited by Charles Montpetit, Hodder Headline, Australia, 1996) Freddie Bone (in Personal Best , edited by Tessa Duder and Peter McFarlane, Reed Australia, November, 1997) Sandboy (in Small Packages edited by Linda Burgess and Raewyn Bright, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000) How to Bring Down a Government (in Morrieson's Motel , Tandem Press and NZ Society of Authors, 2000) Cindy becomes a star! and Moana’s Secret (in From The Big Chair , Penguin NZ, 2002, stories first shown on TV3’s The Big Chair) Too Close to the Wind and other stories (HarperCollins 2006) Ten of Tessa Duder’s best short stories for children published during the last 25 years. It includes her very first published fiction: The Violin , published in Dorothy Butler’s classic 1981 anthology The Magpies Said . There’s also a personal favourite Freddy Bone , some stories originally written for TV now revised, and a brand-new novella (or long short story) Too Close to the Wind about a super-confident girl and an under-confident boy who go dinghy sailing, with unexpected outcomes. The Whistle Blower ,’ short story in Dare and Double Dare – 30 New Zealand Sporty Stories (Random House New Zealand, 2006) Edited by Barbara Else, illustrated by David Elliot. ‘ Taking Flight ,’ short story in You’re the Best! – stories about friendship (Kingfisher UK and USA, 2007) Edited by Belinda Hollyer. Beach Theatre ’, an adult short story, appeared in the Detours section of the Herald on Sunday on January 20, 2008 . Out on the Water – Twelve Tales of the Sea (Peter Dowling of Libro International – an imprint of Oratia Press, 2014) A collection of sea stories from Tessa, with full-page illustrations specially created by leading New Zealand illustrator Bruce Potter. Anthologies: Nearly Seventeen Editor (Penguin, 1993) Anthology of short stories and plays for young women. Falling in Love Editor (Penguin, 1995) Anthology of new romantic stories for young adults. Crossings Co-editor with Agnes Nieuwenhuizen (Reed Australia, 1995) Australian and New Zealand stories for young adults. Personal Best Co-editor with Peter McFarlane (Reed Australia, 1997) Australian and New Zealand stories about sport for young people. Salt Beneath the Skin - seafaring Kiwis tell their stories Editor (HarperCollins, 1999) A Book of Pacific Lullabies , illustrated by Anton Petrov - Editor (HarperCollins [hardback] 2001, [paperback] 2002) Seduced by the Sea — more stories from seafaring Kiwis Editor (HarperCollins, 2002) Storylines: the anthology Editor (Scholastic New Zealand, June 2003) A brilliant collection of new stories, poems, illustrated stories and non-fiction by New Zealand writers and illustrators, edited by Tessa Duder for the Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand. Spirit of Youth Editor (Scholastic New Zealand, June 2003) An anthology of contributions and historical pictures paying tribute to the Spirit of Adventure Trust’s thirty years’ service aboard Spirit of Adventure and Spirit of New Zealand to the youth of New Zealand. Down to the Sea Again (HarperCollins, 2005) An anthology of first-person true sea stories for younger readers, featuring young and established New Zealand writers. ‘ A Perfect Picnic ,’ short story in Out of the Deep – stories from New Zealand and the Pacific (Reed Publishing in association with Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand, 2007). Edited by Tessa Duder and Lorraine Orman, illustrated by Bruce Potter. The Word Witch – the Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy , edited by Tessa Duder, illustrated by David Elliot. (HarperCollins, Auckland, 2009.) A handsomely-produced collection of 66 Mahy poems spanning her career of nearly 50 years, each illustrated by one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed illustrators. ‘The Cat who's Known as Flea’ , poem in A Treasury of New Zealand Poems for Children , edited by Paula Green (Random House New Zealand, 2014). A beautiful large format hardback publication, with the lovely little touch of three sewn-in bookmarkers for readers to note their favourites. Plays: The Runaway — one-act play for young actors about Joan of Arc , published in Nearly Seventeen (Penguin, 1993) The Warrior Virgin With Martin Baynton, music by Laughton Pattrick. A new play for young actors about Joan of Arc (Reed, 1996) Non-Fiction: Kawau - the Governor's Gift (Bush Press, 1981) The Book of Auckland (Oxford University Press, 1985) Spirit of Adventure: the Story of New Zealand's sail training ship (Century Hutchinson, 1985) – with Captain Barry Thompson and Clifford Hawkins. Waitemata - Auckland's Harbour of Sails (Random Century, 1989) Journey to Olympia - the story of the Ancient Olympics (Ashton Scholastic, 1992) The Making of Alex: the movie (Ashton Scholastic, 1993) In Search of Elisa Marchetti — a writer’s search for her Italian family (Penguin, 2002) A visit to the Tuscan port of Livorno uncovers family secrets and life-changing decisions. Margaret Mahy - a writer's life (HarperCollins, 2005) The first major portrait of New Zealand's beloved children's author. Features extensive quotes from Mahy's speeches, reviews, commentary on children's literature, as well as previously unpublished poems and representative extracts from her works. The Story of Sir Peter Blake (Libro International, 2012) This book has been specially written for younger readers at the request of the Sir Peter Blake Trust, set up in 2002 to honour his name and continue his environmental work. Among those quoted are Lady Pippa, Tony Blake and famous sailors such as Robin Knox-Johnston, Grant Dalton, Russell Crowe and Mark Orams. Sarah Mathew: Explorer, Journalist and Auckland's 'First Lady' (David Ling Publishing, 2015) The untold story of Sarah Mathew, wife of Surveyor-General Felton Mathew, who explored the Northland and Hauraki coasts in 1840 and was there at the founding and early days of the capital, Auckland. Her surviving journals and letters vividly bring her New Zealand years to life, and tell of a feisty, adventurous and devoted wife whose contribution to the historical record has until now not been properly acknowledged. Contributor to: Through the Looking Glass, recollections of childhood (editor Michael Gifkins, Century Hutchinson, 1989) Contributor to: My Father and Me, an anthology of essays on father/daughter relationships (editor, Penny Hansen, Tandem Press, Auckland, 1992) Contributor to: The Written World: Youth and Literature (editor Agnes Nieuwenhuizen, D. Thorpe, 1993) Contributor to: The New Zealand Herald Guide to Auckland (editor Terry Snow, Penguin, 2002) Contributor to: A Passion for Travel Essay on travelling in Turkey, Safeguarding the Cotton Castles, (editor, Tina Shaw, Tandem Press, 1998) Educational Readers and Booklets: Play It Again Sam (Shortland Publications) Dragons (Shortland Publications) Simply Messing About in Boats (Shortland Publications) Restoring Tissot The story of the restoration of James Tissot's Still on Top, Applications series, (Learning Media, 2001)