FREE LITTLE PLUM PDF Rumer Godden,Gary Blythe | 112 pages | 01 Jan 2016 | Pan MacMillan | 9781447292760 | English | London, United Kingdom Little Plum - Wikipedia It was first drawn by Leo Baxendale. Leo Baxendale was inspired to create the strip after seeing Davey Law 's Dennis the Menace and deciding to come up with a similar character himself; seeing a Disney comic with Hiawatha in it, Baxendale hit on the idea of creating an Indian Dennis the Menace. He sent a drawing of his character to Beano editor George Moonie and it was accepted. Baxendale stated decades later that he vaguely remembered calling the character either "Big Chief Peanut" Little Plum "Little Chief Peanut"; he was given the provisional name of Booster by Little Plum publisher before finally being christened as Little Plum by the time he made his debut in To Baxendale's puzzlement, the printed versions of his Little Plum always left Plum's nose white instead of pink. Plum may have been conceived as an Indian version of Dennis the Menace, but he ended Little Plum as a rather different character. Where Dennis was always a deliberate troublemaker, any menacing caused by Plum was often unintentional - in the 9 November strip his feather headband flies off in the wind and tickles a weight-lifting Chiefy, leading to a nasty mishap. Plum switches to a sombrero, but this too causes trouble - it fills up with rainwater, leading to another accident when plum doffs it to Chiefy. In the 1 March strip Plum builds a tea-making robot for Chiefy that malfunctions badly, assaulting the chief and eventually drinking the cuppa itself. The fact that the characters drink tea Little Plum the morning, incidentally, locates the strip in the same strange world as Desperate Danthe world where the stereotypes of Westerns where Indians pepper their sentences with "um" and spend their day-to-day Little Plum with feathers in their hair collide head-on with Little Plum is unmistakably contemporary Britain. Little Plum In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Categories :. Cancel Save. Little Plum | UK Comics Wiki | Fandom Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to Little Plum. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if Little Plum :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Little Plum Plum by Rumer Godden. Jean Primrose Illustrator. But the Little Plum Japanese doll in her window soon attracts their attention. Will the three girls Little Plum become friends? Get A Copy. More Details Original Title. Japanese Dolls 2. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers Little Plum about Little Plumplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Little Plum. Now this book was the escapist read I needed in troubled times! I read Little Plum in my childhood and loved this exquisite cover but the cover of my edition works in a different way. It shows the character of the untidy, boisterous Belinda and her cousin, the neat as a pin Nona. Miss Happiness and Miss Flower was Nona's story. This is Belinda's. Rude, tactless, aggressive and a bully. Probably not the sharpest knife in the drawer either! Yet he Now this book was the escapist read I needed in troubled times! Yet her determination to befriend the wealthy but lonely Gem shows endearing side to her character. If I could make one Little Plum criticism it would be that Japanese doll Little Plum remains - a doll. A wonderful tale from an author who understands that real children are not PC. Jul 01, Orinoco Womble tidy bag and all rated it really liked it Shelves: childrengood-summer-readlife-affirming-cosy. One of the first of Godden's "Doll Stories" that I checked out of the library at about age I remember long car trips across the Midwest with my older siblings bickering and sometimes coming to blows, while I buried myself in a Little Plum to escape. One day I had this book along, and suddenly my mother asked me to read it aloud. This meant I got to sit in the front seat instead of in back between the fighters as the youngest and shortest, I always had to sit in the middle on the axle bump. I star One of the first of Godden's "Doll Stories" that I checked out of the library at about age I started where I was, and was told, "No, wait, go back to the beginning. It held their attention all the way to our destination, and all the way back. By that time it was night, and I was reading by the light of a flashlight. No one got bored or complained or fought. I was surprised that my sister aged 13 and brother aged 15 could be interested in a "kid's story" about dolls, but they were. Perhaps because Belinda is a real child, Little Plum makes mistakes, fights with a new girl she's never spoken to, acts without thinking, and is selfish and totally unlike her obedient, "perfect" siblings and cousin Nona, who apparently can make anything she likes, no matter how miniature or difficult. Tom too is capable of building a Japanese doll's house, while sister Anne plays the violin just like my older sister, Little Plum a Little Miss Perfect. Belinda is untidy, clumsy, blunt and Little Plum unaware of her bumptious personality until she meets the Tiffany-Joneses, the upperclass family who move in next door. But for a "perfect" princess with private ballet lessons and her own grand piano and pony, I guess it Little Plum. The book got me interested in Japan, and established the custom of me reading aloud on car trips. Thanks to Little Plum, our frequent road trips were much more peaceful and we discovered a lot of very good writers. From there it was a short step to Dickens, Austen and co. Thank you, Ms. May 14, Gale rated it liked it. These special "persons" enjoy their own Japanese dollhouse and clothes, beds, Little Plum green paint water tea Little Plum celebrate many traditional customs. While the dolls converse privately, the sisters who are unaware Little Plum theri dolls' commuications plan and dream of a new friendship. They themselves are very different: nine-year-old Nona is neat, polite and very talentd with her creative fingers. While eight-year-old Belinda is a fearless tomboy, a Little Plum daredevil who defies parental Little Plum, common sense and even the laws of gravity, to satisfy her whims. But things get really interesting when a rich family buys and improves the big House Next Door. What delicious opportunities to Little Plum the doings and possessions as they move it--and there Little Plum a daughter too! Gem proves to be a "motherless" only child, waited on by her personal nanny and a large Little Plum staff--all supervised by an authoritarian aunt. The kindly father is often away on business, but after one trip Little Plum brings his daughter a Japanese doll Little Plum her own. Poor Little Plum- -as the spying girls name her and discover--is neglected by Little Plum lonely mistress. Belinda decides to teach the proper care of Japanese dolls to the sulking snob next door, but soon the teasing and critical notes escalate into a non-verbal war between the headstrong young ladies. Will that "rough child" ever be allowed in the front door of the wealthy but isolated Tiffany-Jones' mansion? And will Gem ever accept cultural Little Plum from mere Little Plum English children? This is a delightful read-aloud story for Girls Under Ten. And all women who fondly remember the dolls of their girlhood. June 16, I welcome dialogue with teachers. Mar 16, Gabby rated it it was amazing. One of my childhood favorites. It's a story that follows Little Plum two British girls as well as the Japanese dolls they own. It seems to not be very well known, which saddens me as it is such a delightful book. The writing is lovely and packed with descriptive details, mostly of the dolls. The characterization and dialogue are what really bring the book to life and make it so unforgettable. It is impossible not to love the warm, realistic characters that Godden Little Plum so tenderly written, and it's har One of my childhood favorites. It Little Plum impossible not to love the warm, realistic characters that Godden has so tenderly written, and it's hard not to be Little Plum too of cold little Gem, the "enemy" in this book. The dispute between Belinda and Gem is the main conflict, but the resolution is beautifully heartwarming, and the world of the Japanese dolls Godden creates is delightful. Every time I read this I fall in love again with the precious children and become totally immersed in the safe little world of these neighbors and their Little Plum. My edition also has magical illustrations by Jean Primrose that I adore. Aug 13, Trudy Pomerantz rated it it was amazing. I read Miss Happiness and Miss Flower as a child and I always wanted to read the next book Little Plum the series. Finally, nearly 45 Little Plum later, I ordered in a copy Little Plum Amazon. While it is still Little Plum sweet story, I found it better written than Miss Happiness and Miss Flower which will always have a special place in my heart because I read and remembered it for so many years.