[.ca] The Search for Delicious (ISBN 0374365342)

My Favorite book.:
I once found this book in the basement of a very old house that my grandmother has lived in for many years. When I took it up to show her, she told me I could keep it. I took it home that day and read about 10 pages. I was hooked, I would read this book every night, and every night it seemed like a new adventure. After I finished reading it, I misplaced it and could not find it for about 2 years. Then one day I stumbled upon it again, and I read it again. It was easily as great as the first time. The characters in this book are VERY creative, which goes hand in hand with Babbitt's great writing style, and the wonderful, and at times funny, plot. I am now in college and I still make it a point to read the book AT LEAST once a year. This is a great book for people of all ages to read and enjoy. It is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best, book ever written.

If you like fantasy, Search for Delicious is for you!:
The Search for Delicious was a great book! It starts out when the king is making a dictionary and they come up to the word delicious. The king said delicious is apples but the court doesn't agree with him so they send Gaylen to poll the towns and find the real meaning of delicious but Hemlock messes it all up. Gaylen meets a lot of interesting people along the way. To find out more about the book you have to read it. I recommend this to all people that like fantasy books and have a good imagination.

An overall good book:
A very funny and exiting book.However, some parts were boring though.

A New Favorite:
I don't know why I picked this up to read it. I just ran across an old copy of a book by an author I haven't read much of and started it. I was absolutely startled to find such a warm book of authentic, feeling relationships, sincere humor, and true depth. The story is of Gaylen. He lives at court where his father-figure, the Prime Minister, is writing a dictionary. The king and the rest of court have a great dispute on the meaning of the word "delicious." Gaylen is sent to poll the country to find out what is truly delicious. On his journey, he finds that the country is about to be throne into a war over the issue, and Gaylen has to try to contact some pretty magical people to try and save the country. The book works on a lot of levels. On one hand, it is a humorous, adventurous, and truly touching little novel. You really love the main character and each of the episodes he undergoes makes you like him more. But the novel does have a little deeper side as the conflict over the word "delicious" comments a lot on the nature of relative truth in a fallen world, and Gaylen is on a search to try and bring order back to the world. From whatever perspective one reads the novel, I think there is something wonderful to find. I am definitely going to purchase myself a copy and recommend it to everyone I know.

A Delicious Book:
"There will be civil war!" the {Prime Minister} burst out at last. "Splits, upheavals, and people taking sides! Smiles will be forgotten and spring will escape notice! Little flowers will push up, only to be trodden down, and birds will sing unheeded." Prime Minister DeCree is making a dictionary, but this is not exactly an ordinary dictionary. Some of the definitions are things like 'Affectionate is your dog', 'Bulky is a big bag of boxes', and 'Annoying is a loose boot in a muddy place.' The King is extremely happy with this dictionary at first, especially the definition 'Calamitous is saying no to the King.' He then reads the definition of delicious, which is fried fish according to DeCree, and he says "no." He thinks the most delicious things are apples. The General thinks the definition should be a mug of beer and the Queen favors Christmas pudding. Soon the whole court is fighting over what should be the definition of delicious. So the King decides to send twelve year old Gaylen, DeCree's foster son, to take a poll of the kingdom. The story tells of Gaylen's obstacles and adventures along the way including some helpful dwarfs, a mermaid named Ardis, and a few angry villagers. I loved this book and could not stop reading it. Natalie Babbitt creates such vivid characters and remarkable situations. I recommend this great fantasy to anyone who enjoys extraordinary adventures in imaginative worlds.