[.ca] Agatha's Feather Bed (ISBN 1561450960)

Rich in puns and humor with a lesson on every page:
Agatha's Featherbed is a book laced with rich humor nad whimsical puns about the realtionship between a shopkeeper and six geese. There is a wonderous moral and that is intertwined within the pages. The author is a charming lady who animates through her stories the old world charm and the new world techniques.

My favorite children's book and baby gift!:
I love, love, love this book. I love to read it to children. I love to read it myself! I have given at least six of them as baby shower gifts and have just ordered another one to give. Children love it for its fun story; but,as they get older, they keep liking it on different levels--just for its beautiful illustrations alone, for its word play (which they understand more and more of as they progress so there is always some "new in it", for the side pictures that teach us where things come from, and so much more. As an adult, I never get tired of reading it as I do so many other children's books -- even good ones -- that I feel like I could recite in my sleep. If you were allowed to give 10 stars, I would give this book that many! I cannot say enough for it. Sadly, it is usually not available in bookstores anymore...BUT, Amazon has it!

Great story will excellent illustrations:
This book holds the child's interest, as the story is interesting and the pictures are well-done and amusing. Even the adult enjoys the subtle jokes placed within the story. And the message for the children is a universal one. FIVE STARS

Agatha's Featherber is a Fine Feathered Friend:
I've used this book in the classroom and have found students telling me when we've discovered where something comes from it's just like in Agatha's Featherbed. The book is remembered and students love the story. The ending comes as a wonderful surprise. What a wonderful modern day O'Henry adaptation for the Gift of the Magi. This book could be used for comparison to the O'Henry story. I read this book with my students year after year and each time I enjoy it a little more. It is too bad it is out of print. I think it's a remarkable book full of humor. It spurs students to inquire about where things come from. The author should know she's made an impression on me as well as my students. Thank you Ms. Deedy. The illustrations rank as a Caldecott. Thank you Ms. Seeley.

A wonderful story and a visual delight!:
Agatha loves to tell children were things come from, but she almost forgets that "nothing comes from nothing" when she orders a new feather bed. Things get really interesting when when 6 naked geese show up to talk to her about it! The story is thought provoking, and the illustrations enrich the story in a beautiful and informative way. Why this book did not win a Caldecott is beyond me!