The Green Gourd: A North Carolina Folktale

By Tony Johnston and C.W. Hunter

Book Overview

Hunter recounts a raucous North Carolina tale of the consequences of picking a gourd before its ripe. The slapstick comedy is complemented with cartoon art.--New Advocate. Full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399222782
• ISBN13: 9780399222788
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile A Whitebird Book
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A "fumpin" good tale

An hilarious folk tale told in the vernacular. "Oh law!" Must be read it out loud for maximum hilarity and it'll "witch ye sure." My 4 year old loves it so much she has learned to read it, hillbilly slang and all. There aren't many children's books this delightful. I just wonder why it was allowed to go out of print, and why it hasn't won any awards.

Bewitching :)

The Green Gourd is hilarious. I enjoyed reading it because the dialect was fun to do. The kids adored the silliness of a "witchy green gourd" chasing the old lady and "fumping" everything on the way. We both loved the illustrations. I love this book so much that I'm going to see if I can locate a used copy (it's out of print). Someday I'd like to read it to my grandchildren.

Fumping is Hysterical! The Green Gourd Rocks!

This children's book is so funny, that it is hard to read out loud. My children loved the story, of an old country woman who needs a gourd and picks one before it's ripe. It is bewitched and proceeds to "fump" her and anyone & everything else in its path.Each time the fumping episode occurred, I laughed out loud and my kids asked me to read it to them each night ("one more time, one more time!!!" Expect to be delighted as the illustrations are beautiful, too.