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Grimble and Grimble at Christmas Paperback – July 30, 1974

by Clement Freud (Author), Quentin Blake (Artist)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
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Ten-year-old Grimble has some unusual adventures trying to cope with his vague and forgetful parents.
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  1. Print length
    128 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Puffin
  4. Publication date
    July 30, 1974
  5. Dimensions
    20 x 20 x 20 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0140306730
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0140306736
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin (July 30, 1974)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140306730
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140306736
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.82 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 20 x 20 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 45 ratings

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Lorna Bolden
5.0 out of 5 stars A favourite of mine...
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2014
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I used to read this aloud to my grade 5 class for several years...they loved the resourceful little British boy whose parents left him to fend for himself for a week. Clement Freud's sense of humour definitely appeals to these children as well as to adults. A however, I have just finished reading it to my 9 year old granddaughter and found that his attitude to women sorely missed the mark, as it were..I found that it was best to ignore the descriptions of certain women, where a discussion possibly might have been appropriate with an older audience.
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Gary Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014
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Been looking for this book for 20+ years! Thank you!
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carolyn l.
5.0 out of 5 stars A total Delight
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2000
This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child, and I still love it - I buy a copy every time I see it in a second hand book shop. If you know a quiet child, with embarassing parents, who loves to cook - this is the book.
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BDphile
3.0 out of 5 stars arrived very fast - but is a library reject
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2012
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I expected to have to wait much longer but the book arrived fast. I was really happy. It's in a good state but doesn't have the cover it was advertised with - it's a more recent edition and is a library reject, which wasn't said in the advert (so the book is covered but has a serial library number and a card attached inside.
Amazon sellers are not very serious so probably querry first with them.
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I'm Doing
2.0 out of 5 stars A very mediocre book
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019
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This book attempts a sort of British humor it then fails at reaching. It is a weakly directed story about nothing much. Having heard of the praise for it by some (J K Rowling and others) I expected something more entertaining or meaningful and it falls short on all accounts.
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L m
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on October 16, 2017
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Favourite book ad a kid.
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mdib
4.0 out of 5 stars sehr lustig
Reviewed in Germany on May 30, 2019
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kindheit erinnerung
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ながちゃん
5.0 out of 5 stars 楽しくイキでエスプリに富んだ家族の物語
Reviewed in Japan on June 8, 2019
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本書は、かの有名な精神分析学の泰斗ジグムント・フロイト (Sigmund Freud) の孫クレメント・フロイド (Clement Freud) のユーモア小説で、1968年出版の Grimble と1973年の Grimble at Christmas が合本になった120 ページそこそこの本だ。「夢判断」のフロイトは、優れた才能を持った孫に恵まれたようだが、著書クレメントも、英国自由党の政治家、ラジオ・テレビのキャスター、カリスマ料理研究家という多才な顔を持った人物だった (1924 – 2009)。

さて、この本の主人公 Grimble の両親は少々変わっている。例えば、For instance, he did not have his birthday on a fixed day like other children: every now and then his father and mother would buy a cake, put some candles on top of it, and say, “Congratulations Grimble. Today you are about seven”, or “Yesterday you were about eight and a half but the cake shop was closed.” という具合で、Grimble は今「およそ」10歳の小学生だ。では、彼の両親はこのように何もかもにチャランポランなのかというと決してそうではない。家中のありとあらゆる所には 息子へのメモが残されている。朝起きると、まだ寝ている両親からは、階段の下に ENCLOSED PLEASE FIND TEN P. FOR YOUR BREAKFAST.（朝ごはんの10ペンスはここに置いておきます）というメモが、洗面所には TEETH.（きちんと歯を磨きなさい）というメモが「きちん」と残されているのだ。

Grimble の両親は突然家を留守にする。Grimble’s father was something to do with going away, and his mother was a housewife by profession who liked to be with her husband whenever possible. ということだが、ある月曜日の午後 Grimble が学校から帰ると家はもぬけの殻。”I’m home.” と叫んでみても誰も答えない。あぁ、行き先を示すメモは、居間の地球儀に「しっかり」と残されていた。On a table in the sitting-room there was a globe. And stuck into the globe was two pins each with a triangle of paper on it. One of these was stuck into England and said GRIMBLE, and the other stuck into Peru and said US. という話の流れの中で、この日から週末までの 5 日間の一人ぼっち生活が 5つの短編に綴られているのが、パート１：Grimble だ。

パート２：Grimble at Christmas は、クリスマスなど全く忘れてしまったかのような両親に、年末最大の不安と危機感を募らせる Grimble を描いた「クリスマス直前の買い物期間 (Seven Shopping Days to Christmas)」に始まり、大団円 (The After-soup Announcement)」に終わる、こちらも 5 つの短編から出来ている。「大団円」はちょっと大袈裟かもしれないが、そんな言葉を使ってみたくなるような、「きちん」としているようで必ずしも「しっかり」とはしていない家族の、楽しくイキでエスプリに富んだ物語だ。
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Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious and eccentric
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2008
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I grew up in the seventies and was a prolific reader, yet I had never heard of Grimble until the other day when it was mentioned in an article in the Times Online. It sounded like just the sort of book that my children and I would love. I hunted it down and it arrived on Monday.

We started reading it straightaway and my children have begged for more until today we sadly finished both Grimble and Grimble at Christmas which were in the same volume. They are devastated that there are no more Grimble books and I know it will be a book we will read and reread.

It is the story of a small boy called Grimble who has two eccentric parents who he spends a lot of time looking after. One morning he wakes up to find that they have left him a note announcing that they have gone to Peru for a week. They leave a series of notes and instructions round the house and a list of people to visit in an emergency. Each chapter takes a day of Grimble's experiences and is very, very funny.

Grimble at Christmas is the story of how, with his parents now safely at home Grimble worries about organising a perfect christmas. He cannot rely on his parents as they are not good with dates and he often has five birthdays in a year but no christmas. He sets about earning enough money to pay for a proper Christmas day. His schemes include making onion fudge, making a toast delivery service and delivering christmas trees.

A fantastic book with excellent illustrations by Quentin Blake. I really hope they reprint it soon.
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Elz 🐇
5.0 out of 5 stars Grimble is now about 50!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2014
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Reading this book aged 47. This is 40 years since I first heard about him, read to the class by my junior school teacher. Read him to my two kids Lewis & Freya when they were young and they loved him too.

Read the book whatever age you are! Would be great to see 'Grimble' available on Kindle!

Would love to know how life went for the young lad now he is about 50.

A film of the books is clearly an oversight! Perhaps Peter Jackson might look into this???
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