Kildee House

by Rutherford G. Montgomery

Book Overview

Newbery Honor Book, 1950 An early naturalist and philosopher escapes civilization by building his house among the giant redwoods. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0606058990
• ISBN13: 9780606058995
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Cute enough. But not enough to justify the smoking of a pipe for hours by a fireplace.

Had to throw the book away. No amount of cuteness can justify a guy smoking a pipe for hours by the fireplace. I'm not going to explain to my kids... "we don't smoke at our house... but hey, think this book is good." Not. It's trash. Too bad good books have to be spoiled by bad messages.

I read myself hoarse....

I LOVE having the older Newbery Medal and Honor books available to read aloud to my kids. This book got us through most of the drive home from California to Washington, and it was particularly meaningful because we had done some driving on the Pacific Coast. The story is sweet and charming and doesn't feel obviously contrived. There is problem-solving on a practical level and in relationships. The details about the animals are both realistic and very funny. My only criticism is the sentence structure can seem a little choppy, especially for reading aloud, so sometimes it was better to add conjunctions here are there to smooth out the narrative.

Kildee's House

There was no summary for this book however, if it is the book I read as a child it is a book worth reading. The book I hope it is is about a man building his home in the base of a Giant Sequoia tree. It was a beautifully written book that has remained in my memory for over forty years.

Heartwarming Story

This is a heartwarming story, very well written, about a man who builds a home on the side of a giant redwood tree. A family of skunks claim the house as their own, and the man is kind to them. Other forest animals visit, as well. The man doesn't have the heart to turn the animals away, nor can he turn away children from two fueding families. My eight year old son loved this book at bedtime. It's a gentle story written decades ago, in a gentler time. Highly recommended.