The Green Book

by Jill Paton Walsh

Book Overview

As their small stock of essential supplies dwindles, a group of refugees from earth struggle to make their strange new planet provide life's necessities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374327785
• ISBN13: 9780374327781
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Five Star Book

I think The Green Book is a great book for kids to read. This book tells about people who have to go to another planet to survive because the earth is dying. This book is great. One reason why it is great is because whenever the planet Shine is in danger, the kids come to the rescue! The kids find food, animals, and a way to survive. I think every kid should read this book. Alexa B.

A rare book that both children and adults can love

I first read The Green Book in fourth grade and finally managed to buy a copy about eight years later. It is a simple but beautiful story that manages to convey the power of family and hope alongside of scientific technology and discovery that anyone can understand. Kids and adults will identify with the excitement and heartbreak of having to leave one's homeland with only a few possessions. The theme of having to leave one's homeland in the first place is full of eagerness, but also sorrow.The descriptions of the planet Shine are perfectly drawn, enough for us to picture it but not overkill. The discovery of the rock people is excellent, reminding the reader of all the strange and wonderful beings that could be out there. And the twist - the gimmick of "the green book" - is perfectly executed, much the way Roald Dahl ends his beloved book The BFG.

A Great Story

The Green Book is a great story. It is filled with adventure, excitement, and it's fun to read. It would be fun to live on a planet like Shine. It would also be scary becuase you wouldn't have much food and everything would be different. It takes you to another world that is not like our planet earth. I would recommend it for all ages.

Beautiful and effectively simple

This is an extraordinary book. It is written for children, but it appeals as well to adults. Its plot may seem simplistic and childish, but it deftly illustrates the beauty of family and life, prevailing in a survival situation. The setting is imaginative, and while the end leaves you wanting more, the story seems metaphoric for an utopian society. I read this book for the first time in fifth grade, and have been reading this book at least once every other year; it is an enchanting children's story, but every time I read it I gather something more.

The Green Book : a wonderful story

This is a beautifully written story about a group of people who have to leave Earth, forever. Their spaceship takes 4 years to get to a planet named shine. The party faces many hardships, for example, all of the vegetation is crystalline! The story line is unique, as it is written from a childs point of veiw. If you're wondering aout this book, trust me, read it!