Rosebud and Red Flannel

Ethel Pochocki - By (artist) Mary Beth Owens

Red Flannel is a pair of woolen long johns, and Rosebud is a lacy, delicate nightgown. On wash days they hang side by side on the clothesline. Red Flannel is in love with Rosebud, but he's too clumsy and shy to speak to her. For her part, Rosebud feels it beneath her dignity to converse with such a course fellow.

One day, when a sudden snowstorm threatens to freeze them on the line, Rosebud and Red Flannel take off on a harrowing adventure. Will they survive howling wind and bitter wind only to be eaten by cows?

In this Lupine Award-winning book, Ethel Pochocki has created a hero and heroine of timeless appeal, and Mary Beth Owens's energetic watercolor illustrations infuse them with radiance. What Rosebud and Red Flannel find within themselves—and in each other—will warm every heart.

Down East Books

Pages: 32 • Trim: 11 x 8½

978-1-60893-306-8 • Hardback • December 2014 • $16.95 • (£12.99) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

978-1-4617-4263-0 • eBook • January 1999 • $8.99 • (£6.99)

Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / Country Life, Juvenile Fiction / General

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Summary

Red Flannel is a pair of woolen long johns, and Rosebud is a lacy, delicate nightgown. On wash days they hang side by side on the clothesline. Red Flannel is in love with Rosebud, but he's too clumsy and shy to speak to her. For her part, Rosebud feels it beneath her dignity to converse with such a course fellow.

One day, when a sudden snowstorm threatens to freeze them on the line, Rosebud and Red Flannel take off on a harrowing adventure. Will they survive howling wind and bitter wind only to be eaten by cows?

In this Lupine Award-winning book, Ethel Pochocki has created a hero and heroine of timeless appeal, and Mary Beth Owens's energetic watercolor illustrations infuse them with radiance. What Rosebud and Red Flannel find within themselves—and in each other—will warm every heart.

Details

Down East Books

Pages: 32 • Trim: 11 x 8½

978-1-60893-306-8 • Hardback • December 2014 • $16.95 • (£12.99) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

978-1-4617-4263-0 • eBook • January 1999 • $8.99 • (£6.99)

Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / Country Life, Juvenile Fiction / General

Author

Award-winning author Ethel Pochocki wrote many books for children, including The Attic Mice, Rosebud and Red Flannel, and Maine Marmalade. A long-time resident of Brooks, Maine, Ms. Pochocki died in December 2010.

Artist and illustrator Mary Beth Owens collaborated with Ethel Pochocki on several books. Parenting magazine selected Owens's book A Caribou Alphabet as one of the ten best picture books of 1991, and her book Prize in the Snow was awarded the 1995 Lupine Award and the Christopher Award. Ms. Owens lives in Walpole, Maine.

Reviews

"A charming romance that . . . has the well rehearsed, sure cadence of a favorite, tried-and-true bedtime story. All in all, an exceptionally creative, well-crafted marriage of story and art." (Previous Edition Praise)
— School Library Journal

Well wrought and charming. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Kirkus

Awards

• Winner, Lupine Award (Maine Library Association, 1991)

Rosebud and Red Flannel

Ethel Pochocki - By (artist) Mary Beth Owens

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