MATTIE: The Story of a Hedgehog

by G. D. Griffiths ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 31, 1977

Mattie's adventures from birth to ""eternal night,"" presented in a story with disappearing characters and a wholly inappropriate vocabulary. Hedgehogs live in England and Europe where gardeners, recognizing their taste for insects, value their presence. Mattie, one of five in a litter, fares better than the brother who gets misplaced and dies of fright; she has the usual assortment of exploratory forays and close calls, often crossing paths with the neighborhood people. But her story is also a screen for mini-lectures--on general habits and life cycle changes--which slow down the proceedings, and the words themselves--splay, assuaged, dudgeon, trilby, convolvulus, tench--will turn away the most intrepid readers.

Pub Date: May 31, 1977

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Delacorte

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1977

Categories: NONFICTION