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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

George Saunders

Hardcover | Pages: 84 pages

Rating: 4.11 | 3292 Users | 497 Reviews

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Title	:	The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Author	:	George Saunders
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 84 pages
Published	:	March 29th 2006 by McSweeney's (first published November 24th 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Childrens. Fantasy. Humor. Picture Books

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From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach! Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious images, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a modern fable for people of all ages that touches on the power of kindness, generosity, compassion, and community.

In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goat’s milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which means that every few hours the children of Frip have to go outside, brush the gappers off their goats, and toss them into the sea. The gappers have always been everyone’s problem, until one day they get a little smarter, and instead of spreading out, they gang up: on Capable’s goats. Free at last of the tyranny of the gappers, will her neighbors rally to help her? Or will they turn their backs, forcing Capable to bear the misfortune alone?

Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious illustrations by Lane Smith and a brilliant story by George Saunders that explores universal themes of community and kindness, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a rich and resonant story for those that have all and those that have not.

Praise for The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

“In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable. . . . Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Saunders’s idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children’s book illustrator Smith’s heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops.”—Publishers Weekly

“A riveting, funny, and sly new fairy tale.”—Miami Herald

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Original Title:	The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
ISBN:	1932416374 (ISBN13: 9781932416374)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Zilveren Griffel (2003), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Kinderbuch (2005)

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I would like to sit the world down and tell them a story. This story. I'll hold the book like my teacher did in 1st grade and show all the fabulous pictures. I borrowed this from the library, but will soon have a copy on my shelf. Come on over, I'll read you a story!If you're not in my neighborhood, I urge you to go find a copy.In a way, this reminded me of a more grown up version of The Sneetches. Wouldn't the world would be a much better place if both of these books were ingrained in our

I cataloged this when it came out. The record we imported had very little information so I was forced to read the book to find out what it was about.I bought a copy that very same day.This is my go-to "I need some giggles" book.I love the mortified goats.I love the horrid neighbors.I love the persistent gappers.Pretty much, I love this book. I would marry it if I were not already married.

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)I had the pleasure of getting to talk with legendary author George Saunders for CCLaP's podcast last week, a rare treat given how in demand he is on this latest tour even among the major media; but that meant I had to do some serious cramming in the few weeks leading up to our talk, in that (I guiltily

I already read this book to my son earlier this year, and I was pleasantly surprised when he asked me to read it again. He almost never asks me to read chapter books to him again, and the fact that he chose this bizarre modern folk tale leads me to believe he may be a chip off the old block.Gappers are little spiky orange creatures that crawl out of the sea and attach themselves to goats. They love goats very much and scream in ecstasy when they are attached to one. Neither the goats nor their

In the tiny seaside village of Frip - three houses, ten people, and numerous goats - the residents find themselves beset by gappers, tiny burr-like creatures that attach themselves to the local goats and shriek with joy, eventually driving their caprine victims into a decline. The children of Frip all spend their days ridding their goats of gappers, and throwing the pests into the sea, only to see them return the next day. Then one day, rather than attacking the goats belonging to all three of

I wanted to like this more than I did. It does have a message I agree with, "People should help each other." It has another message that I also agree with, "Good fortune doesn't mean you did anything good." Unfortunately, it's just a little too heavy-handed. George Saunders' allegory is just a bit too pointed, and the book itself loses power in its wordiness. It would've been more effective pared down, a la Eve Bunting's Terrible Things.

This is, in a way, a variation on the classic childrens story The Little Red Hen. Unfortunately, it is also heavy-handed, deeply cynical, and mean-spirited. The author has a very low view of ordinary people and obviously takes great delight in depicting most of the characters here as despicable, narrow-minded fools. Only one small put-upon girl, Capable, and her late, sainted mother are shown to be decent folk--and they come off as near-perfect. So, yes, its a story of extremes, and simplistic