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Ellen Tebbits Audiobook Summary

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary brings her warm humor to this funny story of a girl readers will recognize–and love.

This funny realistic friendship story captures the intensity of kids’ emotions and is the second book beloved author Beverly Cleary published.

Ellen Tebbits has an embarrassing secret that she’ll never share with anyone. That is, until she meets Austine–and discovers that Austine has the exact same secret! Soon the girls are best friends who do everything together–attending dance class, riding horses, and dodging pesky Otis Spofford, the neighborhood troublemaker.

But then Ellen does something terrible . . . and now Austine isn’t speaking to her. Ellen desperately wants her best friend back. How can she show Austine how sorry she is?

Ellen Tebbits is a funny school and friendship story that stands the test of time–perfect for independent reading for second and third graders.

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Ellen Tebbits Audiobook Narrator

Andrea Martin is the narrator of Ellen Tebbits audiobook that was written by Beverly Cleary

Andrea Martin has won a Tony(r) award and two additional nominations for her work on Broadway; she has also won three Emmys(r) and has eight additional nominations for her television performances.

About the Author(s) of Ellen Tebbits

Beverly Cleary is the author of Ellen Tebbits

Ellen Tebbits Full Details

Narrator Andrea Martin
Length 2 hours 25 minutes
Author Beverly Cleary
Category
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date May 31, 2005
ISBN 9780060854560

Subjects

The publisher of the Ellen Tebbits is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Girls & Women, Juvenile Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the Ellen Tebbits is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780060854560.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Wendy Darling

April 11, 2016

Beverly Cleary turns 100 this year!

Calista

February 12, 2018

Beverly Cleary is a national treasure for early middle grade chapter books. I read this quick read for the first time and it was amusing. I like Ellen and I can relate to her realness, but spoiled rotten Otis steals the show. He is the perfect antagonist.Ellen is looking for a friend and she bonds with Austine over being forced to wear long winter underwear. I'm glad this is no longer a thing. Still, it makes for some comedy gold. Ellen is learning the complexities of having a friend. I do wonder why this didn't take off like Ramona did. I think this is good stuff too. There is a book about Otis. Ramona stole the show later and I would have liked to hear more from Ellen at some point too. It is a bit dated and a bit timeless. It is certainly an easier time for girls than now days with horrible bullying in 1st grade and onward. I'm glad I read this.

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)

January 01, 2015

Ellen Tebbits is the antithesis of Ramona Quimby at the same age. She and her nemesis, Otis Spofford (where did Cleary get these names?) attend a different school in the same town, but their lives couldn't be more different. The Quimbys and the Hugginses are clearly working-class folks who live on an economic knife's edge, while Ellen lives in a big old house full of nice things, with a perfectionist mom who cares more about her "nice clean floor" than about teaching her daughter cooking skills. Fathers are conspicuously absent from the Tebbits and Spofford households, getting never a mention; you don't know if they're off at work all the time, or (in Otis' case) simply not there. Otis' mom runs the local dancing school; how well I remember those dancing-school mothers! Like Ramona, I wasn't in the dancing-school echelon of our small town, but Ellen and Austine certainly are. While physically very similar to Ramona (brown straight hair, brown eyes--makes you wonder what Cleary looked like as a child; no blonde, blue-eyed Barbiedoll princess heroines) she is very much the only-child-worrier: tidy, uptight, seeking approval from adults at every turn. Without Ramona's wild imagination and questioning attitude toward the world around her, Ellen just wants to fit in.Her previous playmate having moved away, Ellen's at a loose end until she meets Austine (those names again!), the new girl in town. She and Ellen join forces against obnoxious Otis, and Ellen learns about the ups and downs of being a BFF. I like the fact that Cleary's heroines are normal little girls who make mistakes, get dirty, tear their clothes and hurt other people's feelings without meaning to. They also get upset and learn from getting the corners knocked off their tidy existences sometimes. It may have been published in the fifties, but in smalltown rural America, it was still valid in the sixties. Yes, there was a school dresscode until about 1974; girls had to wear skirts to class, and in the winter, tights to keep from freezing, as the janitor wore long underwear and set the school thermostat accordingly. Yes, we played cowboys and watched Maverick and Rawhide and Gunsmoke and Bonanza and later on in the early seventies it was Texas Rangers and Alias Smith and Jones. After that, it was all "Indian mocassins" (which my mother wouldn't buy for me because they didn't last) and bluejeans (which I wasn't allowed to wear, either. America changed, but born in 1924, she did not). Very quick read, even for its projected age group (8-9 yrs).

Asho

August 21, 2020

I was a huge Beverly Cleary fan in my childhood and this was my very favorite of her books. I must have read this at least a dozen times, and this summer it was fun to share it with my son. My mom read it to S and I listened in, and we all enjoyed it. Ellen's adventures are fun, Otis still makes me laugh, and I think that this book holds up really well for being as old as it is (it was my mother's favorite Beverly Cleary book when she was young, too)

Henry

November 01, 2018

A wonderful tale of childhood innocence, of fitting in at school, of making friends and avoiding boys (who, at that age, are just yucky :) ). What makes this book special is Beverly Cleary's signature style of portraying children as children, with all their angst, their fun, and their awkward moments. Every child can probably relate to the situations portrayed in this book. Recommended.

Olivia "So many books--so little time.""

November 26, 2016

This was one of my favorite books when I was in the third grade.

Myrna ♡

June 26, 2016

I love Beverly Cleary and ballet, so it was a great book. Myrna, age 7

Christi

October 08, 2020

In an effort to reclaim some joy in my life, I've decided to revisit some Beverly Cleary books. Ellen Tebbits has always been one of my favorites. She gets neglected, in favor of the flashier Ramona, but her story has held up well (with the possible exception of her winter underwear).

Amanda

March 08, 2022

Such a fun book. I loved getting to know Ellen and Austine and their friendship.

MsAprilVincent

June 02, 2008

This is an old favorite, and I pulled it from the shelf because I was too lazy to go downstairs and get a newer book. I read half of it while I was drying my hair.Ellen Tebbits is an average girl living an average life in an average town. She's in third grade as the book starts, missing her best friend, who's just moved away. She bonds with Austine, the new girl, over their despised union suits (which my adolescent mind always translated as "onion" suits, which just doesn't make any sense) that they must hide from the other girls in their ballet class. Their friendship suffers a couple of blows, as most do, but in the end they make it all up, which also happens in real life.I like the simplicity of the book, how Ellen is not trying to be a superstar or a heroine, but is just trying to make friends and stay away from Otis Spofford (who will go on to have his own book). She's the shy quiet girl with the active thought life and the homemade dresses ... hey, she reminds me of someone.I suspect older children, maybe 10 and up, would find this a boring read, but younger kids--those who are moving on from the Little House books, perhaps--will enjoy it.

Elizabeth

December 10, 2016

In something that is a mystery to me, Lu (age 5) is really not that interested in having chapter books read to her ... with the exception of Beverly Cleary. And I think we all know that it's not as if I don't have a pretty deep list of books I already own that should have a similar appeal to the Clearys, but she is a discerning audience. The list of chapter books she has rejected reads like a who's who of children's literature across the ages. And she was immediately hooked by Ellen, despite having no idea what long underwear is. The beet was the most exciting thing she had ever heard. The slap was high drama (okay, well it is high drama). The horseback riding was hilarious. I noted that my blood pressure still goes up every time Otis is on the page, as it did when I was a kid. He is a walking argument in favor of corporeal punishment in the public schools. He is a MENACE.

Emily

November 18, 2012

Beverly Cleary is a god that brought her books to earth. One of the best books ever. Its not so bad reading after all.

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