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Resumen de Los días ajetreados de Marjorie
Para quién es
Readers who enjoy cheerful family stories, make-believe games, school pranks and holiday parties, and anyone who likes a spirited heroine with a loving, playful household around her.
De qué trata este libro
Marjorie's Busy Days is a children's novel by Carolyn Wells, set in the small town of Rockwell and built from the everyday adventures of a lively twelve-year-old girl. Marjorie Maynard, called Midget or Mopsy, lives with her brother Kingdon, her sister Kitty and her baby sister Rosy Posy in a big house with seven acres of garden. Her warm parents give the children room to play, pretend and make mistakes.
Each chapter brings a fresh scheme, from a shipwreck game on the lawn to a rainy-day picnic indoors, a school prank, a Halloween party, a secret club and a charity bazaar. Marjorie never means harm, yet her ideas keep landing her in trouble. You get a funny, affectionate picture of family life and the small lessons that come with growing up. Let us begin with the first game, a shipwreck on a very green desert island.
En este resumen
- 1Four children and a desert islandFree
- 2A tiresome guest and a rainy picnic
- 3School, spelling and a dark errand
- 4Ink, Halloween and a punishment that bends
- 5The switched babies
- 6The Village Imps and the angry post office
- 7A zoo day and a spirited guest
- 8The Alphabet Bazaar
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Four children and a desert island
The book opens on a bright September morning on the Maynards' south veranda. Kingdon, Marjorie, Kitty and little Rosy Posy choose a shipwreck for their morning game. Kingdon, the eldest and the only boy, usually gets his way because his ideas are so good, though Marjorie is almost as inventive.
The big double swing becomes an ocean liner, and Kingdon plays the captain. Kitty carries her doll Arabella, and Rosy Posy hugs her teddy bear Boffin and plays Buffalo Bill. The captain's geography is a happy muddle, and he points out West Point and the Statue of Liberty, which is really their own mother standing on the veranda. The children laugh but keep straight faces, because that is part of the fun.
When the ship sinks, they swim across the grass to a desert island under a maple tree. Kitty refuses to swim because it spoils her dress, so she rides a raft made from the gangplank. Marjorie has secretly stocked the island with eggs, crackers, pears and oranges, which the others find with great delight.
The rule of the game is that real outsiders must rescue them. Their rescuer is the new butcher's boy, who first thinks they are ill and then happily joins the pretence. The scene shows what the whole book is about: imagination, loyalty between the children and a household that lets them play.
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Questions about Los días ajetreados de Marjorie
What is Marjorie's Busy Days about?
It follows twelve-year-old Marjorie Maynard through a busy autumn in the town of Rockwell. She plays games, joins a club, gets into mischief and learns small lessons, with her loving family always close by.
What is an Ourday in the book?
An Ourday is a monthly Saturday when Mr. Maynard gives his whole day to his children. They take turns choosing what to do, from a picnic to a trip to the Bronx Zoo.
Who is Boffin?
Boffin is baby Rosy Posy's big white teddy bear. She takes him everywhere, calls him her best friend, and he even gets a ribbon at the indoor picnic.
Who is the Marjorie's Busy Days series by?
Carolyn Wells wrote it. It is one of her children's stories about the Maynard family, told in short chapters, each with its own adventure.
Is Marjorie's Busy Days easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short, the language is plain, and each one tells a complete and funny story, so it is easy to pick up and enjoy.