El embuste de las coles

The Cabbage Patch Fib #1

by Jennings, Enrique Martínez (Illustrator)

¿De dónde vienen los bebés, papá? Papá se puso rojo. No esperaba eso. "Bueno" -dijo "este..., sí, bueno... vienen de..., de..., este..., es así, ¿sabes, Chris?, bueno, vienen del huerto de coles." A mamá no le gustaba que papá no le dijera la verdad a Chris. Todos sabíamos que aquello no era cierto, menos Chris. "¿Cómo llegan ahí?" preguntó. "¿Crecen en las coles?".

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Short Stories, Young Adult

42 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 1989

Reviews

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting book. Originally published in 1988, after the mayhem of the Cabbage Patch Kids hysteria of the early 80s. A busy father of six wants to have a serious dinner time conversation, so after Doctor Who, he turns the tele off. 8 year old Chris has a question- ""Where do babies come from?"". Dad tells him and that night Chris goes searching the cabbage patch for a baby. Trouble starts when he finds a green baby, who stops breathing and turns purple whenever Chris puts him down or gives him to someone else. My son's year 4 teacher read this to his class. It seems a surprising choice for a class room read, although my son didn't come home with burning questions about where babies really come from.

[Rowena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original review below.
I re-read this to the Year 3-4 class, new bunch of children but the same enjoyment. This year one of the girls recognise what a Cabbage Patch Doll was and her mother allowed Bailey to bring "Maureen" to school to show the others. It was great reinforcement of the story. Next week we start Cabbage Patch War.

Reading to Room 3 - Year 3-4. They loved it and want me to read the next one. It seems to matter not that there are references to Cabbage Patch dolls that were a thing in the 80's but no longer. In fact, when I described them, the children said that their mothers had such dolls and indeed their teacher had one. Cabbage Patch War here we come.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally classic. 20+ years of reading this and I never get sick of it. Paul Jennings was one of my favourite authors when I was in primary school.

[lynae · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25

[Parin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Cabbage Patch Fib is written by Paul Jennings it is a book about a family.

I decided to read it because it is a short and easy story book.

The thing I like about this book is that the story is very fun.
The thing I don't like about this book is it have a boring ending.
I learn nothing from this book.

'I watched as Chris put the baby on the ground and started to creep off."What are you doing?"I shouted."You can't go off and leave it."

I would recommend this book to my friend.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an old favourite of mine. I do not know how many times I have read it. It is the classic tale of the boy who finds a baby in the cabbage patch and decides to raise it…but soon the gloss wears off and the reality of child-rearing kicks in. A truly funny yet clever book.

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently, a student-teacher. I read this to my class (as I read it when I was their age - 8/9 years) and they absolutely loved it! They all wanted to know what happened next and were sad when I had to stop reading.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved that baby, who'd hold its breath to turn purple! Was this an episode of Round the Twist too, or a stand-alone? Because I distinctly remember watching it.

[Mev · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this with my daughter. She said it was OK but I found that it was hilarious. The dad made me laugh a lot. :-)

[Tim horton · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book was bornig and didnt entertain me

[Anjala Jolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book is good because it is entertaining , funny,and it's about family also because there is 3 books in 1

[Michael Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have to read to kids then this is one of those one that you'll enjoy yourself. Or if you just want to zone out for half an hour into nice funny kids world then go here.

[Tanya Dewan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book

[Yasmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

IT WAS INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING WITH A GOOD SENSE OF WIT