Next Time I Will: An Old English Tale

by Doris Orgel

In attempting to follow his mother's instructions, a good-hearted boy always does the right thing at the wrong time.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:
Silly Bill tries his best to follow his mother's advice, but the good-hearted boy's literal interpretations make for some goofy mistakes--and one very special friendship. A Bank Street Ready-To-Read book.

30 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

Doris Orgel is a children's writer. She was born in Vienna, Austria. As a child, she and her family fled to Yugoslavia and finally the U.S. during the rise of the Nazi party in Europe. She attended Radcliffe College from 1946 too 1948, and graduated cum laude from Barnard College in 1950.

In her career, Ms. Orgel has written and translated several fairy and folk tales, as well as served as a translator for other authors. Prior to her work as a children's writer, Orgel was in magazine and book publishing. Her first original book, Sarah’s Room (1963) was published under the pseudonym Doris Adelberg. It was also republished in England and in Switzerland in German. In 1960, Ms. Orgel received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for her translation of Willhelm Hauff's Dwarf Long-Nose (1960). Her book The Devil in Vienna (1978) received a Phoenix Award Honor in 1998. Ms. Orgel has also worked as a children’s book reviewer for "The New York Times".

She is married to Dr. Shelley Orgel; has three children: Paul, Laura, and Jeremy; two daughters-in-law: Sharon Lamb and Ling Chen Orgel; three grandchildren: Willy, Jennifer, and Julian; and three granddogs: Woof, Buster, and Otto. She lives in New York City.


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Reviews

[Mellissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I used to think that no book was truly bad, just perhaps not my cup of tea. Every children's book has a moral for the mind or a lesson for the heart.

Then my daughter chose "Next Time I Will," by Doris Orgel. This is, hands down, the dumbest book I have ever read to my child.

Bill is an idiot. His mom isn't much better. I think the smartest character in this book may actually be the donkey.

Next time you go to the library, please check out a copy of this book, but don't bother reading it to any children. Take it home, put your kid (if you have any) to bed, have a drink or two, and then read it aloud to your roommate, your partner, or your fish. You'll thank me in the morning.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly story, actually "An Old English Tale," about a young boy who goes out into the world to work, hoping to add to his family's meager pocketbook. He really doesn't understand the ways of the world and WOWZA! does he have some mishaps along the way!!!! It all works out in the end, for everyone :o) Benjamin it read aloud to Thaddeus and I.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic "silly" tale. Orgel does know how to retell a story, and overcomes the limitations of the 'Ready-to-Read" vocabulary & sentence structure to make this a giggler for early independent readers. I don't particularly recommend it, but I am glad I found it in my quest to read more by the author.