The Search for Delicious
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt is a reissue published by Macmillan on August 21, 2007. This 167-page novel follows the journey of Gaylen, a twelve-year-old boy and the King’s messenger, as he embarks on a quest to determine what food should represent “Delicious” in the royal dictionary. His adventure takes him across the kingdom, where he encounters various characters and challenges that threaten to spark a civil war.
Readers will find a blend of action, adventure, and humor as Gaylen navigates his mission. His encounters include a wise, ancient creature known as the woldweller, a minstrel named Canto, and the mysterious underground domain of dwarfs. The narrative explores themes of friendship and the importance of understanding, all set against a backdrop of fantasy and magic. This edition presents a timeless story that continues to resonate with young readers.
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Natalie Babbit’s memorable first novel, The Search for Delicious, about a boy who nearly causes a civil war in the kingdom all because of his work on the royal dictionary.
Gaylen, the King’s messenger, a skinny boy of twelve, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for Delicious in the new dictionary. But soon it seems that the search for Delicious had better succeed if civil war is to be avoided.
Gaylen’s quest leads him to the woldweller, a wise, 900-year-old creature who lives alone at the precise center of the forest; to Canto, the minstrel who sings him an old song about a mermaid child and who gives him a peculiar good-luck charm; to the underground domain of the dwarfs; and finally to Ardis who might save the kingdom from havoc.
The Search for Delicious is a 1969 New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of the Year.
Featured in 4 episodes as part of the Jackanory BBC children’s television series.
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