Penrod

penrod

(5 stars)

whit

this audio helped my daughter to understand the book easier.

(0.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Unfortunately, the narrator's cadence is very jerky, he spews out individual words rapidly like a machine gun. There is no verbal flow into sentences which makes comprehension an ordeal. Many simple words are pronounced incorrectly, i.e. "wands" instead of "wounds". It's as if he hasn't read the text ahead of time and therefore has no idea of the meaning of the words or that there are sentences there. He needed to take a breath, relax, take his time and read the story. Good try but I had to take a pass which was disappointing because Penrod is one of my all time favorite characters. The book is laugh out loud funny, as is Penrod and Sam.

world of young boy 100 years ago

(5 stars)

Fair Lady

Thank you, Jonathan! It is joy to listen to your reading. I love your easy to understand accent (English in my second language and some accents are too hard for me to understand). I laughed aloud hearing Penrod's interpretation of his world. Although stereotyping of "color people" is not politically correct, the book shows true face of the society. We have to remember when and where book was written, but is modern society much different from the one described by Booth Tarkington?...

(5 stars)

Calledphil

A charming, funny book beautifully read by the narrator. An earlier reviewer suggested that the narrator had not read the text before narrating the story but the narrator pronounced the words as they were written in the story. His use of different voices for the different characters was beautifully done.

More Penrod Please!

(5 stars)

ruffenach@msn.com

Hello Jonathan Burchard. We were wondering if you have any plans on recording the third Penrod book titled Penrod Jashber? My family and I loved your first two Penrod books and would appreciate it if you would polish off the third one as well. Thank you.

(5 stars)

Julia McCullough

Very enjoyable book, I cannot imagine anyone bringing this book to life in the way that Johnathan Burchard has. He is Penrod! Thank you Jonathan, I listen to all that you have recorded. I wish there were more. Sincerely, Julia.

So much fun !

(5 stars)

Susan

Superb reading of a very funny book ! The reader’s ability to assume different voices adds so much to the enjoyment of this story.

well-read, highly amusing, highly racist

(3.5 stars)

Ruth Tchobanian

Very well-delivered reading. The story itself is hilarious, but is blighted by the tremendous evolutionary racism common to Tarkington's times.