''The Great Redwall Feast'' was written by

Brian Jacques James Brian Jacques (, as in "Jakes"; 15 June 1939 – 5 February 2011), known professionally as Brian Jacques, was an English author known for his ''Redwall'' series of children's fantasy novels and ''Castaways of the Flying Dutchman'' series. ...

and illustrated by the well-known

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artist

Christopher Denise Christopher Denise is an American artist and author. He illustrated two of Brian Jacques' ''Redwall'' picture books,ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Eur ...

. The inhabitants of Redwall Abbey prepare a surprise feast for their Abbot.

Plot summary

''The Great Redwall Feast'' tells about the creatures of Redwall preparing for a feast while

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the Warriormouse, Constance the Badger Guardian, Foremole, and the Abbot are traveling in Mossflower Woods questing for a mysterious Bobbatan Weary Nod. The book features the Abbeydwellers bustling in Redwall, cooking, gathering flowers, and doing other chores for their beloved Abbot (presumably Abbot Mordalfus). Many characters from ''

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Mattimeo ''Mattimeo'' is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1989. It is the third book in the ''Redwall'' series. It is also one of the three ''Redwall'' novels to be made into a television series, alongside its self-titled novel (Season 1) ...

'' are present in the book, however, the baby mole Bungo is the only character to appear and not be featured in any other Redwall novel. Bungo does appear in the second picture book '' A Redwall Winter's Tale''.

Illustrations and significance

The warm-colored illustrations by Christopher Denise were drawn on brown butcher paper using pastels, and instead of showing the Redwallers preparing for war, it shows them much happier and friendly, at work in their daily lives. Brian Jacques remarked that ''The Great Redwall Feast'' was "written a little more for mothers to read to their children, but many Redwall lovers will also enjoy it, because there is the challenge of solving a riddle before the end of the rhyme."

Translations

*(German) ''Das grofte Festmahl von Redwall''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Great Redwall Feast, The British picture books Redwall books 1996 children's books 1996 fantasy novels Hutchinson (publisher) books