In freaky friday, based on the book by mary rodgers, jamie lee curtis plays tess, a compassionate therapist and a loving, if harried mother of two children. Freaky friday mary rodgers paperback harpercollins publishers. Message me if you decide to get a copy hey guys my name is rachel. A truly funny story about a yearold girl who awakens one. Mothers cheese addiction affecting childrens diets. These questions can help guide a class discussion on the characters, plot, and. Through sondheim, rodgers met childrens book editor ursula. This also happens to be the plot of mary rodgers 1972 young adult novel freaky friday, in which a mother and daughter switch bodies for a. Wish upon a star 1996 disney also released this other freaky friday. Freaky friday is a comedic childrens novel written by mary rodgers, first published by harper. She was also a childrens book author who scored big with freaky friday, in which a mother and daughter trade bodies. With barbara harris, jodie foster, john astin, patsy kelly. Freaky friday is a 1972 childrens novel by american author mary rodgers. Kate is a regular northern lass, with a loving husband and two lovely daughters.
Mary rodgers bestselling 1972 childrens book freaky friday spawned two disney movies, the most recent a 2003 hit starring jamie lee curtis and a. Carpenter based her book for the musical on both the freaky friday movies and the original 1972 novel by mary rodgers, daughter of the broadway icon richard rodgers and an accomplished. She also penned the broadway classic once upon a mattress. She authored freaky friday, a book that has sold more than a million copies and has.
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to. Freaky friday musical delivers plenty of good clean fun. The beginning lindsays ubiquity came in 2003, when lindsay was 15, with freaky friday, and it also marks the point at which important patterns start to emerge in her career. The analysis goes into deep detail about specific plot pointsin other words. The 1976 disney movie freaky friday spawned a 2003 lindsay lohan remake. In the book and original movie, the mother is a married homemaker, but in this film long plays a divorced workaholic. The book was twice adapted into a disney movie, most recently in 2003 starring. Freaky friday author mary rodgers dead at 83 cbc news. Mary met ursula nordstrom, whose motto was good books for bad children, through sondheim, and they hit it off right away. An early ya novel gets lost in the freaky friday canon. Playhouses freaky friday aims for serious laughs the. And, using microfiche and when people werent looking and making copies of my hands.
Collecting childrens books is as much a guide for the book collector as it is a trip down memory lane for the book reader. This 200page collection of childrens literature chronicles. Week of september 12, 2016 sep, 2016 alex arnold at. Based on the childrens book by mary rodgers daughter of richard rodgers, you know, from rodgers and hammerstein, this freaky friday follows the misadventures of katherine and ellie. Mary rodgers, author of freaky friday, dead at 83 daughter of broadway legend richard rodgers, mary enjoyed dual success as a composer and childrens book author.
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