The Great Redwall Feast

infobox Book |
name = The Great Redwall Feast
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image_caption = US 1st Edition Cover
author = Brian Jacques
illustrator = Christopher Denise
cover_artist = Christopher Denise
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Redwall
genre = Fantasy
publisher = Hutchinson (UK) & Philomel (US)
release_date = 1996
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 64 (UK Hardback) & 64 (US Hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-09-972501-0 (UK Hardback) & ISBN 0-399-22707-5 (US Hardback)
followed_by = A Redwall Winter's Tale

"The Great Redwall Feast" was written by Brian Jacques and illustrated by the well-known Redwall artist, Christopher Denise, and it was published in 1996.

Plot introduction

"The Great Redwall Feast" is the first "Redwall" picture book, and it was written in the form of a ballad. Citizens 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 Matthias 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 Mortimer or Abbot Mordalfus). Many characters from "Redwall" and "Mattimeo" 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.

Illustrations & 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." [cite web|url=http://www.redwall.org/dave/greatfeast.html|title=The Great Redwall Feast at www.redwall.org|accessmonthday=August 9 |accessyear=2006]

Translations

*(German) "Das grofte Festmahl von Redwall"

References