The Runaway Dinner

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606083362
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When Banjo Cannon sits down to dinner, his sausage (named Melvin) jumps off the plate and runs away. The kitchen furniture, cutlery, peas, French fries, carrots, the famished boy, and his parents follow out the door in Gingerbread Man fashion

The Runaway Dinner

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844280636
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Talk about fast food. A hungry little boy races to catch a dinner that doesn't want to be eaten, in this lively picture book that was named a "Washington Post Book World" Best Children's Book of the Year.

Previously

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763653047
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other. Includes "Goldilocks," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Jack and Jill," "The Frog Prince," "Cinderella," and "The Gingerbread Man."

The Runaway Wok

Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525420681
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family's house with a skippity-hoppity-ho! and returns from the rich man's home with a feast in tow! With spirited text and lively illustrations, this story reminds readers about the importance of generosity.

Everybody was a Baby Once

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763646822
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
Nineteen playful poems by the creators of The Runaway Dinner and The Pencil feature a unique cast of babies, sausages and nursery rhyme characters who reflect the experience of being new to the world.

The Runaway Rice Cake

Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481443046
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
It's the Chinese New Year, and the Chang Family has only enough rice flour to make one nián-gão, a special New Year's rice cake, for the entire family to eat. But this delicious little nián-gão has other ideas. "Ai yo! I don't think so!" it cries, coming to life and escaping. Ming, Cong, little Da and their parents chase the nián-gão all over the village until it runs into a hungry, old woman and sends her tumbling to the ground. Though Da is a small boy, his heart is big enough to share the treat with her, even though that leaves Da's family with nothing to eat for their own celebration. But the Changs' generosity doesn't go unnoticed. When they return home, they find the Kitchen God has left a wonderful surprise for them. Ying Chang Compestine's heartwarming story conveys an important and poignant message about sharing and compassion. Tungwai Chau's soft and evocative illustrations complete this tender holiday story.

Hooray for Bread

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher: Anchor Books
ISBN: 9781406352627
Category : Bakers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From the creators of The Pencil and The Runaway Dinner comes the story of a loaf of bread, told slice by yummy slice!Three cheers for bread, HIP-HIP-HOORAY! Early in the morning the baker bakes a lovely loaf of bread. SO lovely, in fact, that by the time the sun goes down it's been gobbled up! Every. Last. Slice. Who eats it all? Well, the baker munches on its crunchy crust. The baker's wife eats delicious marmalade toast and the baker's son gets a tasty cheese and ham sandwich for his lunch. Let's not forget the dog, even he gets his share! HOORAY FOR BREAD! Slice by slice and crumb by crumb, everyone eats their fill of bread, with a teeny tiny mouse nibbling up the very last scrap. "Hooray" - squeak-squeak - "for bread!" But wait - there are some missing slices! Where could have they gone? Is there a tasty double spread just for YOU?

Dinner with OLIVIA

Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442447036
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Olivia is thrilled to be invited to Francine's house for dinner...she just knows it's going to be a very sophisticated evening. And then it's time for Olivia to have Francine over...but what will Francine think of her family's casual table manners?

The Pencil

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536400007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A Lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog and other items, but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.

Runaway Ralph

Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780380709533
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
"The rousing notes of the bugle and the laughter and shouting increased the feeling of rebellion within Ralph. As the last strains of the bugle call hovered in the clear mountain air, Ralph made up his mind. He knew now what he was going to do. He was going to run away. Fed up with his timid mother and uncle and his squirmy little cousins, Ralph hops onto his toy motorcycle and zooms down the road to summer camp. It turns out camp is not all peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fun. A strict watchdog, a mouse-hungry cat, and a troubled boy named Garf lead Ralph on some fur-raising escapades. Perhaps home isn't such a bad place to be, if only Ralph can find a way to get there again.