Author: Alan Durant
Illustrator: Mei Matsuka
Year: 2005
Reading Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: Benny loves hamburgers. They're all he ever wants to eat and finally he eats so many he...turns into a burger boy. Naturally everybody except his Mother want to eat him so Benny goes on the run, chased by dogs and other boys alike. In the end he eats vegetables and turns back into a real boy...until he eats too many carrots.
My Rating: B+. This was another kind of strange book. I really liked the colors, and it was well written. But it was kind of strange when other boys were salivating over the idea of eating Benny and started chasing him. I don't know how I feel about semi-cannibalism in picture books.
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Monday, December 8, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
I Will Never Not Eat a Tomato
Author/Illustrator: Lauren Child
Year: 2000
Age Level: 4-8
Series: Charlie and Lola
Plot Summary: Charlie is charge of making Lola's dinner for a night, but he runs into trouble with Lola's picky eating habits. Luckily Charlie knows how to use Lola's imagination to his advantage. He invents clever names for peas and carrots, telling her food comes from underwater markets and different planets. Soon he has Lola eating all the food she swore she didn't like.
My Rating: A. I wanted to read one of the original Charlie and Lola books to compare it with the post-TV show books, just to see if/how they differed. I liked that this one had a more handmade feel to it. It was simpler but still clever. I was a little disappointed that it had used Mom instead of Mum though.
Year: 2000
Age Level: 4-8
Series: Charlie and Lola
Plot Summary: Charlie is charge of making Lola's dinner for a night, but he runs into trouble with Lola's picky eating habits. Luckily Charlie knows how to use Lola's imagination to his advantage. He invents clever names for peas and carrots, telling her food comes from underwater markets and different planets. Soon he has Lola eating all the food she swore she didn't like.
My Rating: A. I wanted to read one of the original Charlie and Lola books to compare it with the post-TV show books, just to see if/how they differed. I liked that this one had a more handmade feel to it. It was simpler but still clever. I was a little disappointed that it had used Mom instead of Mum though.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Bee-Bim Bop!
Author: Linda Sue Park
Illustrator: Ho Baek Lee
Year: 2005
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: A little girl is very excited about having the Korean dish bee-bim bop for dinner. She helps with buying the groceries and putting the meal together. In the end, she and her family eat bee-bim bop together.
My Rating: A-. This was fun to read. Very simple but lively and entertaining. My favorite part was the instructions for making bee-bim bop...it made me want to go to the grocery story and make it myself.
Illustrator: Ho Baek Lee
Year: 2005
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: A little girl is very excited about having the Korean dish bee-bim bop for dinner. She helps with buying the groceries and putting the meal together. In the end, she and her family eat bee-bim bop together.
My Rating: A-. This was fun to read. Very simple but lively and entertaining. My favorite part was the instructions for making bee-bim bop...it made me want to go to the grocery story and make it myself.
The Ugly Vegetables
Author/Illustrator: Grace Lin
Year: 1999
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: A little girl watches her neighbors plant beautiful flower gardens and is confused when her mother's garden is full of only strange, ugly plants. She wishes that her mother would plant a flower garden but her mother insists their plants are "better than flowers." Finally the vegetables are harvested and made into a delicious soup that they share with all their neighbors.
My Rating: A. This was a good, unique story with a good execution. It was simply told and easy to follow but also fun to read with a good resolution.
Year: 1999
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: A little girl watches her neighbors plant beautiful flower gardens and is confused when her mother's garden is full of only strange, ugly plants. She wishes that her mother would plant a flower garden but her mother insists their plants are "better than flowers." Finally the vegetables are harvested and made into a delicious soup that they share with all their neighbors.
My Rating: A. This was a good, unique story with a good execution. It was simply told and easy to follow but also fun to read with a good resolution.
Pizza for the Queen
Author: Nancy Castaldo
Illustrator: Melisande Potter
Year: 2005:
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: It's 1889 and Raffaele Esposito makes the best pizza in Naples, Italy. One day Queen Margherita asks him to make a pizza for her and Raffaele can't decide which kind she would like best. In then end he creates the Margherita pizza in this factual story.
My Rating: B. This book made me want a good pizza really badly. Besides that, it was just okay. The illustrations did the job, and the text was all right. The font was kind of harder to read though, and it had kind of jumbled effect overall.
Illustrator: Melisande Potter
Year: 2005:
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: It's 1889 and Raffaele Esposito makes the best pizza in Naples, Italy. One day Queen Margherita asks him to make a pizza for her and Raffaele can't decide which kind she would like best. In then end he creates the Margherita pizza in this factual story.
My Rating: B. This book made me want a good pizza really badly. Besides that, it was just okay. The illustrations did the job, and the text was all right. The font was kind of harder to read though, and it had kind of jumbled effect overall.
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