Arnie, the Doughnut
by Laurie Keller
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Author: Laurie KellerBrand: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Illustrator: Laurie Keller
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: 0805062831
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Book Reviews of Arnie, the Doughnut
Book Review: Lots of fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
Who knew that doughnuts could be so much fun? Well, Laurie Keller did, and that's why she was clever enough to write this book! The story of Arnie the doughnut, trying to save himself from being eaten alive, is laugh out loud funny. Arnie wonders why he is such an unlucky doughnut when he has not been chosen to be taken home by many of the doughnut shop's customers. Then he learns that perhaps he would have been better off staying at the bakery--be careful what you wish for! Instead of being taken home to be loved and cared for like a pet, poor Arnie comes to the realization that he was bought to be eaten. Oh the humanity! He then spends the rest of the book trying to convince his "owner" why he should not be eaten, with tall tales and desperate acts of persuasion, all in a very, very funny manner. The title caught my eye when I first saw it, but I was not sure how a doughnut would play out in a children's book. I am so glad that we got it, because it is a much loved story that we read over and over again.
Summary of Arnie, the Doughnut
A deliciously imaginative story about friendship?from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.
Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes.
?Good-bye!? Arnie yelled to each doughnut. ?Have a good trip!?
?This is so exciting!? Arnie beamed. ?I wonder who will choose ME??
At first glance, Arnie looks like an average doughnut?round, cakey, with a hole in the middle, iced and sprinkled. He was made by one of the best bakeries in town, and admittedly his sprinkles are candy-colored. Still, a doughnut is just a doughnut, right?
WRONG! Not if Arnie has anything to say about it. And, for a doughnut, he sure seems to have an awful lot to say. Can Arnie change the fate of all doughnuts?or at least have a hand in his own future? Well, you?ll just have to read this funny story and find out for yourself.
Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes.
?Good-bye!? Arnie yelled to each doughnut. ?Have a good trip!?
?This is so exciting!? Arnie beamed. ?I wonder who will choose ME??
At first glance, Arnie looks like an average doughnut?round, cakey, with a hole in the middle, iced and sprinkled. He was made by one of the best bakeries in town, and admittedly his sprinkles are candy-colored. Still, a doughnut is just a doughnut, right?
WRONG! Not if Arnie has anything to say about it. And, for a doughnut, he sure seems to have an awful lot to say. Can Arnie change the fate of all doughnuts?or at least have a hand in his own future? Well, you?ll just have to read this funny story and find out for yourself.
Arnie, the Doughnut is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Laurie Keller, creator of the wonderful picture books The Scrambled States of America and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, cooks up a rather silly story about a doughnut who narrowly escapes his doughnut fate. Arnie is proud to be chocolate-covered, with bright-colored candy sprinkles. His first day on the planet is a big one. He is 1) cut into a ring 2) deep-fried 3) cooled 4) iced 5) sprinkled and 6) named Arnie. What he doesn't realize is that step 7 is being eaten by a human. So, when a customer, Mr. Bing, starts to put him in his mouth, he screams, "What are you doing?" Arnie is further crushed when he calls the bakery to warn the others only to discover that all the other pastries are "aware of this arrangement." Unfortunately, this delightful plot twist is soured by the contrived ones that follow. Mr. Bing decides that in order to get his money's worth from Arnie he can pretend the doughnut is the dog he's always wanted--a doughnut-dog that will roll over, play fetch, etc.: "He went through a short phase of chewing on the furniture and barking at the mailman, but after a crash course in obedience school he graduated first in his class." However half-baked the story turns out to be, the funny asides and captions that Keller sprinkles throughout the book are often brilliant and the busy, crazy paintings are lots of fun, too. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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