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The Runaway Dinner [Hardcover]

Allan Ahlberg , Bruce Ingman


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Aug 8 2006
Talk about fast food! A hilarious, high-speed tale from the inimitable Allan Ahlberg — catch it if you can!

What happens if someone's dinner decides that, well, it doesn't want to be eaten? For a hungry little boy named Banjo and a savory sausage named Melvin, it's a plight that can only result in a breathless escape — and what a chase it is! Off speeds the sturdy sausage — leading fork, knife, and plate, chair and table, a handful of fries with various French names, and three fat little peas — out the door, down the street, and around the park, with poor Banjo taking up the rear. Will the famished boy ever catch them? And what (gulp) happens to Melvin if he does? Allan Ahlberg is in his element with this fast and funny tale, while Bruce Ingman's kid-friendly illustrations add visual comedy to the chase.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 40 pages
  • Publisher: Candlewick (Aug 8 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0763631426
  • ISBN-13: 978-0763631420
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 1 x 29.1 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 499 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #537,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3–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 chase continues down the street and through a park where a duck eats Paul the pea, two fries sail away in a toy boat, and a picnicking family grabs the fork and knife. Just when Banjo catches up with Melvin, his mom yells, Don't eat that, it's been on the ground! The surreal adventures are relayed in a droll, conversational style with casual asides (Now here's the exciting part, the unbelievable part–though it is all true). Ingman's acrylic illustrations, done in muted tones, combine detailed panoramic scenes and fully fleshed-out characters with pen-and-ink outline sketches. The naive drawings of the stick-legged sausage and his fellow runaways will elicit giggles. This fast-paced yarn is full of kooky charm.–Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
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"Ahlberg's direct and funny storytelling style makes reading as near-effortless as possible, and certainly shows that any effort is worth it." The Guardian on The Woman Who Won Things" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and great fun to read Nov 30 2006
By whistling mama - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The people in my family are great fans of the "spoken" narrative style of Richard Scarry. This book is just as fun to read outloud (very important from a parent's perspective) and the illustrations are charming and clever. I like a children's book with a sense of humor. My girls, age 2 and 4, are tickled with this one too. A word of caution: 2 of the 3 peas in the story are consumed by fowl, so perhaps children who are a very concerned about death would not be an appropriate audience.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and lively. Mar 29 2009
By Rebecca - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is wonderful. It is a book that needs to be read out loud to children with much dramatics and suspense. It isn't a book you could simply buy and hand off to the six year old but read it to them and they are hooked.

My three year old liked it too although my six year old adores it (and now reads it herself). Definitely not for the under 3 set. I actually enjoy reading it to them.

Some children's books are so predictable. Open up your child's perspective and experience with something a little different.

We love this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Melvin is a hit! Jun 7 2007
By Kiwi Mama - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Our nearly 3 year old son, just loves this book. The author makes each character simply come to life on every page. The illustrations are colourful and fun. The narrative is a little different, but keeps our son thoroughly engaged right 'til the end!

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