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Summary: Pancake-mania.....
Review: "Our dad is a magician,/who can make a bird go poof,/but the day he cooked us pancakes,/he made an awful goof..." Poor Dad was working from the wrong book. He'd picked up his book of magic tricks instead of the cookbook and "Ka-Blam", everything went crazy. The bowl spun round and round, the batter jumped into the pan all by itself, and the pancakes leaped off the griddle and rolled out the door. "Where did they go?" cried little Ned./Louise had teary eyes./"Now don't be sad," I told them both./"Well catch those sneaky guys!" But the task turns out to be a lot harder than they thought, until the kids begin to notice that everything round...bus, car, even rollerskate wheels, manhole covers, traffic lights, frisbees... had turned to pancakes. And when those errant hotcakes take flight the kids rush back home and finally solve the problem in an ingeniously unique way..... Paul Many's manic, rhyming text is full of energy, rhythm, and motion, and complemented by Scott Goto's engaging, bold, busy, and colorful artwork. Each two page spread is jam-packed with clever, eye-catching details, that pulls the reader into the story and right along on the chase to save breakfast. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, The Great Pancake Escape is a rip-roarin', hilarious, crowd pleaser that begs to be read aloud, and a soon-to-be favorite at your house.
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Summary: Kitchen Magic
Review: "The Great Pancake Escape" is an adventure story about magical fleeing flapjacks. This adventure starts on an ordinary day when three kids wait patiently for their father to perform the usual kitchen magic. As he juggles milk and flour and tosses ingredients into a bowl, his kids notice he is using the "wrong book." Suddenly, amidst smoke and fire, the pancake batter leaps into the pan and the pancakes start to make themselves. This might sound like a good idea until they start to hiss, leap and hop. Then the kids shout "Watch out, Pop!" In a "gingerbread boy" fashion, the pancakes leap onto their edges and roll out the door. "We couldn't cry out "murder!" Yelling "Fire" would be rash. So we loudly bellowed "Pancakes!" then took off at a dash." Soon, all three children notice that the pancakes have replaced wheels, a steering wheel, the traffic lights and even a manhole cover on the city street. This almost seems normal when compared to a few pages later when it is raining "syrup." I love when the pancakes turn into umbrellas. The kid in me loves the idea of the rain being made out of maple syrup. What a delicious idea and half the picture looks like it jumped right out of an art gallery. Scott Goto uses interesting perspectives. As a reader, you really feel that you are being pulled right into the story. Finally, the children return home and after showing their "magician" father that he used the wrong book, they manage to call back all the pancakes. The only problem is that the pancakes turn back into batter. Younger children will enjoy finding the "cute bunny rabbit" in each scene and looking for "circle" shapes. The art is stunning, imaginative and quite impressive. Each time you read the story, you see something new. The entire story teaches children that even if you don't succeed at what you first started, you can always make waffles. Life is a recipe that might change at any moment, so they should be prepared to adapt to new situations. The children do however work together to retrieve the pancakes and therefore did persist in their mission until the end. The children didn't whine or cry about their lost breakfast, they just took charge and fixed waffles. Paul Many has been making pancakes from the time he was ten years old. He was known for making pancakes with chocolate and raisins. Now he enjoys making blueberry pancakes. Kids will probably want to make pancakes after you read this book, so look for " Maple Grove Breakfast in a Crate" right here at Amazon. If you are looking for a wonderful gift, you could include this book in a gift basket.
I'm going to go make waffles
with maple syrup and whipped cream! ~The "now hungry" RebeccaReview.com
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Summary: LA Times' "Best Children's Book"
Review: "Our dad is a magician,/who can make a bird go poof,/but the day he cooked us pancakes,/he made an awful goof..." Poor Dad was working from the wrong book. He'd picked up his book of magic tricks instead of the cookbook and "Ka-Blam", everything went crazy. The bowl spun round and round, the batter jumped into the pan all by itself, and the pancakes leaped off the griddle and rolled out the door. "Where did they go?" cried little Ned./Louise had teary eyes./"Now don't be sad," I told them both./"Well catch those sneaky guys!" But the task turns out to be a lot harder than they thought, until the kids begin to notice that everything round...bus, car, even rollerskate wheels, manhole covers, traffic lights, frisbees... had turned to pancakes. And when those errant hotcakes take flight the kids rush back home and finally solve the problem in an ingeniously unique way..... Paul Many's manic, rhyming text is full of energy, rhythm, and motion, and complemented by Scott Goto's engaging, bold, busy, and colorful artwork. Each two page spread is jam-packed with clever, eye-catching details, that pulls the reader into the story and right along on the chase to save breakfast. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, The Great Pancake Escape is a rip-roarin', hilarious, crowd pleaser that begs to be read aloud, and a soon-to-be favorite at your house.
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Summary: Kitchen Magic
Review: "The Great Pancake Escape" is an adventure story about magical fleeing flapjacks. This adventure starts on an ordinary day when three kids wait patiently for their father to perform the usual kitchen magic. As he juggles milk and flour and tosses ingredients into a bowl, his kids notice he is using the "wrong book." Suddenly, amidst smoke and fire, the pancake batter leaps into the pan and the pancakes start to make themselves. This might sound like a good idea until they start to hiss, leap and hop. Then the kids shout "Watch out, Pop!" In a "gingerbread boy" fashion, the pancakes leap onto their edges and roll out the door. "We couldn't cry out "murder!" Yelling "Fire" would be rash. So we loudly bellowed "Pancakes!" then took off at a dash." Soon, all three children notice that the pancakes have replaced wheels, a steering wheel, the traffic lights and even a manhole cover on the city street. This almost seems normal when compared to a few pages later when it is raining "syrup." I love when the pancakes turn into umbrellas. The kid in me loves the idea of the rain being made out of maple syrup. What a delicious idea and half the picture looks like it jumped right out of an art gallery. Scott Goto uses interesting perspectives. As a reader, you really feel that you are being pulled right into the story. Finally, the children return home and after showing their "magician" father that he used the wrong book, they manage to call back all the pancakes. The only problem is that the pancakes turn back into batter. Younger children will enjoy finding the "cute bunny rabbit" in each scene and looking for "circle" shapes. The art is stunning, imaginative and quite impressive. Each time you read the story, you see something new. The entire story teaches children that even if you don't succeed at what you first started, you can always make waffles. Life is a recipe that might change at any moment, so they should be prepared to adapt to new situations. The children do however work together to retrieve the pancakes and therefore did persist in their mission until the end. The children didn't whine or cry about their lost breakfast, they just took charge and fixed waffles. Paul Many has been making pancakes from the time he was ten years old. He was known for making pancakes with chocolate and raisins. Now he enjoys making blueberry pancakes. Kids will probably want to make pancakes after you read this book, so look for " Maple Grove Breakfast in a Crate" right here at Amazon. If you are looking for a wonderful gift, you could include this book in a gift basket.
I'm going to go make waffles
with maple syrup and whipped cream! ~The "now hungry" RebeccaReview.com
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Summary: A great caper!
Review: It should have been another dull yawning in the dawning, slapping ingredients together for a hurried breakkie. Instead, Dad reads from the wrong recipe book, & all of a sudden Ka-BLAM! - batter is sizzling & pancakes are wriggling - off the kids' plates, through the house, out the door! If the kids want their breakfast they're going to have to chase off after it - through town where the stampeding pancakes have glomped onto taxi wheels, skipped over ponds & tumbled mailmen! THE GREAT PANCAKE ESCAPE is written in rhyming verse, & is a rollicking read with all the ingredients for a tasty feast of words. Fun reading & laughing for the whole family & Scott Goto's lively illustrations are the maple syrup!
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Summary: LA Times' "Best Children's Book"
Review: Just a note to let readers know that the Los Angeles Times has named this wonderful book as one (of only nine) of the "Best Children's Books of 2002."
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