Frank and Ernest / by Alexandra Day.
Material type: TextPublication details: Seattle : Green Tiger Press, 2010.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 1595834249
- 9781595834249 :
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Day Ale | Available | 33111006462929 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
First published in 1988 and now back by popular demand, Good Dog, Carl illustrator Alexandra Day's Frank and Ernest is the entertaining tale of a bear and an elephant who learn to run a diner.nbsp; The charming illustrations of the Deco-era diner and the novelty of its animal employees will appeal to children, but the diner slang that Frank and Ernest learn and use will delight parents and children alike.nbsp; Frank and Ernest will reveal the meaning of "burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it," "a stack with Vermont and a blonde with sand," as well as "guess water," "balloon juice," and "million on a platter."nbsp; As in her popular Carl books Day excels at visual jokes and loving detail, but in Frank and Ernest the text is as delightful as the pictures.nbsp;
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In skillfully executed paintings Day depicts a diner that is sure to evoke nostalgia among old-timers.nbsp; Children should enjoy adding these novelties to their vocabularies, and making the connections that inspired the descriptions is good fun.nbsp; Kirkus ReviewsClever and original, this playful romp serves up its message with a smile.nbsp; It's bound to become standard fare.... School Library Journal Frank, appearing as Elephant, and Ernest, as Bear, answer an ad for someone to run human-shaped Mrs Miller's diner for her.nbsp; Bibliophiles that they are, the friends research the lingo of the diner restaurant trade, and with grace and aplomb they serve a "bow-wow. . . red" (hot dog with ketchup), "nervous pudding," (Jell-O"), and "white cow" (vanilla milk shake"). Alexandra Day's paintings render a mannerly world of measured language and punctilious decorum.nbsp; Mrs. Miller returns safely from her trip, and we are enveloped in nostalgia--it was all so recent, so very long ago. Peter F. Neumeyer. -nbsp; Professor Emeritus University of California, Berkeley.nbsp; Author and recipient of the Ann Devereaux Jordan Award by The Children's Literature Association.
An elephant and a bear take over a diner and find out about responsibility and food language.