Who Needs Donuts?
Author | : Mark Alan Stamaty |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2013-11-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780375983771 |
ISBN-13 | : 0375983775 |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Sam’s love of donuts takes him to the Big City where he makes friends with Mr. Bikferd, a world class collector of donuts. But when Mr. Bikferd falls in love with Pretzel Annie, the prophecy of an old homeless woman comes true: “Who needs donuts when you’ve got love?” Mr. Bikferd bequeaths his donut collection to Sam, who uses it to save the old homeless woman from drowning in a basement flooded with coffee. This is a reissue of Mark Alan Stamaty’s masterpiece of the absurd, first published 30 years ago and out of print nearly as long. With an illustration style that mixes a benign Hieronymus Bosch with an urban Where’s Waldo?, Stamaty’s off-the-wall humor is on target for little kids and big kids today.