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conversations.value: Provide a description for a book titled The Worst Breakfast about Public, Library, K-Gr with the genre: Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life.
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conversations.value: K-Gr 3The usual breakfast routine takes a wonderfully odd turn one day. Two unnamed sisters sit around the table one morning and recall the worst breakfast they've ever had. What starts out with tales of burning toast turns into accounts of "steaming slick tomatoes oozing into RANCID swill." The descriptions of this bizarre meal become increasingly more grotesque, causing the sisters to dread their upcoming breakfast. Then, out of the giant cracked eggs emerge dinosaurlike creatures that create havoc in the kitchen. The honey attracts large, menacing bees. The sausages multiply and become food for the octopuses, squid, and other creatures feasting on the gnarly meal. The over-the-top descriptions reflect young kids' tendency to exaggerate. Eventually, the sisters realize that their meal is not that bad and are grateful for the food in front of them. the author, known for his genre-defying fantasy novels for adults, makes a splash with his picture book debut. Smith's illustrations, filled with geometric shapes and patterns, are the perfect complement to the text, although younger readers may have a hard time making out what's happening in the frenetic mixed-media images. VERDICT Perhaps not a first purchase, this is a subversive delight for those younger readers prone to embellishment.Christopher Lassen, BookOps: The New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library
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conversations.value: K-Gr 3The usual breakfast routine takes a wonderfully odd turn one day. Two unnamed sisters sit around the table one morning and recall the worst breakfast they've ever had. What starts out with tales of burning toast turns into accounts of "steaming slick tomatoes oozing into RANCID swill." The descriptions of this bizarre meal become increasingly more grotesque, causing the sisters to dread their upcoming breakfast. Then, out of the giant cracked eggs emerge dinosaurlike creatures that create havoc in the kitchen. The honey attracts large, menacing bees. The sausages multiply and become food for the octopuses, squid, and other creatures feasting on the gnarly meal. The over-the-top descriptions reflect young kids' tendency to exaggerate. Eventually, the sisters realize that their meal is not that bad and are grateful for the food in front of them. the author, known for his genre-defying fantasy novels for adults, makes a splash with his picture book debut. Smith's illustrations, filled with geometric shapes and patterns, are the perfect complement to the text, although younger readers may have a hard time making out what's happening in the frenetic mixed-media images. VERDICT Perhaps not a first purchase, this is a subversive delight for those younger readers prone to embellishment.