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Fingers for Lunch, by Brandt Lewis, illustrations by Cori Doerrfeld, 2016, New York, NY: LB Kids. 12 pages. ISBN: 978-1452117003.
Age/Interest Level: 1-3 years
Lexile Level: N/A
Awards: N/A
Reader Annotation: There’s a monster that is ready to eat and some tasty fingers sound great. Just wiggle your fingers through the die-cut holes and see what happens.
Plot Summary: The monster in this rhyming board book is really looking forward to a lunch of five fingers. The reader places their fingers inside the die-cut holes in the book and wiggles them around. At the end of page, the monster cheers as he gets to chomp down another one. The reader pulls their fingers away, one by one, until the monster has finished eating them in various creative ways.
Critical Evaluation: This book is a riot in concept alone. The boost stems from a smartly written rhyme that only the monster gets to speak. It’s macabre and gross, but never creepy and never scary. This was written to keep the monster as amusing as possible while he nibbles on the reader’s fingers. The addition of the dog-like pet for the monster in the illustrations was also helpful because his antics in the background are almost just as fun, and it provides somewhat of a distraction if a toddler became too entrenched in the plot.
Why Included: This is a great piece for an interactive story time with one a small group of toddlers. There’s something highly delightful about fingers getting munched on.
Age/Interest Level: 1-3 years
Lexile Level: N/A
Awards: N/A
Reader Annotation: There’s a monster that is ready to eat and some tasty fingers sound great. Just wiggle your fingers through the die-cut holes and see what happens.
Plot Summary: The monster in this rhyming board book is really looking forward to a lunch of five fingers. The reader places their fingers inside the die-cut holes in the book and wiggles them around. At the end of page, the monster cheers as he gets to chomp down another one. The reader pulls their fingers away, one by one, until the monster has finished eating them in various creative ways.
Critical Evaluation: This book is a riot in concept alone. The boost stems from a smartly written rhyme that only the monster gets to speak. It’s macabre and gross, but never creepy and never scary. This was written to keep the monster as amusing as possible while he nibbles on the reader’s fingers. The addition of the dog-like pet for the monster in the illustrations was also helpful because his antics in the background are almost just as fun, and it provides somewhat of a distraction if a toddler became too entrenched in the plot.
Why Included: This is a great piece for an interactive story time with one a small group of toddlers. There’s something highly delightful about fingers getting munched on.