PW Review!!!
The Slidy Diner is one big health code violation: the proprietress wears a fly-covered sweater and “smells like rotten grill grease,†the toilet is a cesspool, “someone is usually running with scissors†and the sticky buns are scraped up off the floor. Even the people are ghoulish, with their flattened, oversize heads, blank eyes and doll-like bodies. Snyder, a debut picture book author and PW reviewer, and Zollars (Not in Room 204) serve up a wealth of Grand Guignol detail, beginning with the creepy premise: Edie, the narrator, claims she is held captive at the diner for stealing a lemon drop, and she gives a young patron the insider’s tour of the joint. Most of the best jokes are visual: the poison label stuck onto a countertop; pet food tins stashed amid the staples; a slice of pie garnished as if with eyeballs. The gross-out crowd will eat this up. Ages 5–8. (Oct.)
Tags: publisher's weekly, reviews, slidy diner
October 13th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Looking good!!
October 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
mine just arrived in the mail and it is sooooo wonderful and Jaime is incredible!! you must have a blast reading this aloud.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
mine just arrived in the mail and it is INCREDIBLE–Jaime is magnificent and you must have a blast reading this aloud. i know i did!!
October 16th, 2008 at 8:31 am
I’m still telling people about our fabulous breakfast at the Omni erlier this year. I got my copy several days ago — can’t wait to read it to my niece, she’s gonna love it!
October 20th, 2008 at 9:06 am
[...] to have one of these Slidy tattoos for themselves. This book for early grades also recently got a good review from Publishers Weekly (in part: “Edie, the narrator, claims she is held captive at the diner for stealing a lemon [...]
October 20th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
[...] to have one of these Slidy tattoos for themselves. This book for early grades also recently got a good review from Publishers Weekly (in part: “Edie, the narrator, claims she is held captive at the diner for stealing a lemon [...]