مثل بیشتر بچه‌های هم سن و سال او، بانجو هم گرسنه است! اون نمیتونه صبر کنه تا شام خوشمزه اش را بخوره. اما همین که پشت میز نشسته و اماده‌ی کندن است، اتفاق خیلی وحشیانه‌ای می‌افتد. ملوین ناگهان از بشقاب بانجو بیرون می‌پرد و پیتر، پرسیوال، پائول، کارولین، کلارا و بقیه نخود و هویج را به راه می‌اندازد تا فرار کند. در حالی که ظروف نقره، میز و صندلی نیز از اشپزخانه فرار می‌کنند، بانجو شروع به یک مسابقه‌ی خنده‌دار می‌کند تا بتواند به غذای خیلی سریع خود برسد. برنده دو بار جایزه کتاب کودکان و مدال کیت گرینوی، نویسنده تحسین بریتانیایی الن هلبرگ کودکان را از همه سنین لذت میبرد. ان گونه از نبوغی که می تواند بر یک دوره تسلط داشته باشد را به او نسبت می دهند, ساندی تایمز لندن دسته بندی اهلبرگ با لویس کارول و ا. گوردیان معتقد است که «شام فرار» تائید میکند که «اهلبرگ یکی از بهترین نویسندگان کتابهای مصور است. "

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Allan Ahlberg tells yet another unusual tale. Poised to enjoy his evening repast, young Banjo Cannon must spring from the table as the sausage, accompaniments, and furnishings rise and take flight. The chase is on! But one must not be lulled into thinking that all is lost. Jeff Woodman narrates with boyish gusto. If a sausage, peas, and French fries, each with a name, are hiding in the park, then he is going to find them. Urgency sets the pace but does not crowd out enunciation or emphasis of each story detail. Youngsters will be intrigued and will engage best in listening and looking at the book. A.R. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Starred review from October 2, 2006
With a plot timed faster than fast food and illustrations that keep pace, this picture book about a dinner that literally runs away is a comic treat. Like a cowboy spinning a fireside tall tale as if it were true, Ahlberg's (The Jolly Postman
) unseen narrator sprinkles the story with plenty of droll asides. Just as the boy hero, Banjo, is about to cut into his supper, "the sausage—Melvin, his name was—/ jumped, yes, jumped, right up off the plate.../ and ran away." Melvin the sausage leads a procession of sorts: "the fork ran after the sausage,/ the knife ran after the fork," followed by the boy's plate, table and chair, as well as his side dishes, all of which have individual names except for the French fries (because "well, there really were too many to name all of them"). Ingman (Boing!
) adds plenty of slapstick humor to this great chase. The salt and ketchup containers ride atop the table waving to the crowd as if they were in a parade, and a boiled egg from a nearby picnic looks on in horror as Banjo gains on the sausage. Playful use of type size and white space speeds up and slows down the action accordingly. Finally, Banjo sits down to enjoy his dessert—a plum pie ("named Joyce on this particular occasion"), who jumps up and, well,... this sure-to-be a runaway favorite begins again. Ages 4-8.

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خرید کتاب شام فراری

The Runaway Dinner

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فرمت کتاب

audiobook

تاریخ انتشار

2007

Lexile Score

750

Reading Level

3-4

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