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Arnie the Doughnut
A deliciously imaginative story about friendship—from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.
Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes.
“Good-bye!” Arnie yelled to each doughnut. “Have a go...more
Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes.
“Good-bye!” Arnie yelled to each doughnut. “Have a go...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
April 1st 2003
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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Dec 11, 2008
Lisa Vegan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone with a very wacky sense of humor
Recommended to Lisa by:
CLM
Laurie Keller is a hoot. I enjoyed this even more than her Scrambled States books. This is another one best for independent readers. It’s a very busy book with all sorts of asides and jokes and other extra material on every page. I actually laughed while reading this; this unusual story is wickedly funny. It’s the only picture book I can remember having to make a point to avoid spoilers.
Arnie the Doughnut is a wondrous shaggy-dog story in which the title character comes to understand that “that’s what doughnuts are for—to eat” only after he’s been purchased. Discovering that his creator and his fellow doughnuts are not only aware of this atrocity but are also cheerful, willing participants, Arnie resigns himself to this ultimate fate. However, Arnie’s purchaser Mr. Bing is no longer comfortable with this prospect but does not want to be wasteful. In an ironic twist, man and dou...more
The current favorite of my 5 year old son. This book is, I'll admit, a little weird but it totally works. Cute, extremely funny and creative. With lots of asides, and text sprinkled all over the pages this is pretty fun to read. I tend to read the main body of the text and my son reads all the comments etc scattered along the pages but he also often just read it all on his own.
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This is the story of Arnie's life--how he was created and what happened to him once he hit the bakery shelf. Arnie is happy and carefree, until Mr. Bing buys him and tries to eat him for breakfast! Arnie is crushed; he didn't realize that was his purpose in life. Mr. Bing feels bad, and the two decide to come up with different ways for Mr. Bing to keep Arnie without eating him. Eventually, they decide that Arnie will be Mr. Bing's doughnut-dog, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Proud to be a chocolate covered doughnut with bright-colored candy sprinkles, Arnie has had a pretty amazing morning of being created and meeting other doughnuts. When his bakery opens, Arnie is thrilled to be selected to go on an adventure with Mr. Bing – then horrified to discover he is about to be eaten! After realizing his doughnut talks and has feelings, Mr. Bing decides not to eat him, so the two toss around a number of humorously unfitting possibilities for what to do with Arnie instead,...more
Super cute book about a doughnut that doesn't realize he's made for eating. A fun book for children to read by themselves or with a parent so that they can read each silly additional comment Keller adds to the page outside of the text of the story.
Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book
from School Library Journal:
Kindergarten-Grade 3-Similar in style and format to Keller's Open Wide (Holt, 2000), this fun-filled adventure takes readers to a bakery. A chocolate-covered doughnut serves as guide, d...more
Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book
from School Library Journal:
Kindergarten-Grade 3-Similar in style and format to Keller's Open Wide (Holt, 2000), this fun-filled adventure takes readers to a bakery. A chocolate-covered doughnut serves as guide, d...more
This book is Hilarous! I particularly like Arnie's slow and painstaking realization that doughnuts aren't good for much of anything other than eating.
The story is great, although from a design perspective the fonts and graphics are all over the place. I'm not sure how well it would work as a read aloud with group because there are lots of tiny little details and side commentary, but it would probably work well as a one on one. I can also see this as a book that would last because as the child g...more
The story is great, although from a design perspective the fonts and graphics are all over the place. I'm not sure how well it would work as a read aloud with group because there are lots of tiny little details and side commentary, but it would probably work well as a one on one. I can also see this as a book that would last because as the child g...more
This is a GREAT book! My daughter Kaia got it from the library. She said they'd read it to her at her preschool last year.
It's hysterical even on an adult level. The story is about a newly made donut who is purchased and taken to the home of Mr. Bing. The problem is, Arnie doesn't realize he is supposed to be breakfast.
What made this story for me, wasn't even necessarily the story, but the little asides that are written into the illustrations. Great stuff. Can't wait to read it to Kaia again to...more
It's hysterical even on an adult level. The story is about a newly made donut who is purchased and taken to the home of Mr. Bing. The problem is, Arnie doesn't realize he is supposed to be breakfast.
What made this story for me, wasn't even necessarily the story, but the little asides that are written into the illustrations. Great stuff. Can't wait to read it to Kaia again to...more
Jul 01, 2008
Justin Matott
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone and everyone who likes a bit weird and a lot funny!
This book is one of my all time favorite picture books. I will admit when I first learned of the concept behind it I was skeptical of it. I then met the author and spent some time with her and found her to be a delightfully engaging woman and a great speaker with subject matter to capture both adult and a child's imagination and attention. The side bar humor ala Mad Magazine columns is one of my favorite aspects of this book. I have personally purchased numerous copies of this book as gifts and...more
Ok, this is by far the funniest picture book I have seen in a while. It's not new - written in 2003, but I don't know how I've missed it. Arnie is a doughnut who watches all of his "doughnut friends" get taken out of the bakery by customers, and he anxiously awaits his turn. Of course, he eventually has to learn that doughnuts are meant to be eaten. The illustrations are priceless, with a lot of details. It's a book that needs to be read and re-read, and is for kids of all ages.
Yea for Arnie the doughnut.
Now if he becomes a dective doughnut and finds out what happened after the author took the box of doughnuts from the bakery? Did she liberate the doughnuts? eat the doughnuts? Share the doughnuts for others to eat? Share the doughnuts so others can walk the doughnuts?
I think Arnie needs to get to the bottom of this mystery. :)
Now if he becomes a dective doughnut and finds out what happened after the author took the box of doughnuts from the bakery? Did she liberate the doughnuts? eat the doughnuts? Share the doughnuts for others to eat? Share the doughnuts so others can walk the doughnuts?
I think Arnie needs to get to the bottom of this mystery. :)
I don't put picture books on here unless I thoroughly enjoy them. So, that right there should tell you something. This was fun to read out loud to all of my children, even the one that is "too old" to be read to. He understood the word play and such while the younger ones enjoyed Arnie. I recommend it for anyone, even if you are on a diet. ;)
my 3-year old is OBSESSED with this book. It's very cute, but it's a total pain in the ass to read because itis long, has too many in-jokes that need to be explained, and the format is cartoonish. I can't wait to return it to the library, but then again he is so in love with it I'll probably end up buying it.
Absolute hoot. She's a Michigan author with crazy sense of humor. Arnie wears safety goggles to get his sprinkles. There are some very funny things in here and enough visual things going on that you/child will continue to discover new things many reads in.
I LOVE THIS BOOK! Witness Arnie the doughnut be created, selected, and EATEN??????? Arnie doesn't know that that's what doughnuts do. Read and see how Arnie convinces who pick him not to eat him and that he can do something else for him in return.
We listened to the audio, which was delightfully done.... but I'm pretty sure lacks the oompf that the picture book itself would have. Audiowise, it's great for short trips around town though.
Dec 07, 2008
Harli
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
every person and all young children!
Recommended to Harli by:
My sister and momi
This was the cutest book ever! I laughed as I read this awesome book! I love it! Defianetly read to your nieces and nephews, grandchildren, and kids. They will enjoy this cute book!
This was kind of humorous. You have to read all the little side commentaries to really enjoy it. It could bring up discussions about eating animals, after all, they are pets too.
Best acknowlegements page evar! Great picture book for a somewhat older child, with lots of detail and humor. Macabre with a touch as light as a dusting of powdered sugar.
My family loves this book! My daughter wants it to be her bedtime story each night. It is full of little comments and creative details that are zany and make us laugh.
This is a fun fun book about a doughnut who chooses another path in life...he will not be eaten...he has grander plans! I laughed out loud through much of this one.
Kinda weird, a doughnut that ends up being a dog. But enjoyable in design and story. Children will love all the little tidbits and doodles on the edges of the pages.
This book was so funny!!!! Just love Laurie Keller's style. I'm putting it on here for anyone who wants a good chuckle,(albeit a children's book.)
Peculiar. Almost…vaguely creepy. Strange. There’s something not quite right about this story...and yet...worthy precisely because it is not typical.
This is a great book for kids and adults. I laugh more at this book than my daughter....mind you she is 3 months old. This is a pure literary delight.
Such a funny book. We laughed and laughed while reading it. Definitely one that the reader can enjoy as much, if not more, than the kids.
All 3 kids loved listening to this one and following along with the colorful pages! A new perspective packed with humor. Great short story!
very clever. I enjoy the additional text the author has written throughout the book. We read this book frequently.
This book seemed a little "busy" to me. There's a lot of distracting commentary that takes place away from the heart of the action. Some of it works, some of it doesn't.
original & clever. arnie's world is shaken when he discovers people eat doughnuts. a favorite read aloud with children.
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Laurie Keller grew up in Muskegon, Michigan. She always loved to draw, paint and write stories. She spent much of her time performing in a local dance tour company and dancing in and choreographing some civic theatre shows.
She graduated several years later with a BFA in Illustration. She also got a job as a greeting card illustrator at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the author and...more
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She graduated several years later with a BFA in Illustration. She also got a job as a greeting card illustrator at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the author and...more
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