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| Grade 1–3—Mucumber is back in another epicurean pickle. This time he is late for lunch and the school cafeteria seems to have no food left. Then, the fearsome lunch lady gives him her very special dish: liver cake. Initially he's repulsed—"It looked like an old bowling shoe/and smelled like rotten cheese"—but his sister suggests it might not be liver, "it might be a SPLEEN!" When the boy reluctantly tries a bite of the cake, he is astonished to find it is delicious. Loehr's illustrations evoke a sense of chilly and macabre doings. The school is painted in purple shadows on stone walls with arched windows, looking more like a haunted castle than a place of education. The children are drawn with large round heads, stick-thin legs, and dusky eyes. These wonderful pictures set a scary tone, although in substance the tale is not frightening at all. The rhyming text creates rich images. The story begins with a negative stereotype of cafeteria cooks, but the ending is a gratifying surprise. "If your lunch is scary/and lumpy and brown,/if the smell makes you grimace/and the color makes you frown…/Don't worry—/it won't taste as bad as it looks./Because lunch ladies are usually…/very good cooks." This tribute to cafeteria cooks is a particularly good choice for school libraries and an enjoyable read-aloud for public library storytimes. It is also a good alternative for October programs where Halloween is not celebrated.—Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME
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| I read Patrick Loehr's first book, Macumber McGee and the Half Eaten Hot Dog and found it delightful, so I decided to purchase his second book and found it equally so. He has created a character that is innocent, yet dark and has a slight Gothic tone. This is a tone that is unique to children's books and makes it an interesting read for adults. I would recommend this book to anyone. |
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