Arnie, the Doughnut

Name: Arnie, the Doughnut
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Laurie Keller
ISBN: 9780545708791

Author: Laurie Keller

Narrator: Michael McKean

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 09/01/2005

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

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 good trip!""This is so exciting!" Arnie beamed. "I wonder who will choose ME?"Arnie Looks like an average doughnut, made by one of the best bakeries in town. When Mr. Bing buys him and brings him home to his breakfast table, however, Arnie realizes his carefree days are about to end...unless he persuades Mr. Bing that a doughnut be more than just a snack.

About Laurie Keller

Laurie Keller is the bestselling author-illustrator of many books for kids, including Do Unto Otters; Potato Pants!; The Scrambled States of America; the Geisel Award-winning We Are Growing!; and Arnie the Doughnut, as well as three books in the Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut chapter book series. Growing up in Michigan, Laurie always loved to draw, paint and write stories. She earned a B.F.A. at Kendall College of Art and Design, then worked at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City as a greeting card illustrator for seven years. One night, the idea for a children’s book popped into her head and after showing the story to several publishers in New York City, she quit her job and moved there. The following year, that story idea was a published book—The Scrambled States of America. Laurie loved living in NYC, but she returned to her home state, where she lives in the woods along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Francisca

I'm not going to lie, this book intrigued me. It’s premise is quite simple, but it is in that simplicity that its wonder lives: A doughnut, Arnie, has been made fresh and has been bought and it’s on its way to the breakfast table. Yet Arnie doesn’t know doghnuts are made for eating so… How can this n......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

Arnie, a doughnut with chocolate icing and rainbow sprinkles, was eager for a customer to buy him from the Downtown Bakery. Then he discovered his eventual fate - to be eaten as a tasty treat - and was horrified. Managing to convince his purchaser, Mr. Bing, not to eat him, Arnie and his new human a......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

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......more