Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe

by Tim Egan

Overview

When three mean and hungry tigers disrupt Hodges' Cafe and its customers one Friday night, it's Hodges' crazy duck who saves the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547530505
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	08/26/1996
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	21 MB
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Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Tim Egan is the author and illustrator of several offbeat and humorous tales for children. Born in New Jersey, Tim moved to California to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He still lives in southern California with his wife, Ann, and their two sons. To learn more about Tim Egan, visit his Web site at www.timegan.com.

Editorial Reviews

An all-animal cast stars in a "quirky" and "wry" story that, said PW, "relies on a cautious balance of understatement and zaniness." Ages 4-8. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Hodges the elephant's cafe is renowned for its tasty pastries, but the "no tigers, please" policy is challenged one evening when three tigers enter the cafe and request elephant schnitzel and pigs benedict. Hodges' pet duck uses his glib tongue to start a rumpus. But when a food fight ensues, and the tigers are revealed to be sophisticated gourmands, Hodges quietly reverses the "no tigers" policy. Muted colors and soft watercolor-and-ink illustrations and an understated text play counterpoint to the slapstick plot action. For instance, the text accompanying a double-page spread in which the food fight reduces the cafe to chaos reads, "Things got a little out of control." Whether taken as a cautionary tale on xenophobia or as the story of a zany pie fight, Egan's book is an appealing offering.

Linda Ward Callaghan

"One of the most exceptional and offbeat stories in some time." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers —

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