Gino Badino - Hardcover

Engel, Diana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688095038 ISBN 13: 9780688095031

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1635

Synopsis

Gino would rather sculpt mice out of dough than sweep the floor in his family's pasta factory, but when the factory falls on hard times, Gino's mice save the day.

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From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- In this rather far-fetched success story, mouse-child Gino saves the family pasta business by creating pasta mice that become instant hits when they are accidentally sold to consumers. Gino hates his job of sweeping the factory floor after school each day, preferring to sculpt mice and other creatures from chunks of dough swept up from the floor, which he leaves everywhere. When he overhears his worried family discussing the failing business, he takes matters in his own hands, and, in the aftermath of his attempt to help, his macaroni mice are shipped to stores. His future is insured. The Badino family--human bodies, expressive mice heads--is portrayed in subdued watercolor and ink in a factory OSHA would shut down in a minute (although the workers do wear gloves). A good example of extended family solidarity is presented in the business, along with a concern for a quality product. Lightly amusing, but not a first purchase. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NB
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

Badino Pasta is in trouble. Bigger companies are producing more pasta more quickly, and selling it more cheaply. Every Badino must lend a hand (or paw--the Badinos are mice), and young Gino's job is to sweep the factory at the end of the day. But alas, Gino has an artist's soul: instead of sweeping, he spends his time molding animals from bits of leftover pasta dough. And though Gino's creations win praise from his teachers and friends, they cause conflict at home. But when some of the little creatures accidentally wind up in store-bound boxes, they prove a hit. The author/illustrator of the Josephina books and The Little Lump of Clay presents a delightful extended family (in which "my little linguine" is a term of endearment), and cooks up an easy-to-swallow message about the good things that can come from following your heart. Ages 4-up.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1635
• ISBN 10: 0688095038
• ISBN 13: 9780688095031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32