"Stan is happy to retire from his bakery job because now he can start his own hot dog business. [When] a blizzard strands him and a school bus, the kids and driver wait the storm out in Stan's van, their stomachs full of hot dogs and their heads full of [his] stories. Stan's good spirits are catching; this is one grandfatherly type the world needs more of."BL.
Parenting Honorable Mention, Reading Magic Award
Hot dogs save the day! Stan makes the best hot dogs around. At lunchtime, he makes lots of new friends, too. Then a snowstorm hits, and some of Stan's new friends are stranded. It's Stan the Hot Dog Man to the rescue!