Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride

Seibold, J. Otto and Walsh, Vivian, Seibold, J. Otto, ill.,

ISBN 10: 0140548688 / ISBN 13: 9780140548686

Published by Puffin Books from the Penguin Group/New York,, 1993

About this Item

soft cover, fine book condition, all stickers in original place, unpaged, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, first edition, Library Edition, new book, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book,

Seller Inventory # H 3482

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride
• Publisher: Puffin Books from the Penguin Group/New York,
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140548688
• ISBN 13: 9780140548686
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: J. Otto Seibold
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • children's,

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Synopsis

Mr. Lunch is excited about finally being able to fly, but he quickly learns that he is being placed with the luggage, and must devise a way to have fun on his plane trip regardless of where he is traveling. Reprint.

From Publishers Weekly

Mr. Lunch, a bird-chaser of some repute, is invited to demonstrate his skills on television--a thrilling prospect largely because it will involve his first plane ride. Being a dog, however, he must ride with the baggage, along with Ambrose, the bird he is to chase on the show. Looking around at the sea of suitcases, boxes and bags, Mr. Lunch decides "things would be better if he investigated." He opens his fellow passengers' luggage, examines the contents and hastily repacks--creating some embarrassing but ultimately fruitful mix-ups that come to light on the show. Offbeat and utterly original, this debut by a husband-and-wife team has the frank silliness to appeal immediately to children and a campy sophistication that will tickle adults as well. The illustrations--computer-generated images that are flat in perspective but full of energy and surprisingly expressive--seem at once hip and modern and, in their diagrammatic shapes and muted khakis, rusts and charcoals, reminiscent of 1950s cartoons. Figures, objects, vehicles, labels and signs galore fill the fanciful, kinetical compositions, which are counterpointed by the absolutely straight-faced, straightforward text. The combination leads to an oxymoronic controlled zaniness, and it makes Mr. Lunch's journey a trip worth taking indeed. Ages 3-8.
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