The Great Lollipop Caper
With Audio Recording
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
One cranky caper is about to learn that being salty might be just as good as being sweet. Includes audio!
Having adults love his acidic taste is not enough for Mr. Caper. He wants more. He wants the children of the world to love him—just as much as they love the sweet, saccharine Lollipop.
And thus a plot is hatched: Caper-flavored lollipops are dispatched throughout the world...and everything goes horribly wrong. Will Mr. Caper find a way to repair the havoc he’s wreaked by over-reaching? Maybe, if Lollipop helps save the day!
This quirky tale with audio, illustrated with humor and heart, contains sweet and salty delights for both adults and children.
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Kids know all too well that grownups like to eat disgusting things. Case in point: capers. Krall (Oh, Nuts!) gives this homely, briny seasoning a tortured inner life (readers may be reminded of Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants), imagining that the adulation of adults, who prize his "acidic earthiness" is like ashes in Mr. Caper's mouth. What he wants is what the unflaggingly good-natured Lollipop has: the adoration of children. A plot involving Mr. Caper's sabotage of the world's lollipop supply ensues (and, of course, goes horribly wrong), and Mr. Caper learns an important lesson about the rewards of being an acquired taste. "Sure, those kids love me now," says Lollipop, "but when they grow up, guess who they're going to be crazy about? You!" Krall's background in animation (he's worked on several Cartoon Network classics) once again serves him well: the pages fly by, fueled by precocious, melodramatic dialogue ("There must be a way to make the children appreciate my complex flavor!") and cheerily frenetic drawings. It's the perfect after-dinner read for Food Network loving families. Ages 4 8.
