Straw
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
First there was Spoon. Then came Chopsticks. Now the last... Straw! The final entry in a trio of favorite "punny" tales reminds readers to savor life's little pleasures, from beloved bestselling and award-winning author Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Straw has always had a great thirst for being first, slurping up anything in sight and rushing straight to the finish in every situation. But when his speedy streak gets the best of him, it takes a friend to show Straw how to take his time and drink in the amazing world around him. A companion to Spoon and Chopsticks, this warm and wise story--packed with the clever puns synonymous with this popular series--celebrates the joys of slowing down.
Don't miss these other titles in the Spoon series: Spoon and Chopsticks
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In this peppy companion to Spoon and Chopsticks, bendable paper Straw, who "has a great thirst for being first," delights in boasting to his friends when he empties his glass well before they can complete their innate tasks. "Done!" he brags, as a funnel, sand timer, and eyedropper, still plugging along, look on chagrined. But Straw discovers a downside to his competitive craze when he dives into a snow cone and eagerly slurps away, soon experiencing a "Brain Freeze!" that "did not feel good not even one little bit." A curlicue glass straw encourages Straw to slow down and savor, advice that Spoon reinforces: "Sometimes you just gotta stop and smell the milk shake!" The late Rosenthal's trademark wordplay is on full display, as is Magoon's flair for giving kitchen utensils personality through a revealing shift of googly eyes, a suspicious lilt of an eyebrow, a telltale curve of a mouth. Relaxing in a frozen drink, Straw delivers the tale's final flip line: when Spoon asks him, "What's shakin'?" he replies, "Just chillin'. And it's strawesome." Ages 3 5.)
