Ten Fat Sausages
-
- £7.99
-
- £7.99
Publisher Description
Come on a great escape through the kitchen as we follow each sausage that decides to make a run for it. Will they succeed or will the cat, blender, plug hole or fan prove their downfall? Michelle Robinson's no-holds-barred humour is perfectly matched by Tor Freeman's mad-cap artwork. Hilarious and merciless, this tale will have you hooting out loud.
'Bright condiments, stricken-looking frankfurters and wicked comedy will appeal to the ruthless reader' GUARDIAN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Ten fat sausages, sizzling in a pan" escape the stovetop for some short-lived freedom in this comedic twist on the predictable nursery rhyme. After the first wide-eyed sausage goes "POP," revolt begins with sausage two, who interrupts the repeating rhyme: "Hang on a minute! I do not like this... I won't go BANG and I won't go POP," Robinson writes. Instead, "hop, hop, hop," he dives headfirst into the sink, but the carefree swim is cut short when someone pulls the plug, propelling him "straight down the drain." His compatriots find that their luck isn't much better: in Freeman's colorful, vintage-style art, wiener four meets an unfortunate end in the blender (a nearby apple covers a grape's eyes), sausage six heads "over the wide-open Freezer Top Ridge" and straight into the ceiling fan and sausage eight, grief stricken, catches the eye of a hungry cat ("Oh, drat"). Witnesses to their friends' gruesome ends, the final two links hatch a different kind of plan, one that successfully results in the stove being switched off. "Might this pair survive?" asks the narrator; the conclusion to this slight, sausage-filled adventure will leave readers gulping. Ages 3 7.
