Benny and the Binky [Hardcover]

Barbro Lindgren (Author), Olof Landstrom (Illustrator), Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard (Translator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

An irresistible follow-up to Benny’s Had Enough!

One morning Benny awakens to find a bassinet standing next to him. Finally, Benny has a brother! All Benny’s new sibling does is scream and scream – until his mother gives him a binky. Benny wants a binky, too, but his mother says he’s too old for one. And Benny’s brother isn’t willing to share. Benny soon grows tired of his new brother – he’d rather have the binky. So when his mother isn’t looking, Benny runs away with the binky. He feels triumphant, until he meets up with some porcine bullies. Fortunately, he is rescued, and after running all the way home, Benny restores the binky to its rightful owner.

Olof Landström’s hilarious illustrations capture the frustrations and joys of having a new sibling.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

After waking one morning to find a new baby brother in a basket by his bed, toddler pig Benny is thrilled--for about 15 seconds. Long enough for the baby to start squalling and their mother to give him a binky. "I want a binky, too," says a disillusioned Benny. But apparently he's too big for a binky. Benny, whose MO is to hit the highway when things don't go his way (Benny's Had Enough), manages to exchange his Little Piggy doll for his brother's binky, and takes off for an afternoon of peace, quiet, and binky-sucking. Unfortunately, it's not only his mother who thinks he's too old for a binky.

Barbro Lindgren and Olof Landström (Boo and Baa in the Woods) make an unbeatable creative team. Benny's ingenuous expressions even as he misbehaves, and his pure joy when he finally gets his first taste of the coveted binky, are simply priceless, as is Lindgren's understated narrative: "He is happy. The binky is good." We will follow Lindgren and Landström to the ends of the earth for the chance to read any of their books. (Ages 2 to 6) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

In Benny and the Binky by Barbro Lindgren, illus. by Olaf Landstr”m, trans. by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard, the preschool pig gets the baby brother he's always wanted, but the charm soon wears thin.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 28 pages
• Publisher: R & S Books (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9129654971
• ISBN-13: 978-9129654974
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,521,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh for crying out loud, March 28, 2003

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Barbara Hatcher "glendweller" (Madison, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Benny and the Binky (Hardcover)

Benny and the Binky is a very funny book written in a wonderfully simplistic way that I'm sure children would love. The illustrator is brilliant, and Benny's expressions are just priceless. You will laugh out loud at the "three tough pigs." For those of you who find it appalling that the three tough pigs want to punch Benny in the snout -- perhaps you should stick with gentler classics such as "Little Red Riding Hood." Benny and the Binky is just plain fun for kids and adults.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 2yr old loves this book., August 30, 2002

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This review is from: Benny and the Binky (Hardcover)

My 2yr old loves this book. Her favorite thing to do is sit down and read books with me. This is a book that she has me read over and over. We have discussed the incident where the pigs hit Benny's snout and the dog says he's going to bite their knuckles off and she understands that it is wrong or as she likes to put it, "naughty". My daughter is very attached to her binky (nay nay) and adores this book and I myself find it very cute.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Benny and the Binky, October 17, 2002

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Russell Kring (Massillon, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Benny and the Binky (Hardcover)

Benny and the Binky. By Barbro Lindgren. Illustrated by Olof Landstrom. R & S Books, 2002. 24 pages. [money](Preschool)

A binky may be the only thing that calms a screaming baby pig, but the excruciation of growing out of that binky is the ingenious subject of the irresistibly hilarious Benny and the Binky by Olof Landstrom (Benny's had enough, 9/99). Benny finally has the new baby brother he has been waiting for. But all Benny's new sibling does is scream - until he receives a binky from his mother. Now Benny wants one too, but he's told he's too old. This causes Benny to "steal" his brother's binky and hit the road, but he soon realizes why he's too old when several groups ridicule him during his adventures for being some "kind of oddball". The comedy of Benny's journey (with binky in mouth) comes through the cast of characters he meets along the way, including "three tough pigs with soccer shoes (on)." They are shown preparing to chase Benny, each in a three-point stance, in the masterfully done illustration that tells the story even better than the text itself. Each character's personality is colorfully brought to life as each page is turned. Unlike the classic picture books, Benny and the Binky uses modern-day concepts and ideas, such as a dog working on a laptop computer and listening to headphones, in a progressively entertaining way. As all of us have a favorite picture book from our childhood, I feel that many of today's preschool aged children will someday look back at this book with the same fond memories. At the same time I, as a 28-year-old man, had several entertaining laughs at the "corky" humor throughout this book and will enjoy reading it to my children.