When three mean and hungry tigers disrupt Hodges' Cafe and its customers one Friday night, it's Hodges' crazy duck who saves the day.
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From Publishers Weekly
An all-animal cast stars in a "quirky" and "wry" story that, said PW, "relies on a cautious balance of understatement and zaniness." Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 3-6. Hodges the elephant's caf{‚}e is renowned for its tasty pastries, but the "no tigers, please" policy is challenged one evening when three tigers enter the caf{‚}e and request elephant schnitzel and pigs benedict. Hodges' pet duck uses his glib tongue to start a rumpus. But when a food fight ensues, and the tigers are revealed to be sophisticated gourmands, Hodges quietly reverses the "no tigers" policy. Muted colors and soft watercolor-and-ink illustrations and an understated text play counterpoint to the slapstick plot action. For instance, the text accompanying a double-page spread in which the food fight reduces the caf{‚}e to chaos reads, "Things got a little out of control." Whether taken as a cautionary tale on xenophobia or as the story of a zany pie fight, Egan's book is an appealing offering. Linda Ward Callaghan
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Tim Egan is the author and illustrator of several offbeat and humorous tales for children. Born in New Jersey, Tim moved to California to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He still lives in southern California with his wife, Ann, and their two sons.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A reader in Toccoa, GA,
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This review is from: Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe (Hardcover)
A very offbeat and funny little story. My girls (ages 5 & 3) thought it was a hoot - as did their parents. Defintely a book we'll be reading again and again.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This is my favorite children's book!,
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This review is from: Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) (Paperback)
I just picked it up today to read it to my twins and while they're entertained by me reading it, I totally love reading it to them! This is a beautifully illustrated book with a cute story ~~ we all should accept one another even if we are different. Hodges' duck is annoying but one Friday night, when three Tigers came in, the duck counter them with his own challenge after every insult that the Tigers give out. Then a food fight melee breaks out ~~ and that is when the Tigers realized that hey, food doesn't have to be pigs or elephants or even ducks! Hodges' cooking and his duck save the day. It is a very entertaining book and very cute. It is going to be a definite bedtime story for these guys from now on! 10-2-03
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful,
This review is from: Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) (Paperback)
Tom Eagan might just be my favorite children's author currently writing. I love this book; I adore his Dodsworth series; I am looking forward to good things coming from him in the future.
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