Mel'S Diner Pbk [Paperback]

Marissa Moss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Mabel enjoys helping her father and mother run their diner, a friendly and comfortable place where she loves to spend time.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Young Mable outlines a comfortable routine as she helps her parents run their diner-setting up, serving, visiting with the regulars, and hanging out after school with a friend, dreaming of the diner she'll have when she grows up. The narrator and her parents are African Americans, but there really isn't much difference between this story and Melanie Greenberg's My Father's Luncheonette (Dutton, 1991), in that both show an affectionate, rather generic family working in a clean, well-lit space decorated with ketchup bottles, napkin holders, and other familiar details for readers to pick out. The illustrations lack the intimacy of those found in Anne Shelby's We Keep a Store (Orchard, 1990) or the comic bustle of Christine Loomis's In the Diner (Scholastic, 1994), and Mable uses none of the lingo that makes Alexandra Day's Frank and Ernest (Scholastic, 1988) such a hoot. A conventional supplementary purchase.
John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

Ages 4-8. Like Loomis' In the Diner , this is a warm, lively picture book about an informal neighborhood eating place. Mabel is an African American child who loves helping Mama and Pop in their diner. During early morning breakfast preparations and throughout the day, Mabel welcomes the regular customers, brings menus, serves food, and fills sugar bowls. After school, she and her friend do homework at one of the tables, then dance to the jukebox. And of course, they love to eat. Moss' full-color illustrations show a great diversity of people enjoying themselves in a brightly lit art-deco diner. From ketchup and coffee to Jell-O and french fries, the food is great, and so is the company. Hazel Rochman --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Troll Communications (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816734615
• ISBN-13: 978-0816734610
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,130,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marissa Moss has been telling stories and drawing pictures to go with them for as long as she can remember. She sent her first book to publishers when she was nine, but it wasn't very good and it never got published. She didn't try again until she was a grown-up, but since then she hasn't stopped.

The idea for the first Amelia's Notebook came from the notebook Moss kept when she was a kid. Amelia is a lot like her and the things that happen to Amelia really happened to Marissa (mostly).

Along with Amelia, Moss has created many characters and is especially drawn to history. Historical books allows her to imagine what it's like to be alive in a different place at a completely different time. And then there are the Max Disaster books which allow her to play with scientific experiments, inventions, and comic strips.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Ilustrations as endearing as the text, January 22, 2009

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This review is from: Mel'S Diner Pbk (Paperback)

My kids were enamored with this book the first time I read and it love looking at the cute illustrations. It's a cozy feel book just like being in a diner feels. Makes you appreciate the sipmle pleasures in life.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Electronic, But Interactive None -the- less, December 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mel'S Diner Hd (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book to read with your child. My 2 year old loves to point to the objects as I name them. Then I name the objects and she points to them. She has become very good at remembering them. This is good, because they are everyday things that she will need to know. There are lot's of people to see as well. The illustratins are bright and engaging.

I took the book for a weekend visit with other children and it was a big hit. I think that alot of the children there will be receiving this book for the holidays, if not before, because we had to take our copy home.