Pass the Celery, Ellery! [Hardcover]

Jeff Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000 | Grade Level: 2 and up

More than a book: It's a game, too! Guaranteed to cure boring suppers, restless car trips, and stuffy dinner parties.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Snappy design, an eye-popping palette and loopy rhymes characterize this high-concept picture book based on a favorite game of the author's family. "Around the table, one by one/ Match food to name until you're done." Foraging through the alphabet, Gaga and friends emerge with a series of jaunty pairings that begin with "Pass the abalone, Tony" and end with "Pass the zabaglione, Joni." Their punchy combinations (nutmeg/Oleg, veal/Emile) provide plenty of ammunition to fire readers' imaginations. Fisher's simple blocks of mouth-watering colors (in plum, salmon and cherry red hues) belie the sophisticated compositions. He extends the playful conceit and displays a keen eye for the absurd. Great swathes of color create striking backdrops for the hand-lettered text and images of a man with a giant drumstick slung over his shoulder ("Pass the meat, Pete") and a poodle-skirted woman tugging at a strand of endless pasta that spells out "Pass the spaghetti, Betty." Whole sentences alternate with single words arranged in a checkerboard pattern or scattered across the pages. One part abecedary, one part dinner table diversion, one part eye candy, this recipe adds up to one fun book. All ages. (Oct.)
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From the Publisher

-More than a book: It's a game, too! -Illustrations and hand-lettered text by an award-winning artist whose work has been published throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States -Includes an illustrated recipe card

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584790318
• ISBN-13: 978-1584790310
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,299,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun, May 10, 2006

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Tripp Ritter (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pass the Celery, Ellery! (Hardcover)

My kids ( ages 3-5) enjoy this one. The colors are bright and the rhymes amuse them. The point is to rhyme foods with people's names. Some books would present this in the same manner on each page, but the writer sets each page out a little differently making it more fun for the kids, and less tedious for the parents.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warning, your whole family may begin rhyming during every meal, February 3, 2009

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L. Matava (Hebron, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Cute book. I cannot even begin to count the amount of bizarre words that my kids have begun to rhyme (or attempt to) as a result of this book. It's a fun & silly read that parents won't mind reading. The kids will giggle all the way through. And it gets their little brains working, looking for nicknames they can create to rhyme with 'avocado' 'pork roll' or even 'waffle'

5.0 out of 5 stars NIce rhyming!, October 20, 2010

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A. Gehlhausen (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is such a great way to display the alphabet with rhyming words! Cute!!