Spaghetti Eddie (Hardcover)

~ Ryan Sanangelo (Author), Jackie Urbanovic (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

reSchool-Grade 2-A long strand of spaghetti, blotchy with tomato sauce, takes children from the title page to the first page of the story. Thanks to his bowl of noodles and his desire to help, Eddie comes home a hero when his mother sends him to the store for frosting for his father's birthday cake. On the way, he meets three neighbors with problems (a broken shoelace, a broken fishing rod, broken guitar strings), and he comes to their aid with his spaghetti. At the store, he stops a robber with the only thing left in his bowl, a meatball. Back home, all of the grateful neighbors are celebrating the birthday-and Eddie's heroism. The pictures tell a parallel story, too, of a hungry little dog that follows the child closely through his adventures and finally gets some pasta. The thickly lined drawings capture the lighthearted spirit of ingenuity and neighborliness. This charming tale moves at a quick enough pace, with large pictures and succinct text, to work for a storytime.
Laurie von Mehren, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

PreS.-Gr. 2 A kid's devotion to his favorite food is taken to dizzying heights and unusual purposes. Eddie eats spaghetti every day except Sundays (he eats ravioli on Sundays). His mom sends him to the store to buy frosting for his father's birthday cake, and off he goes, spaghetti bowl tucked under his arm. He offers a noodle to a neighbor to replace a broken shoelace, ties a series of noodles together for a fishing net to help another neighbor, and even foils a robbery at Friendly Foods by throwing a well-aimed meatball at the thief. All the neighbors turn up for the birthday party, which includes Eddie's dad's favorite--spaghetti! This tale is a bit odd, but it's enhanced by terrific pictures. Urbanovic uses thick black lines and curves and angles to delineate shapes and surfaces; her faces are mobile and exaggerated. Best of all, she captures the thick, red essence of spaghetti sauce, which covers Eddie's fingers and every strand of his useful pasta. For larger collections. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563979748
• ISBN-13: 978-1563979743
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,370,785 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spaghetti Eddie, December 21, 2007

By	K. Snyder (Lewiston, ID United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Our grandchildren love this book. It is one that they ask us to read to them every time we visit. It is a fun book, but has good lessons for kids as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Noodle Story Oodles of Fun!, November 14, 2003

By	Michelle "michellesays" (U.S.) - See all my reviews

Eddie is a likable, resourceful, even fearless kid willing to lend a hand to anyone in his urban, multicultural neighborhood. Even to his reluctant neighbors. "That sounds awfully silly," they tell him. But follows his advice they do. Suddenly an ordinary spaghetti noodle becomes...extraordinary. The text is fun to read. The delightfully comic illustrations rendered by Jackie Urbanovic are even more fun to look at. Eddie eats spaghetti every single day except Sundays. I read this book to my daughters every single day. Now letting my daughters eat spaghetti every day is another story!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, June 12, 2003

By	D. J. Capossela (CT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My preschooler cannot get enough of this book. he picked it out at the library and laughs every time we read it. He loves it and I think it's great, too.

The multicultural illustrations are also a refreshing change!