Breakfast at the Liberty Diner - Hardcover

Kirk, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786803037 ISBN 13: 9780786803033

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1997

Synopsis

Bobby, his mother, and his baby brother are having breakfast at the Liberty Diner when President Franklin Roosevelt stops in for a visit

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Kirk is the author and illustrator of several books for children, including his own Go!; Snow Family; and Hush, Little Alien. He is the illustrator of Tugga-Tugga Tugboat, My Truck is Stuck! and Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3?It's the 1930s, and Bobby Potter, his mother, and baby brother are traveling by train to an undisclosed destination. It's the first time the boy has been away from home since an illness left him with the need to wear a leg brace. His mother has arranged to meet her brother at the Liberty Diner, and there's a rumor that President Roosevelt is headed there as well. While Bobby waits for breakfast, he tries to understand the mysterious language spoken by the waitress and the short-order cook ("a pair of cackles, wrecked" means scrambled eggs) and is annoyed that his baby brother seems to get all the attention. Eventually, the president arrives as predicted and the child's chance encounter with him provides a much-needed, albeit saccharine, dose of encouragement. The stylized, boxy illustrations are painted in oil on canvas and focus on the diner and its varied customers. While close-ups capture the mother's anxiety and Bobby's frustrations, some portraits of lesser characters border on caricature. By combining his love of diners and his admiration for FDR (explained in a detailed author's note), Kirk has created a personalized period piece that will appeal more to older baby boomers and their parents than to the targeted audience.?Alicia Eames, New York City Public Schools
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786803037
• ISBN 13: 9780786803033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32