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Minnie's Diner
A Multiplying Menu
By Dodds, Dayle Ann
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76361-736-3
- Publisher
- Candlewick
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2004
K-Gr 2 One by one, each of the McFay brothers sneaks away from his farm chores and heads over to Minnie's Diner for her fabulous fare. Beginning with the youngest and smallest boy, Minnie serves each sibling successively twice as much food as the previous diner, because each brother is twice as large as the one before. After the fifth brother is presented with 16 portions of everything, Papa McFay en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2005
The concept of doubling goes down easy in this combination of multiplication facts, rhyme, humor—and diner food. One by one, the overworked McFay brothers abandon their chores on the family farm and head for Minnie's Diner; each orders what the previous brother did—"1 soup / 1 salad / 1 sandwich / some fries, and / 1 of her special hot cherry pies"—but "make it a double." Eventua...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
