Lunchtime

by Rebecca Cobb

It's lunchtime for one little girl, but she's just not hungry. A visiting crocodile, bear and wolf, however, are starving. It's just as well that children taste revolting!

A beautifully illustrated tale of food, friendship and fun.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Humor, Food

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Rebecca Cobb has illustrated several picture books, including The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson. She has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She lives in England.

Reviews

[itselv]

قبل أيام، أعدت قراءة كتاب Missing Mummy، والذي أعدّه أحد كتبي المفضلة، من النوع الذي أتنبأ بأنه سيبقى محفورًا فيَّ — عقلي، قلبي، بتاع كلو — فترةً طويلة. قررت بعد قراءتي الثانية أن أقرأ كل ما كتبته الكاتبة (ولست أدري كيف غاب ذلك عن ذهني منذ القراءة الأولى)، وهذا الكتاب كان أول ما وجدتْ.
هذه المقدمة هي نسخة مطوّلة من قول "قد استحوذت أحد كتب هذه الكاتبة على قلبي، ولذلك كنت متأملةً في أن يفعل هذا الكتاب على الأقل ربع ذلك" لكن للأسف، ذلك لم يحدث، يحكي الكتاب قصة فتاة لا ترغب بتناول وجبتها، ليأتي — من اللامكان — تمساحٌ ودبٌ وذئب، ليطالبوا بوجبتها بكل أدب، تلبي الفتاة طلبهم، فيغادرون. بعد فترة، تجوع الفتاة، وتعطيها والدتها حصة أخرى، فتأكلها متجاهلةً الحيوانات الثلاثة، الذين ظنّوا أن بالإمكان إعادة الكرّة. وبذلك، تنتهي القصة.
لست أدرك مغزى القصة، قيمتها الأخلاقية، ولا حتى ما كانت تفكر فيه المؤلفة، عدا كونها تنمي الجانب الخيالي(؟) لست أفهم الفكرة خلف هذه القصة. أتساءل، ما ردة الفعل المطلوبة، أو التي توقعتها الكاتبة، سواءً من الطفل القارئ أو البالغ. هذا السؤال، ليس سؤالًا أحب طرحه على نفسي مباشرةً بعد انهاء كتابٍ ما، وأراه دليلًا على عدم اعجابي به.

[Guilherme Semionato · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Geoff Battle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations within Lunchtime are big and bold, feeding off the white space on each page. The sentences are short and simple, enough to engage younger readers with the story and older readers with potential reading. For the genre, these are great points.

The story however is somewhat disappointing. Following a girl who refuses to have her lunch, a bear, crocodile and wolf appear (potentially dreamed up) and eat it up, savouring the taste - how lucky they are! The little girl is hungry come dinner time and there is a lack of moral message at the outcome. It remains in the reader's care to ensure the message of orderly eating and routine is transferred to child.

[Eugenia · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We would much rather eat your lunch. It is delicious!"said the bear.
"Exquisuite!" said the crocodile.
"Yum, yum!" said the wolf.

Apa yang terjadi ketika kamu terlalu sibuk untuk makan dan tidak merasa lapar?
Maukah kamu berbagi makanan dengan hewan-hewan yang datang kemudian?

Cerita khas anak-anak dengan bumbu imajinatif yang lucu dan unik!
Ilustrasinya yang indah dengan warna-warna pastel membuat cerita semakin menarik untuk dibaca.
Dan pada akhirnya, dijamin, anak-anak akan lebih menikmati waktu makan mereka.

Selamat membaca, ya!

[Mehsi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Een wazig prentenboek over een meisje dat niet wilt lunchen (want boehoehoe ik wil tekenen), maar haar onzichtbare vriendjes willen dat wel? Want zij houden niet van kindervlees? OK? Oh, maar avondeten is het wel goed hoor want dan heeft mevrouw honger (goh, hoe zou dat nou komen). Ik had nou niet echt een idee waar het verhaal nou over ging of wat de bedoeling was van dit alles.
De tekeningen waren nou ook niet echt mijn favoriet. Sorry, geen succes dit boek.

[Sasha Vaughan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful picture book that turned out to be the very first book we took out for little one at the library last weekend. Its her favorite book so far probably because it’s all about food and big furry friends (well the crocodile is scaly) but non-the-less she enjoys it every time we have a read.

Rebecca Cobbs illustrations are lovely too. Kids books are so much fun. More so do me, I plan to keep a record of all her books on this shelf.

[Helen Meaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A child’s imaginative play interrupted my a meal....
But bring some creativity to the table and the whole experience changes. I think that this book would be a good way to explore how more ‘mundane’ tasks could be approached in a creative way to draw the child into the learning experience. What doesn’t a child enjoy? How can they improve the experience?

[Jvermeersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the illustrations in this one. Especially the way the crocodile and bear are drawn.
Story also very relatable. Our toddler is just as picky or stubborn when it comes to family meals.
Great idea to make these animals interfere, not out of friendship but on their own accord.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet, but a bit strange

[boeken lezen (en onthouden) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mja, wij waren niet 100% onder de indruk, maar misschien is het eerder voor wat jongere kinderen?

[Alexander]

Nydelig bok med lite tekst, men mye å snakke om.

[Remedy Beaumont · Rating 2 out of 5]

vincének nem nagyon jött be sés nekem se, de a papírbabák után lehet, h pannival is nekifutunk:)

[Darshana Khiani · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect picture book – simple, imaginative, colorful, and relate-able by every young child who would rather be doing something else than eating.

The little girl is drawing and painting pictures of animals and does not want to pause for lunch. But she must and so she sits and sits at the dining table, until a colorful crocodile appears under the table asking for her untouched food. Soon a bear and a wolf appear. Not to worry these are friendly animals, after all she created them (hint, hint). The animals eat her food and her mother allows her to go play upon seeing the clean plate. There are consequence to not eating as the little girl finds out. Parents will enjoy the message of why not to skip a meal. Don’t forget to check-out the back cover of the book for a special scene on friendship.

The illustrations are the gem of this book. The art is simple and colorful, a mixture of detailed illustrations and child-like drawings. I like the little girl’s hair that appears as if it were colored with a felt tip pen. I also enjoyed the crayon scribbles on the bear and burst of rainbow colors on the crocodile. Checkout the endpapers for more rainbow circles. The author has done an accurate, beautiful job with the expressions of the characters and well as the movements of the young girl. Some of my favorites are the little girl’s bored expressions at the table as well as her movements of trying to get off the chair and later rushing to dinner.

Click here for the original review and activity ideas at Flowering Minds.

[Sheryl Guise · Rating 5 out of 5]

We adore this book. What a find at the library. Miss very very close to 5 is perhaps a little older than the target audience. But she loves it, and Miss nearly 7 took her nose out of her 'chapter books' long enough to read it too. Both adore the illustrations - they are just so relatable to kids, the connections from page to page are very clear and so very cute.

The story is great for Miss nearly 5 who is in the running for the world's slowest eater. Next time we all get down from the table and she complains she's lonely, I'll see if any crocs, bears or wolves are available to keep her company.

Utter perfection in a kid's book I say. A real delight.

[Stef Rozitis · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I read this book and I thought "that was nice but so what?". I did really really like the colourful and whimsical drawings though, I was going to say they reminded me of the drawings in the paper dolls then I realized that would be because Cobb did in fact illustrate that book!

The book grew on me. In a sympathetic non-judgemental way it is telling children that skipping meals is not a great idea. It looks at power but with humour and gentleness. I think I will look at it again.

[Library Quine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The little girl in this book is too busy drawing and colouring to stop and eat. When she sits down at the table, the animal friends from her drawings come and devour her meal. However, at her next meal she is so hungry she eats everything while her friends look on.

[Keris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joe and I both really enjoyed this. I loved the illustrations, Joe loved the idea of the animals eating the little girl's lunch. He also liked the illustration of her doing paintings that looked a lot like the paintings he does.

[Cai · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is lunch time but someone doesn't want to eat. So her animal friends help her with her lunch.

This is a great story to help children who like to refuse their meals. The illustrations were very cute.

This book was read on Play School.

V @ 6 months old.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to a group of 5yr olds yesterday and they voted this one the winner......are they right?

[Anakbabiilang · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute, great visuals

[Gervy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delicious illustrations, very cute story.

[James Koppert · Rating 4 out of 5]

really simple and funny little story. we had to read it twice

[Mari - loves to read]

Read for inspiration for little miss I do not want to eat this or that ;)

[Him · Rating 5 out of 5]

for the first time, my son knows his lunch wouldn't wait for him for ever. :)

[Yalın · Rating 2 out of 5]

Minikleri yemeğe teşvik için düşünülmüş ama anlatım olarak çok bir yere bağlanmayan masalcık. Ne mesaj çıkarılacağı belli değil..

[Amy Sole]

I love the use of Kandinsky's concentric circles on the body of the crocodile.