- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic; New edition edition (15 Sep 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0590556436
- ISBN-13: 978-0590556439
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 19.4 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 246,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mrs Grinling is the best cook in the whole world. But when she puts on a delicious spread for the village picnic, Mr Grinling wishes he hadn't eaten so much.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
in another delightful tale, with an unexpected ending.
From the back cover:-
'Ready for a mouth-watering seaside picnic?
Mr Grinling the lighthouse keeper loves to eat and Mrs Grinling is the best cook in the whole world.
She puts on a truly scrumptious spread for the village picnic, but later on Mr Grinling wishes he hadn't eaten quite so much......
Another delicious offering from the authors of the best-selling `Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch', and just as tasty!'
31 high quality shiny pages, in the popular 2-page spread format (except the last one!) with superb illustrations, throughout, from Ronda.
Aimed at the older, more confident reader - the print is on the smaller side, and the story is enhanced by some comic-style speech bubble text....and....... those seagulls!
Example of text:-
`Mr Grinling was a lighthouse keeper. He lived with his wife Mrs Grinling and their cat Hamish in a little white cottage on the cliffs.
When he was a younger man, Mr Grinling used to row out to the lighthouse every morning to clean and polish the light. Now he had an assistant called Sam. Some days Mr Grinling was the lighthouse keeper and some days it was Sam.
On his days off there were lots of things Mr Grinling liked to do. He liked playing hide and seek with Hamish, he liked growing geraniums and heliotropes, he liked singing loudly in the village choir but, most of all, he liked eating.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner and a few snacks in between. Eating was what he did best..........
Mrs Grinling worried about the eating.
"Mr G, don't you think perhaps you're just a bit too rotund?" she asked. "I don't know how you're going to run races at the village picnic tomorrow."
And an eventful day it turns out to be!
The Grinlings get up late and are a bit forgetful!
Mr G doesn't perform too well.....apart from tasting a little bit here and a little bit there.......... the day takes a turn for the worse.......and the night!
Mrs G is very cross and imposes some harsh sanctions, but although they should be, they don't seem to make any difference...........is there any cheating going on, perhaps?
But at the end, Mr Grinling finds something he likes doing even better than eating!
From the back cover:-
'Ready for a mouth-watering seaside picnic?
Mr Grinling the lighthouse keeper loves to eat and Mrs Grinling is the best cook in the whole world.
She puts on a truly scrumptious spread for the village picnic, but later on Mr Grinling wishes he hadn't eaten quite so much......
Another delicious offering from the authors of the best-selling `Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch', and just as tasty!'
31 high quality shiny pages, in the popular 2-page spread format (except the last one!) with superb illustrations, throughout, from Ronda.
Aimed at the older, more confident reader - the print is on the smaller side, and the story is enhanced by some comic-style speech bubble text....and....... those seagulls!
Example of text:-
`Mr Grinling was a lighthouse keeper. He lived with his wife Mrs Grinling and their cat Hamish in a little white cottage on the cliffs.
When he was a younger man, Mr Grinling used to row out to the lighthouse every morning to clean and polish the light. Now he had an assistant called Sam. Some days Mr Grinling was the lighthouse keeper and some days it was Sam.
On his days off there were lots of things Mr Grinling liked to do. He liked playing hide and seek with Hamish, he liked growing geraniums and heliotropes, he liked singing loudly in the village choir but, most of all, he liked eating.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner and a few snacks in between. Eating was what he did best..........
Mrs Grinling worried about the eating.
"Mr G, don't you think perhaps you're just a bit too rotund?" she asked. "I don't know how you're going to run races at the village picnic tomorrow."
And an eventful day it turns out to be!
The Grinlings get up late and are a bit forgetful!
Mr G doesn't perform too well.....apart from tasting a little bit here and a little bit there.......... the day takes a turn for the worse.......and the night!
Mrs G is very cross and imposes some harsh sanctions, but although they should be, they don't seem to make any difference...........is there any cheating going on, perhaps?
But at the end, Mr Grinling finds something he likes doing even better than eating!
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just a delight. The Lighthouse Keeper series is a total winner. It is set in a natural environment with a distinctive feature: a lighthouse, which speaks of adventure, danger, bravery, rescue. The lighthouse keeper and his wife are a cuddly, friendly, child-like couple with quirky habits.
The illustrations are beautiful, capturing real life objects in vibrant artistic style.
Keep them coming..............
The illustrations are beautiful, capturing real life objects in vibrant artistic style.
Keep them coming..............
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