Fingers for Lunch

by Brandt Lewis, Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)

Overview

This uniquely layered die-cut board book featuring a hungry monster provides hours of finger-play fun for parents and toddlers!

For lunch today I have a fine treat: five little fingers for Monster to eat!

In this silly playtime rhyme, young readers will burst into giggles as they fit their fingers through die-cut holes and make them wiggle and squirm! Parents play the part of the monster and "eat up" their laughing little one's fingers, turning the pages to make the holes disappear one by one until there are no wigglers left. If they're willing to risk it, brave parents will do it all over again with their own fingers, letting the child play the monster!

This interactive book will have little monsters squirming with giggles!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316377997
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/05/2016
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Brandt Lewis attended Brigham Young University and has worked as an art director at a number of advertising firms. He is the founder and art director of Little Big Engine and the author of Fingers for Lunch and Fingers for Halloween.

Cori Doerrfeld is the author-illustrator of Beneath and the New York Times bestselling The Rabbit Listened and has also created art for such books as That’s Life! and Help Mom Work from Home!. Cori lives in Minnesota with her husband, two children, and rescue dog, Jinx. You can visit Cori at coridoerrfeld.com.

Editorial Reviews

03/28/2016
The five die-cut holes in this board book are just the right size to slip one’s fingers into; unfortunately, that makes them a ready meal for the cute but hungry monster inside. “Delectable digits for nibbling and crunching./ Scrumptious wigglers perfect for munching,” writes newcomer Lewis in verse with the rollicking rhythms of a nursery rhyme. As fingers fall victim to the blue, pink-winged monster, the number of holes decreases until no fingers remain. Gross-out details (“Let’s take a first lick. Is that earwax I taste?”) and the subversive setup will almost certainly lead to giggles. And bite marks. Up to age 3. Author’s agent: Duvall Osteen, Aragi Inc. Illustrator’s agent: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Fingers for Lunch:


An Amazon Best Book of the Year Top Pick

"Will make little readers squirm with delight.... The interactive play is what makes this book stand apart.... A silly and entertaining read."—Kirkus Reviews

"Will almost certainly lead to giggles. And bite marks."—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2016-03-16
A monster helps itself to readers' fingers. It's lunchtime, and this blue-and-pink monster is looking for something to eat. Readers insert all five digits into holes through the front cover and, one by one as the pages turn, the fingers are gobbled up. The monster narrates its meal with rhyming couplets that evoke silly and gross imagery that will make little readers squirm with delight: "Delectable digits for nibbling and crunching. / Scrumptious wigglers perfect for munching." The illustrations are perfunctory, with bold lines surrounding the rounded, bouncy characters typical to this sort of media. The interactive play is what makes this book stand apart. Little ones will enjoy putting their own fingers on the monster's plate, but older readers will be able to make this one really sing as a read-aloud toward the end of an intimate storytime. The holes are reasonably sized, but those with large hands may have a difficult time maneuvering. A silly and entertaining interactive read. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews