Fridge and Oven's Big Job

by Steven Weinberg, Steven Weinberg (Illustrator)

Overview

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Filled with fun facts, giggles galore, and googly eyes, the Big Jobs board books are the perfect introduction for babies and toddlers to the big world around them, starting at home!

With vibrant artwork and clever humor, this original board book series is a celebration of childhood curiosity and the most captivating topic of all--household appliances! In Fridge&Oven's Big Job, follow along as these amazing appliances show us how delicious cookies get made.

From keeping the ingredients nice and cold to carefully baking the dough until the treats are hot and ready, Fridge and Oven have a big job to do—but so do you! Learn how it’s all done in this rollicking read-aloud that will delight parents and kids alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250849977
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	08/31/2021
Series:	The Big Jobs Books
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	22
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Steven Weinberg writes and illustrates kids’ books about dinosaurs (Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg!), mutant astronauts (AstroNuts), snakes on rollercoasters (You Must Be This Tall), and more. He lives in the Catskills, New York, with his wife and two daughters--plus a fridge and an oven.
Steven Weinberg writes and illustrates kids’ books about dinosaurs (Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg!), mutant astronauts (AstroNuts), snakes on rollercoasters (You Must Be This Tall), and more. He lives in the Catskills, New York, with his wife and two daughters--plus a washer, a dryer, a fridge, an oven, and a dishwasher.

Editorial Reviews

08/30/2021

In this installment of the Big Jobs series, Weinberg focuses on the occupations of two googly eye–bedecked household appliances, Fridge and Oven. Simple prose introduces the kitchen apparatuses and their “big job: making cookies.” A pair of brown-skinned hands opens a cookbook, and plenty of arrows identify the relevant “important ingredients” that Fridge has been keeping cold (“maybe save the broccoli for later...” the text adds drolly). Oven’s work is up next, and a close-up cutaway shows the cookies on a tray, each with a red speech bubble reading “HOT!” Doodle-like digital art against a background of vivid orange provides visual amusement, while energetic, informative phrasing makes this a board book that will easily appeal to the appliance-obsessed. Publishing simultaneously: Dishwasher’s Big Job and Washer and Dryer’s Big Job. Ages up to 3. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

2021-12-03
Fridge and Oven team up for an important job—making chocolate chip cookies.

After introducing the anthropomorphized kitchen appliances, the book identifies their roles in the task at hand, from storing the ingredients to cooking the dough, and walks readers through the main steps of the baking process. Cute quips—cookies are "DELICIOUS! JUST NOT WITH BROCCOLI”—add a sprinkling of humor. Every item on the page is labeled with arrows, even those in the background, like the cookbook, kettle, and oven mitts, clarifying details that are sure to pique the curiosity of sharp-eyed tots. Arms and hands are shown mixing the cookie batter and moving things around, revealed at the end to belong to two small, brown-skinned children who share the cookies. The board book is shaped to look like a fridge and oven standing side by side, and Fridge and Oven have tactile googly eyes on the cover. The freehand cartoon drawings, using a minimal color palette dominated by oranges and reds, are lively and engaging. Two similar titles, Washer and Dryer’s Big JobandDishwasher’s Big Job, feature other jiggly-eyed household machines and the steps they go through to wash and clean.

A fun, novel concept perfect for little readers eager to learn about the uses of familiar domestic items. (Board book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews