Out to Lunch - Brossura

From School Library Journal"The frog family depicted in Time for Bed, the Babysitter Said  and To the Tub  is back. This time little Joe's long-suffering parents attempt to take him to a fancy restaurant for lunch. The irrepressible preschooler is in constant motion despite the repeated refrain, "We're out to lunch, not out to play." Full-page, color cartoons capture the exasperated expressions of the adults around him perfectly. The bouncy rhymed text reads aloud well and could also be enjoyed independently by beginning readers. A treat."From Kirkus Reviews"A brief rhyming text, suitable for beginning readers, and cartoon-style illustrations chronicle a frog family's disastrous lunch at a fancy restaurant."    About Time for Bed, the Babysitter Said: "This froggy folly makes the grade."              --School Library Journal  "A deft message of courtesy is amusingly wrapped in a story that carries more than a few chuckles."                 --Booklist  About To the Tub: "Suitable goofiness keeps this story...sprightly and humorous, as do the ebullient cartoony drawings."                                                                                         --Kirkus Reviews "Good-natured slapstick sets the tone, and Anderson's bright rhymes follow suit, reinforced by fresh watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations dancing on bright white pages."                                                                                         -- School Library Journal  About Joe on the Go: "A book with a lot of child appeal."  -- School Library Journal "Illustrated with bright, boisterous, line-and-watercolor pictures, the simple rhyming text will draw story hour listeners as well as beginning readers to a scenario they may recognize."  --Booklist

Peggy Perry Anderson is a former elementary school art teacher who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has written six early readers about Joe the Frog. They include Let's Clean Up, Joe on the Go, To the Tub, Out to Lunch,  Time for Bed, the Babysitter Said, and I Can Help!.