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Mr. Lunch Borrows a Canoe (Picture Puffins)
Paperback, 32 pages
Published by Puffin (1997-09-01)
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Mr. Lunch, the professional bird-chasing dog, never expected his canoe trip to turn into a transatlantic doggie-paddle. And never did he imagine he'd wash ashore in Venice, where the streets are paved with water, and the plazas are paved with...PIGEONS! It's nothing less than the opportunity of a lifetime. Who could imagine a better dog for the job? "Campy yet childlike, sophisticated yet frankly silly, the Mr. Lunch books exert a quirky charm that is hard...to resist." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review. J.otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh also collaborated on Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride (Viking/Puffin), Monkey Business, and Free Lunch (both Viking).One Potato Review
A trip to Venice, where Mr. Lunch, famous bird-chasing professional, sees many kinds of boats, each lovingly illustrated: gondolas of course, but also taxi boats and soda pop boats and something described as the Rust Bucket. There are plenty of indelible characters here too, like a bear taking pictures (and chasing Mr. Lunch around the world), a well-dressed elephant (and bird-seed company president), then finally there is a daring plan to clear the Piazza San Marco of pigeons. Altogether a book you can be young with, and grow up with, and anyway perfectly remember when you are too old to recognize the difference between the two.
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