WRONG! Not if Arnie has anything to say about it. And, for a doughnut, he sure seems to have an awful lot to say. Can Arnie change the fate of all doughnuts―or at least have a hand in his own future? Well, you'll just have to read this funny story and find out for yourself. This title has Common Core connections A deliciously imaginative story about friendship—from Laurie Keller, the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.

Summary: Arnie the doughnut is quite the beautiful doughnut, and cannot wait to be chosen at the doughnut shop! Mr. Bing chooses him and takes him home and when they get there, Arnie discovers that Mr. Bing plans to eat him, and Mr. Bing discovers that Arnie doesn't want to be eaten! The two figure out a compromise and become good friends. If you want to know what they compromise is, you should read the book! New Books – December, 2009 New books for the week of December 7, 2009 Juvenile Collection". sils.unc.edu. University of North Carolina . Retrieved June 22, 2015.WRONG! Not if Arnie has anything to say about it. And, for a doughnut, he sure seems to have an awful lot to say. Can Arnie change the fate of all doughnuts—or at least have a hand in his own future? Well, you'll just have to read this funny story and find out for yourself. This title has Common Core connections

Review of Bowling Alley Bandit". darienlibrary.org. Darien Library. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015 . Retrieved June 18, 2015. Stinky Thinking: The Big Book of Gross Games and Brain Teasers (Alan Katz) – Simon & Schuster, Inc. – 2005 Yet another book I liked more the second time around. Keller's sense of humor is appealing, the artwork has a funky quality, the story amuses, especially the big plot twist. Keller has written and illustrated six books for Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: The Scrambled States of America, an American geography book; Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, a dental book about tooth care; Arnie the Doughnut, about an anthropomorphic doughnut; Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard, a number book, Do Unto Otters, a book about manners; and The Scrambled States of America Talent Show, the follow-up to her 1998 debut.

A tie-in card game of the same name was published in 2002 by Gamewright. [2] It is a two to four-player game geared toward players 8 years old and up. Hello, friends! It’s JJ’s birthday today, and we’re celebrating with a delightfully silly favorite from our library, Arnie The Doughnut by Laurie Keller. Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes. Arnie just crawls deeper into my heart with each reread. Part of it is being impressed with how Keller worked out the conundrum to provide an ending that was perfectly satisfying in an unexpected way. Big brain thinking. It's a happy store at least in part because of how unhappy it could be. This book could be used when discussing “problem and solution” of a book. It would also be a good book to use when teaching “author’s purpose” or doing a “character analysis”. A teacher could use it for a writing lesson when teaching “voice”. Students could write about another food item and have it take on human qualities. Students could speak from that food item’s point of view.