Arnie, the Doughnut

A deliciously imaginative story about friendship--from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.

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.
Good-bye Arnie yelled to each doughnut. Have a good trip
This is so exciting Arnie beamed. I wonder who will choose ME?

At first glance, Arnie looks like an average doughnut--round, cakey, with a hole in the middle, iced and sprinkled. He was made by one of the best bakeries in town, and admittedly his sprinkles are candy-colored. Still, a doughnut is just a doughnut, right?

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

Arnie, the Doughnut is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Laurie Keller
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 11.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780805062830
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 68979 / Arnie the Doughnut


Award: Audies - Winner
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/17/2003 pg. 73
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2003 pg. 470
New York Times 05/18/2003 pg. 18
BookPage 06/01/2003 pg. 28
School Library Journal 05/01/2003 pg. 122
Booklist 05/01/2003 pg. 1605
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 328 - Recommended, Satisfactory
New York Times 12/07/2003 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 328 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters, The Scrambled States of America, and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, among numerous others. She grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and always loved to draw, paint and write stories. She earned a B.F.A. at Kendall College of Art and Design, then worked at Hallmark as a greeting card illustrator for seven-and-a-half years, until one night she got an idea for a children's book. She quit her job, moved to New York City, and soon had published her first book. She loved living in New York, but she has now returned to her home state, where she lives in a little cottage in the woods on the shore of Lake Michigan.