Mr. Crum’s Potato Predicament
- Intended audience: 4-8 year olds
- Number of pages: 32
- Publisher: Kids Can Press
George Crum loved to cook.He fricasséed and flambéed, boiled and braised, poached and puréed.
He made sorbets and soufflés, stews and succotashes, ragouts and goulashes.George cooked to his heart‘s content and his customers devoured his concoctions. Many considered him to be the best cook in the county.
That is, until one day, when in walked a peculiar-looking patron…
REVIEWS
“Hyperbole and history are a recipe for fun in this tasty trickster tale.” – Kirkus Reviews, May 2017
“… wildly entertaining …” — The Globe and Mail, September 2017
“The story begs to be read aloud so that listeners can savor the sound of the luscious language ….” – School Library Journal, August 2017
AWARDS
- 2018 – Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Winner
- 2018 – Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
- 2018 – The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Quebec Writers’ Federation, Winner
- 2017 – OLA Best Bets, Ontario Library Association, Winner