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It's another busy day for Stanley and friends at the grocery store!
Stanley has fresh fruits and veggies to be unloaded, Myrtle needs help at the cheese counter, Shamus and Little Woo's groceries must be rung up, and―oh no! Charlie just knocked over Stanley's produce display. Running a grocery store is hard work, but Stanley pulls through!
Accessible text and brightly colored illustrations helpfully convey grocery stores and shopping for toddlers who love equipment, tools, and vehicles. After a hard day at work, Stanley winds down his day with a familiar supper and bath routine that makes this series a great pick for bedtime reading!
William Bee's beloved Stanley series is a trusted model for basic preschool concepts like colors and shapes, kindness and teamwork, jobs and daily routines. Toddlers will love hanging out with this adorable cast of friendly neighborhood critters in any of the available series titles. Help your little one collect them all!
Author Notes
William Bee is an artist and commercial designer who has worked for renowned fashion houses, including Issay Miyake and Paul Smith. As well as writing children's picture books and board books, he races a vintage sports car, is an international skier, and when at home tends his lawns and meadow. He lives in England.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Toddler-PreS-Stanley, the industrious hamster, invites readers to his grocery store. In addition to the shoppers, engaging animal characters can be seen behind the counter, distributing food items, creating food displays, and checking out customers. The heavily outlined digital illustrations are sharp and clean, with lots of curved lines, which will make them very inviting for young eyes. This technique adds to the friendly and cheerful mood. Among the more noticeable attributes are the bright and vibrant color palette and many geometric shapes. Children will be able to easily point out squares, circles, and rectangles in the depictions of different grocery items, store fixtures, and character features. Describing each employee's responsibility during a typical shopping day, this story shows how employees in an organization work as a team to enable it to function. VERDICT A terrific toddler time choice with loads of appeal for Stanley fans and those new to the series.-Deanna Smith, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Welcome to Stanley's grocery store, where Stanley does almost everything: operating the forklift (PEEPPEEPPEEPPEEPPEEP), manning the cash register, and delivering the groceries. Even in this well-run, tidy store, there's a bit of drama from time to time. When Charlie's grocery cart collides with Stanley's precisely stacked display of fruits and vegetables, it sends the produce flying. But all ends well, and soon Stanley goes home for his supper, bath, and bed. Like Lois Lenski's iconic Mr. Small, who enjoyed many jobs during his many-storied career, Stanley finds satisfaction in his work, which changes with each new volume in the series. Written in short sentences and printed in large type, the story maintains an amiable, even tone. Bee's background in design is evident in the artwork, which features bold black lines defining characters, props, and settings within a colorful, orderly world. The pictures offer many opportunities for observation of shapes and colors as well as conversation about what's happening in each scene. A satisfying addition to the Stanley the Hamster series.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2017 Booklist
