Popcorn: A Frank Asch Bear Story (A Parents' Magazine Read Aloud Original)

by Frank Asch

Hardcover, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

020.92

Publication

Parents Magazine Press (1979), 40 pages

Description

Sam Bear invites his friends to an impromptu Halloween party and asks them to bring a treat.

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LibraryThing member Lthatfield

When Sam's parents went to a Halloween party and left Sam alone, he decided he would have his own Halloween party. Sam called up all his friends, and they all came over. Each friend brought popcorn and they eventually decided to pop it all. There was so much popcorn, it filled the whole house! Sam

and all his friends had to eat up all the popcorn until it was all gone. When Sam's parents got home, they surprised him with even more popcorn!

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LibraryThing member bcbias

Sam decided to have a Halloween party. He invited all his friends over and they all brought popcorn. They decide to pop all the popcorn and it fills up the entire house. Sam and his friends eat and eat and eat until all the popcorn is gone. When Sam's parents get home, they bring even more popcorn

with them. This is a cute book to read around Halloween that isn't your traditional pumpkin or scarecrow book.

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LibraryThing member temorrison

This is a great filler story if you have extra time around Halloween to share with the class. It is something that every student will go through at some point. Sam's parents leave the house to go to a party and leave him there alone. So... Sam decides to throw a party himself. He dresses up and

invites all of his friends to come over. Each friend brings a bag of popcorn. After having some fun at the party; they all decide to cook all the popcorn. Well once they cook all the popcorn, the popcorn fills up the whole house! So they spend the rest of the party cleaning up the popcorn by eating ALL of it so his parents don't find out. Sam's parents come home and bring him a surprise... POPCORN!!!

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LibraryThing member caitlin.wester

Sam throws a party when his parents are out. He invites all his friends over for a Halloween costume party. One by one his friends filter in and sure enough they all bring popcorn to the party. After popping all of the popcorn there is soon popcorn everywhere in the house. In order for Sam to not

get into trouble they all have to eat the popcorn. Once it's all eaten his friends leave and Sam goes to bed. His parents bring him home a present and sure enough it's popcorn.

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LibraryThing member Sullywriter

There is indeed such a thing as too much popcorn.

LibraryThing member Sheila1957

Kids will like what happens when mom and dad go out and the kids have a party. Everyone brings popcorn to it. Parents will know what happens but the kids will delight in it. I have a craving for popcorn!

LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool

On Halloween night, Sam invites all of his friends to his house for a costume party. As his guests arrive, each one brings the same treat—popcorn! They make it all, and soon the house is overflowing with popcorn. What will Sam and his friends do with so much of this tasty treat?

LibraryThing member uufnn

"Frank Asch, [the author and illustrator] published his first children's book in 1968 and since then has written in almost every category of children's literature. . ." Source: The book's inside back cover. This story of excess shows that there can be too much of a good thing. Sam is left home

while his mother and father go to a Halloween party. He decides to call his friends for his own party and they all bring guess what--popcorn. The result is a lesson for all.

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LibraryThing member cbower6

“Popcorn” (Copyright 1979 Frank Ash), by Frank Asch, Is a funny modern fantasy book about a young bear who throws a popcorn party while his parents are out. I had mixed feelings about the book. I liked the illustration within the book. The pictures go along with the text of the book. At one

point the illustrated popcorn emphasizes the text “there was so much popcorn, it filled the whole house” by a picture of popcorn spilling out of the house. Although organized, there was very little plot to the story. There was little conflict tot the story. Yes popcorn created conflict by taking over the house but I thought the parents finding out would add better conflict. The language was very clear and concise. It was easy to follow what was being said and how the character was saying it. The language was the most clear when the characters were buried underneath the tremendous amount of popcorn. It was very clear that the characters were scared and did not know what to do. I thought that the characters were week at times. The characters did come across as believable. The main character, Sam, was believably happy that he was left home alone for the first time. However, there was very little to no character development within the story. Sam seemed very mischievous at the beginning and at the end of the story. In the beginning he pulled the typical child happy to have his parents out of the house and wanted to throw a party. At the end he tries to hide the popcorn from his parents when they come home from their party. At the end of the story they surprise Sam with a bag of popcorn. The central theme in this story is to respect your parents and to not disobey them when you have the house to yourself.

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