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Tommy is mistaken for items in a grocery store until his mother comes to the rescue. Grossman's rhythmic poem recounts, with silly word play and wacky humor, the wry tale of a piglet named Tommy, whose mother inadvertently leaves him at the grocery store.

Tommy is mistaken for items in a grocery store until his mother comes to the rescue. The grocer decides that Tommy must be salami and sets him on the deli shelf, where he is purchased by a housewife. Just about to slice him, she shouts, "Oh, my goodness!

Chess' droll illustrations of the grocery store interiors with colorful boxes, baskets, tins, and jars, all featuring a. .

Chess' droll illustrations of the grocery store interiors with colorful boxes, baskets, tins, and jars, all featuring a dumbfounded little pig as he is peered at by miopic adults, create a visual feast. i dont know if it was written in the description when i bought it or not i did not pay that much attention i was just excited to find the book. I was happy to find that there are copies to be had from used book dealers. From the minute I slipped it out of the envelope and saw cute little pig-Tommy-on the cover, I was smiling

Tommy is mistaken for items in a grocery store until his mother comes to the rescue. From the minute I slipped it out of the envelope and saw cute little pig-Tommy-on the cover, I was smiling. Narrated in clever rhymes, the story unfolds as Tommy's Mommy leaves him on a grocery shelf and one after another, other shoppers mistake him for a potato. It's a Top Ten children's book, and one I'll be reading to the grandchildren for years to come.

Illustrated by the inimitable Victoria Chess, Tommy at the Grocery Store is that rare jewel: a kids' book with amazing . I guess I love Bill Grossman. This is an older book and the younger preschoolers don't get all the humor but they love the basic story line & the rhyming.

Illustrated by the inimitable Victoria Chess, Tommy at the Grocery Store is that rare jewel: a kids' book with amazing pictures and brilliant text, a delightful concept and a rhyme scheme that actually works and is jaunty enough that I sometimes find myself happily singing certain lines to myself at various points in the da. Older kids will find this hilarious.

Illustrated by the inimitable Victoria Chess, Tommy at the Grocery Store is that rare jewel: a kids' .

Illustrated by the inimitable Victoria Chess, Tommy at the Grocery Store is that rare jewel: a kids' book with amazing pictures and brilliant text, a delightful concept and a rhyme scheme that actually works and is jaunty enough that I sometimes find myself happily singing certain lines to myself at various points in the day. The premise for this book is delightfully horrifying: Tommy, a tiny piglet with striped jammies and a plumber's crack, is left in the grocery store by his negligent mother, who forgets all about him for what seems to be the better part of a day (I feel like this.

When poor little Tommy loses his mother in the grocery store, the grocer mistakes him for a salami and sets him on a shelf. One by one, customers purchase him thinking he is a banana, a corn cob, a soda bottle and a potato, every time returning him for a refund. Finally, Tommy's mother comes to the rescue. This is one of the very best children's books I have found. It was recommended by a book store after I asked for rhyming books for my then 3 year old. 3 years later we are STILL reading it, have read it to all his school classes, recommended it to friends, and it's a big favourite. Great for vocabulary-building, funny, and wonderful illustrations. At last! By Thriftbooks. com User, September 15, 2001. I found this book a number of years ago in a remainder bookstore in Britain.

Tommy at the Grocery Store - written by Bill Grossman - illustrated by Victoria Chess - Vintage 1980s Children's Book. The most common grocery store books material is paper. The most popular color? You guessed it: blue.

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