Teatime Catastrophe: Phoebe Dupree Is Coming to Tea!> by Linda Ashman
PHOEBE'S AS PERFECT AS PERFECT CAN BE!
She's certainly one of the cool kids! It's quite the coup to travel in her company, and our girl hopes that everything will be a perfect as Phoebe. She even bathes her dog Louie, and prompts him to be on his best behavior. He's instructed to offer one paw to shake, and he's NOT to dig holes or jump in the pool!
NO SHEDDING! NO DROOL!
Phoebe's so clever and stylish, with plenty of smarts. She rates fine china, eclairs, and fruit tarts!
The table is set with pink tablecloth and matching flowers. It's ready ahead of time, by hours and hours. At last, says the clock, it is almost three. And right on time, Ding Dong, it's Phoebe Dupree! She greets Louie gently when first she comes in, with an appropriate little chuck of his chin. The teapot is fetched, and tea poured without a drip...
But the triple-tiered tea tray starts to slip...!
IT WOBBLES, I STUMBLE...THEN I TRIP...!
The eclairs fly through the air, Phoebe jostles a chair, and the table totters, with a tumble and a tip!
It's a teatime catastrophe, a hostess' disaster!
And then, to make things worse, Louie runs in from a dip in the pool. His shakes distribute equal amounts of pool water and... drool.
The party is a washout; is this teatime done?
"OH," SAYS PHOEBE, "THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!"
And Phoebe IS perfect, displaying grace under pressure, as our would-be hostess with the mostest discovers, in Linda Ashman's delightful Phoebe Dupree Is Coming to Tea! (Candlewick Press, 2021). Consoled with some slightly smooshed eclairs and cookie shards, and with the lively, comic illustrations of Alea Marley documenting the calamity, a good time is had by all in an absolutely memorable tea party.
"Funny, subtly empowering, and sweet," is the verdict of Kirkus Reviews.
Labels: (Grades Preschool-2), Friendship--Fiction, Stories in Rhyme
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